Job Summary
Please note that salary will be pro-rated for part-time hours.
Temporary Cultural Assistants – William Patrick and Craighead Libraries (2 x 17.5 hours, and 1 x 21 hours)
Do you enjoy working with people? Are you interested in supporting your local community?
Your Library is the heart of our community – providing safe, warm spaces for everyone to read, discover, learn, relax and socialise. Your Library offers books and audiobooks to borrow, events for children and adults, free Wi-Fi, computer access, community information and a wide range of free online services.
Your Library is staffed by Cultural Assistants, there to help people find what they’re looking for and get the most out of the service.
We are looking to recruit two temporary Cultural assistants to help ensure we can continue to deliver the best possible service.
There are two temporary posts working 17.5 hours per week over a four-week work pattern.
Post 1 pattern:
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Wk 1
9-5pm
1-8pm
off
off
off
9-5pm
Wk 2
9-5pm
1-8pm
off
off
off
off
Wk 3
9-5pm
1-8pm
off
off
9-5pm
off
Wk 4
9-5pm
1-8pm
off
off
off
off
Job Summary continued
Post 2 pattern:
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Wk 1
9-5pm
9-5pm
off
off
off
9-5pm
Wk 2
9-5pm
9-5pm
off
off
off
off
Wk 3
9-5pm
9-5pm
off
off
off
off
Wk 4
9-5pm
9-5pm
off
off
9-5pm
off
There is also a temporary post working 21 hours per week over a four-week work pattern.
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Wk 1
9-5pm
9-5pm
off
off
9-5pm
off
Wk 2
9-5pm
9-5pm
off
off
off
9-5pm
Wk 3
9-5pm
9-5pm
off
off
off
9-5pm
Wk 4
9-5pm
9-5pm
off
off
9-5pm
off
Once trained you may be required to work alone at Craighead Library, Milton of Campsie.
No specialist library experience is required, but you should be a people person, outgoing and enthusiastic about helping customers of all ages from across the whole community. We aim to give excellent customer care, so you should be flexible and a good communicator, and have recent experience of assisting customers.
PVG / Disclosure Scotland
The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria
Where the post you are applying for is considered a Regulated Role under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.
Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment.
In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by the HR &OD Manager.
Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary.
The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.
Charter of Commitment
The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:
• Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.
• Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with
screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.
• The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.
• We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.
• We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.
• We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)
• We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.
• We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.