Salary range: Grade 4 £30,717 - £31,611 p.a. plus fantastic benefits
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Croydon
Working Pattern: 1 full, permanent post 36 hours per week
Core library hours are currently 10-6 Monday to Friday and 9-5 Saturday.
Location: The role will require staff to travel to any Croydon Libraries and community outreach locations such as schools and community centres.
About the Role: We are looking for people who have a passion for customer service and for working as part of a team delivering Croydon’s library services directly to our customers and through outreach into communities.
The postholder will be responsible for promoting the library service to the community and maximising participation by co-ordinating promotion of library events including supporting print and digital promotion and correspondence. You will also promote and manage the hire of meeting spaces in library spaces for hire around the borough. You will be liaising with local staff and community partners.
You will need to be
You can find out more about our libraries and activities, see our website Libraries | Croydon Council 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.
For more information about the role, please contact Lucy Lawrence, Library Development and Marketing Manager: lucy.lawrence@croydon.gov.uk
Interview date: mid-September
Croydon Council’s priorities
The Council balances its books, listens to residents, and delivers good sustainable services
Key business plan outcomes:
Equal Opportunities Statement
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.
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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.
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