Sunday Assistant WCC615930

Job Details:

Salary range: £27,711 pro-rata, per annum (actual salary £4,619 per annum)
Work location: we have various locations available - Pimlico Library, Marylebone Library, Paddington Library, Charing Cross Library, and St Johns Wood Library
Hours per week: 6
Contract type: Permanent 
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check
Closing date: 29 April 2024
Interview date: 13 and 14 May 2024 
Contact details for informal discussion: Nicky Smith, Library Manager, via email: nsmith1@westminster.gov.uk

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF SHOFA

Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where courageous and inspiring professionals bring everything to their work.

Sometimes this even includes heartbreak. Shofa is a shining example. Shofa’s brother suffered with his mental health and died tragically young. She uses his memory as motivation to give Westminster Youth Council members the opportunity to have a voice and get involved in decision-making. This passion resulted in her innovation: The Westminster Youth Market. Here local teenagers learn about entrepreneurship and develop their personal skills. This is an inclusive platform where everyone’s contribution and abilities are celebrated. Inspired by a promising life cut short, Shofa believes without vision there is no direction and every young person should be supported to realise their dreams. 

The Role:

As a Sunday Assistant you can make your own powerful contribution to enriching the lives of Westminster’s residents and the communities that surround them. 

Joining our team at Paddington, Charing Cross, Pimlico, St Johns Wood or Marylebone you’ll provide vital Sunday cover. You’ll offer customers a warm welcome and point them to the right resources, whether their visit is for education or work or simply to enjoy a safe space and a great book for a few hours. No two shifts are the same in these busy, friendly community spaces and you can expect to get involved in signing up new members, answering enquiries, shelving books and helping readers use our computers.  It’s a great opportunity to make a difference to your local community and the ideal introduction to library work.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

You’ll need to be a confident communicator with a proactive approach who’s happy juggling a number of tasks at the same time. A passion for customer service is key but it’s the way you react to requests and solve problems that will mark you out. You’ll be keen to learn and keen to pass on your skills to others.

Customers will look to you for inspiration: to experience of the joy of reading, learning and, importantly, socialising. 

Well-developed IT skills are important, including an awareness of social media. You’ll also bring a good standard of literacy and numeracy, and you will need to undergo a DBS check.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. 

Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.