Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade F. SCP 17 £31,022 - SCP 22 £33,699
Hours Per Week: 36 hours
Base Location: Hyde Library, Hyde Town Hall, Corporation Street, Hyde, SK14 1AL & Hattersley Library, Hattersley Road East, Hyde, SK14 3EQ
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
A Library Manager is responsible for leading and supervising a team of Library Assistants working between a number of libraries to satisfy the needs of the customers at the initial point of contact, deliver a library service to a high standard, giving customers advice and guidance where required and supporting the needs of the cultural service within the organisation.
About You
You will be responsible for devising staff rotas ensuring sufficient staff cover at different libraries, preparing statistics on various aspects of library work and covering for other library managers when required. You will ideally have some supervisory experience, and an understanding of the Open+ self-service access system would be beneficial.
You will be proficient in dealing with the public, with good communication skills and an ability to interact well with customers of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. You will be able to converse at ease and provide information in accurate spoken English.
You will work closely with the Neighbourhood Librarians and other library delivery staff to ensure stock is current and of good quality, that courses and organised events run smoothly and class visits are supported.
You will be required to access information contained on the Council intranet/internet and complete service request forms on behalf of members of the public, including taking payments for council service by debit/credit card and cheque.
About Us
Come shape the future of Tameside with us!
Message from Julian Jackson, Director of Place at Tameside Council.
“Since joining Team Tameside in September 2022, I’ve been proud to work alongside a hardworking and passionate team that’s making a real difference to our borough.
“Our Place Directorate is at the heart of shaping Tamesidecovering everything from planning and highways to parks, culture, arts, environmental services, and facilities management. Whether it’s keeping our streets clean, improving green spaces, or driving forward exciting regeneration projects, our work makes a direct impact on the lives of residents and businesses every day.
‘’We’ve already delivered some amazing projects, like Ashton Old Baths, and are currently working on master plans for our town centres in Stalybridge, Hyde, with projects like Ashton Mayoral Development Zone, and Godley Green Green Garden Village also set to create new homes, jobs and commercial spaces. But it’s not just about developments day to day it’s about making sure our core services are modern, efficient, and able to support thriving communities and safeguard our heritage buildings and assets for the future.
To do that, we need passionate people to join us. If you want to be part of a team that’s driving real change, improving local services, and shaping the future of Tameside, we’d love to have you on board.
Come and be part of something great. Let’s build the future of Tameside together!’’
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on 0161 342 4313 or joy.merrifield@tameside.gov.uk
Reference Number: 001142