Lifelong Learning Library Adviser - Muirhouse Library

Job Description

Corporate Services

Lifelong Learning Library Adviser - Fixed term until 21/12/2024
Muirhouse Library 

Salary: £24,064 - £26,468 per year (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 17.63 per week worked over a 2 week pattern

Week 1
Mon-Wed 09:45-13:05/16:45-20:05, Thurs off, Fri 09:45-14:05/12:45-17:05, Sat 09:45-17:05, Sun off

Week 2
Mon-Wed 09:45-13:05/16:45-20:05, Thurs off, Fri 09:45-14:05/12:45-17:05, Sat & Sun off

Our libraries are at the heart of community life and provide a wide range of experiences and opportunities for all. Our staff are highly motivated and are committed to meeting the needs of our customers. As part of the Muirhouse Library team, the successful candidate will engage with communities in a brand new building which is currently under construction, providing a range of exciting opportunities for customers and staff

alongside other community services including early years, North Edinburgh Arts and employability and skills support.

Muirhouse is in the North West of the city and includes a number of distinct communities, all with their own unique history and character. Libraries are no longer just a transactional service where people come to exchange books:- they deliver on a number of key government agendas to support digital inclusion, reduce poverty and inequalities and help tackle social isolation. Libraries also play a key role in supporting educational attainment through initiatives such as, READ,WRITE,COUNT initiative Every Child a Library Member Bookbug Sessions (Songs and rhymes for 0-4 year).

So, whether it be for babies and new parents, for children and young people, for teenagers seeking positive activities, digital and IT skills for all ages and stages, providing advice and signposting to our older residents visiting the library to catch up over a cup of tea. We offer something for everyone - including books! A major part of the role is delivering activities to a wide range people especially young people. This can include delivering Bookbug sessions, story times, books groups, crafts activities.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate an ability deliver activities and to work with people of all ages. While the post is based at Muirhouse library and the vast majority of working hours will be there, the role is seen as part of the Edinburgh city library service and as such, the successful candidate may be required to work in any of the 27 libraries across the city to support wider service requirements. Above all, a passion for reading, learning and working with people is vital. If you feel you can demonstrate these skills, please apply.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check.  Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

Requirements

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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