Community Librarian
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Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/11/2025
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Description
Job Description
Contract Terms
Starting salary: SC6 (£35,520 – £36,585)
Work Location: Haringey Library Sites – exact location TBC
Hours per week: 18 per week, with 1 weekend day
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 24th August 2025
Interviews: w/c 1st September 2025
About Haringey
Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.
About The Role
Join our team and take on a rewarding role as a Community Librarian! The postholder will provide an effective operation of a high quality, customer focussed Library Service. They will be responsible for delivering an efficient and effective public service in the library and in the local community, including developing and evaluating outreach activities in line with local community needs.
The postholder will be an advocate for the library service with colleagues, other Council Services and community partners and look for opportunities for library services to contribute to wider outcomes for customers including health, economic, learning, digital, access to information, culture and reading.
The postholder will work with others to plan and deliver effective community library services and will be the lead officer for one or more specific service areas including lending services to adults and children, ICT, digital, information and learning services.
About You
Seeking a candidate with a strong understanding of library services and current trends, as well as a grasp of public libraries’ role in the local community. Experience in customer service, community engagement, and event planning is essential. Demonstrated problem-solving abilities and excellent communication and organisational skills required. Join our dynamic team and make a positive impact through our library services!
About You
At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.
Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and well-being support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.
Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact [email protected]
Contract Terms
Starting salary: SC6 (£35,520 – £36,585)
Work Location: Haringey Library Sites – exact location TBC
Hours per week: 18 per week, with 1 weekend day
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 24th August 2025
Interviews: w/c 1st September 2025
About Haringey
Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.
About The Role
Join our team and take on a rewarding role as a Community Librarian! The postholder will provide an effective operation of a high quality, customer focussed Library Service. They will be responsible for delivering an efficient and effective public service in the library and in the local community, including developing and evaluating outreach activities in line with local community needs.
The postholder will be an advocate for the library service with colleagues, other Council Services and community partners and look for opportunities for library services to contribute to wider outcomes for customers including health, economic, learning, digital, access to information, culture and reading.
The postholder will work with others to plan and deliver effective community library services and will be the lead officer for one or more specific service areas including lending services to adults and children, ICT, digital, information and learning services.
About You
Seeking a candidate with a strong understanding of library services and current trends, as well as a grasp of public libraries’ role in the local community. Experience in customer service, community engagement, and event planning is essential. Demonstrated problem-solving abilities and excellent communication and organisational skills required. Join our dynamic team and make a positive impact through our library services!
About You
At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.
Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and well-being support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.
Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact [email protected]
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