Cultural Assistant - Bearsden Library

Job Summary

Please note that salary will be pro-rated for part-time hours.

Cultural Assistant – Part-time (five posts)

Bearsden Library is re-opening and we are looking for outgoing and enthusiastic people to join our team.

Your Library offers books and so much more - audiobooks to borrow, events for children and adults, free Wi-Fi, computer access, community information and a wide range of free online services. The library is a safe, warm space for everyone to read, discover, learn, relax and socialise – it’s the heart of our community!

Your Library is staffed by Cultural Assistants, who are there to help people find what they’re looking for and get the most out of the service.

We are looking to recruit five part-time Cultural Assistants to help ensure we can continue to deliver the best possible service – details below.

Cultural Assistants need to be the kind of person who enjoys interacting with, and helping our customers, of all ages from across the whole community. We aim to give excellent customer care, so you should be flexible and a good communicator, and have recent experience of assisting customers.

You will have the opportunity to assist in the delivery of our activities for children, young people and adults and to support our Digital Learning sessions. No specialist library experience is required, and we undertake to offer you full training and support, however previous experience in working with groups of people would be helpful, as would an interest in and enthusiasm for books and reading.

We use ICT to manage and deliver library services so you will need to be confident using ICT and happy learning about our specific systems.

Our service is one where your ability to be flexible and work as part of a team will make a real difference and offer you a rewarding and enjoyable role.

EDLCT is committed to ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from suitably qualified people of all backgrounds.

The five posts have different hours and working patterns. In your application, please tell us which posts you would interested in.

 

Work patterns

There is one 31 hour post with the working pattern:

Week 1: Mon 1 – 8pm, Tues 10 - 5, Weds off, Thurs 10 - 5, Fri 9 – 5, Sat 10 – 5

Week 2: Mon 1- 8pm, Tues 10 – 5, Weds 10 - 5, Thurs 10 – 5, Fri 10 – 5

Week 3: Mon 1- 8pm, Tues 10 - 5, Weds off, Thus 10 - 5, Fri 10 – 5, Sat 10 – 5

Week 4: Mon 1- 8pm, Tues 10 - 5, Weds 10 – 5, Thus 10 - 5, Fri 10 – 5

There is one 28 hour post with the working pattern:

A: Mon 5 – 8pm, Tues 9 – 3, Weds 9 – 3, Thurs 9 – 3, Fri 9 – 5

B: Mon 5 – 8pm, Tues 9 – 3, Weds 9 – 3, Thurs 9 – 3, Fri 9 – 5

There is one 24.5 hour post with the working pattern:

A: Wed 1 – 8, Thurs 9 – 5, Fri 9 – 5

B: Wed 1 – 8, Thurs 9 – 5, Fri 9 – 5, Sat 9 – 5

There is one 17.5 hours post with the working pattern:

Week 1: Mon 9 – 5, Tue 9 – 5, Sat 9 – 5

Week 2: Mon 9 – 5, Tue 9 – 5

Week 3: Mon 9 – 5, Tue 9 – 5, Wed 9 – 5

Week 4: Mon 9 – 5, Tue 9 – 5

There is one 17.5 hours post with the working pattern:

Week 1: Wed 9 – 5, Thurs 1 – 8pm

Week 2: Wed 9 – 5, Thurs 1 – 8pm, Fri 9 – 5

Week 3: Thurs 1 – 8pm, Sat 9 – 5

Week 4: Wed 9 – 5, Thurs 1 – 8pm, Fri 9 – 5

It is our intention to hold interviews in the week of 19^th January.

Charter of Commitment

The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:

• Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.

 

• Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with

screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.

 

• The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.

 

• We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.

 

• We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.

 

• We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)

 

• We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.

 

• We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.

PVG / Disclosure Scotland

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria.

Where the post you are applying for is considered a Regulated Role under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment. Successful candidates who withdraw their application after the check process has started will be invoiced for the cost of the check.

In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by the HR &OD Manager.

Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary.

The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

 

 

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