Salary range: Grade 2 £29,562 - £30,408 p.a. plus fantastic benefits
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 18 hours per week
Location: Croydon
Job title: Library Assistant – (3 part-time, permanent posts, 18 hours per week)
The post will have a set working pattern working full days and will include alternate Saturdays. Libraries are currently open 10-6 Monday to Friday and 9-5 Saturday.
Location: This is a frontline role in libraries and will include some outreach activities.
We are looking for staff to work
Role 1: Tuesdays, Wednesdays & alternate Saturdays
Role 2: Mondays, Thursdays & alternate Saturdays
Role 3: Tuesdays, Fridays & alternate Saturdays
All staff will be required travel to any of Croydon’s libraries.
Are you passionate about helping people access information, learning opportunities, culture and community services? Do you enjoy working with people of all ages and backgrounds in a busy, customer-focused environment?
Croydon Libraries is looking for enthusiastic and customer-focused Library Assistants to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality library services that support reading, learning, digital inclusion, wellbeing and community engagement across the borough.
As a Library Assistant, you will be one of the first points of contact for customers, helping them access library services, technology, information and community activities. You will contribute to creating welcoming, inclusive and vibrant library spaces that meet the needs of Croydon's diverse communities.
We're looking for someone who has:
You can find out more about our libraries and activities here https://libraries.croydon.gov.uk/bookshelf
More details of the role, including the role profile & person specification and online application form can be found on Croydon Council’s job search site.
Closing date: 23:55 11th September 2026
To view the Library Assistant role profile please Click here.
The Council balances its books, listens to residents, and delivers good sustainable services
Key business plan outcomes:
Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.
Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.
We provide a large number of services for local people, businesses and visitors to the borough, including services for children and adults, and environmental, cultural, sports, housing, planning and benefits services.
The borough is split into 24 electoral wards, and local elections are held every four years.
With a workforce of approximately 3,300 staff, including teachers in schools, Croydon Council is the largest employer in the borough. Spending over £900 million per year, the council makes a significant contribution to the local economy.
The council comprises three main political functions, the Executive (Leader and Cabinet), Committees, and Scrutiny.
The Leader and Cabinet are responsible and accountable for shaping policies and plans and recommending them to the council for approval. Cabinet also gives direction to departmental directors on the way services are managed and the budgets allocated to them.
Six non-executive committees take decisions relating to planning, licensing, standards of behaviour and conduct for members and officers, staffing issues, tenders, property transactions, liaison with local utility companies and internal audit.
Scrutiny holds the council executive functions to account. Examining aspects of council performance, the Overview and Scrutiny Committee also increasingly involves other local agencies which contribute to the economic, social and environmental well-being of the local population.
