Librarian, Dudley Home Library Service:  18 hours per week

Based: Dudley Archives

GLL is looking for a Librarian to manage the Home Library Service Officer based at Dudley Archives. The Home Library Service in Dudley offers a diverse range of adult and children's books as well as providing stock and information to housebound residents, care homes and sheltered housing schemes. This role can be immensely rewarding. You can make a real difference to people’s lives by helping those who are unable to access the library service themselves. The home delivery service really is a lifeline.

What you need:

You’ll ideally come from a library background, but it’ll be your enthusiasm for helping others and devotion to customer care that makes you really stand out. You’ll have a passion for reading and promoting books, along with excellent people skills. It is essential that you hold a full UK driving license with no endorsements.

An enthusiastic and passionate manager, you will need to be very hands-on, therefore an excellent understanding of all library operations including budgetary control, stock development, people management and building management is essential. Naturally, you will have excellent ICT knowledge and the ability to identify the needs of the community around you whilst instilling excellent customer service standards in your team

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What you will do

As the Manager, you will take full responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the service as well as leading on strategic direction to expand its usage. You will oversee stock and undertake general administration including route planning, and safety and security of the Archives building. You will also build good relationships with local contacts and partnerships to promote and enhance the service and ensure it is an integral part of the community.

Have overall supervision and direction of all allocated staff within the service, to ensure the efficient and effective working to meet objectives and that the services provided meet the needs and preferences of existing and potential users.

Provide expert advice, guidance and support to staff to enable them to develop the necessary skills and abilities to deliver the service.

As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:

• A salary of £28,739 per annum (36 hours pro rata)

• A values driven organisation

• Learning & development to support career development

• Good pension schemes

• Discounted gym membership for you and your partner

• The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say on how we are run plus associated events Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal

• Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria

• Career Pathways, professional development is just the start. To ensure your stay on top of your game we provide training with practical and theory elements too

• Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)

• 25% off Red Letter Days

• 25% off Buy a Gift

• 20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products

• Ride to work scheme

• Free eye tests and discounted glasses

About GLL: 

As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centres.

Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.

One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens up a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us.?To make sure we’re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.

We offer two different types of work arrangements:

• A permanent employment contract – part time and full time

• A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool

If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.

So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.

Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer.

However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.

We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.

All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.