Library Supervisor
Salary: £19,698 per annum (pro rata)
37 Hours per week
HMP Oakwood is a category C adult male prison. Staffed by a team of 4 Library assistants led by the Library Supervisor. The Library is a well-used and valued resource within the Prison and is open daily Monday to Saturday. This post usually operates Monday to Friday am / pm and one Saturday (am) in 4.
The Library is a branch of Staffordshire County Council Prison Library Service and the on-site staff work closely with Library staff in the other SCC Prison Libraries in the County, as well as with SCC PLS management and on-site Prison and Partner Staff and Management.
This role requires a positive and proactive person with great customer service skills and a love of reading. We are looking for a confident person with integrity, a strong work ethic and effective and positive communication skills. This role will suit someone who enjoys a challenge and embraces change, who is a natural leader and team player. This is an opportunity to make a difference; to demonstrate a calm and can-do attitude to sustain and develop the Library space, team and service. And a chance to find a rewarding vocation, helping our valued Library users and becoming a part of a community of partners in Oakwood Prison.
The role may require some cover of colleagues at other times outside the set core-shifts of this post and so would suit someone with the availability and flexibility to accommodate this.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Please state on application if requesting to apply with an option of job-share which may be considered. Previous applicants need not apply
This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
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Closing Date: 14th February 2021 Interview Date: tbc
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