Contract Type: Fixed Term Sept 2025 - May 2026
Working Hours: (3 week schedule) 18.5 Hours per week
Week 1: Mon: OFF Tue: OFF Wed: 09:00 - 14:30 Thu: 08:30 - 15:30 Fri: 08:30 - 15:30 Sat: OFF Sun: OFF
Week 2: Mon: OFF Tue: OFF Wed: 09:00 - 14:30 Thu: 08:30 - 15:30 Fri: 08:30 - 15:30 Sat: OFF Sun: OFF
Week 3: Mon: OFF Tue: OFF Wed: 09:00 - 15:30 Thu: OFF Fri: 08:30 - 15:30 Sat: 09:30 - 15:00 Sun: OFF
Worker Type: On-Site Worker
Salary: Starting Salary: £25,583 - £26,403 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Location: Nottingham Central Library
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council .
About the Role
Nottingham City Libraries are seeking to recruit a 18.5 hour Maternity Cover as a Library Customer Advisor. We’re looking for someone with excellent customer service skills who loves helping others and who would welcome the chance to inspire people to read, learn and enjoy culture.
As a Library Customer Service Advisor, no two days would be the same. Our libraries offer a wide range of services and you will make sure that everyone’s experience with us is a positive one. You will be enthusiastic, self-motivated, energetic and proactive in looking for ways to develop and improve library services and outcomes for customers. You will also be committed to supporting the delivery of arts, cultural and learning services delivered through libraries.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
2. Able to deliver high level customer service to a wide range of citizens
3. Ability and aptitude to work with others as part of a team
4. An ability to use information technology as applied in the workplace
5. Ability to work flexibly
6. Commitment to services public libraries offer and an enthusiasm for promoting them
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
You can find the job description for this post
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Robert Arnold, by email at
Closing Date: 31/08/2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: TBC
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