Library and Community Centre Assistants

Full Time & Part Time / From 15 to 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term until 31st March 2026

Play a key role in delivering library and community services to adults, families, children, and young people.

Neighbourhood Services run more than 25 community centres and libraries across the city of Leicester. We offer the opportunity to borrow books and use other resources, hire community space, use our computers and be part of groups in our centres. At the heart of the communities, we provide a wide range of information, advice, and guidance to people of all ages and backgrounds.

Working in our well-presented and accessible libraries, community centres or multi-service centres, you’ll provide a welcoming service to people who use our services. You’ll signpost and resolve queries from members of the public in a professional and polite manner. You’ll maintain stock levels, lift, carry and move books, furniture, and equipment, undertake remedial cleaning duties as well as set up and alter rooms to meet service needs. Using proficient IT skills, you’ll maintain computerised records and confidently support customers to use our computers.

If you are highly motivated and passionate about providing excellent customer care, then we would love to hear from you. You’ll be required to work evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays according to the needs of the service.

We have roles at the following at the locations:-

• • Pork Pie Library and Eyres Monsell Community Centre
  • St Matthew's Centre / Highfields Library / Evington Library / Thurnby Lodge Community Centre
  • Knighton Library (P/T only)
  • Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre / Belgrave Library (P/T only)
  • Central Library (P/T only)
  • New Parks Library / Tudor Centre (P/T only)

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.

If you’d like a chat about this post, please feel free to contact Adam Lunn via email to [email protected]

This is an open advert therefore we will complete the short-listing soon after receiving your application. If short-listed, you'll be called for an assessment which will take place every Thursday. If you are successful following the assessment, then you will be called for an interview thereafter.