Stock Librarian

Bristol Libraries has an exciting opportunity for a professionally qualified Librarian to join our friendly team based in the Central Library. This is a great opportunity to work in a large public library which offers you a range of duties including stock management, frontline service and staff management.

Your role will be within our Stock Team who have citywide responsibility for a range of subjects and stock. This includes the purchasing, promotion and management of stock as well as providing high quality training and enquiry support for frontline staff.

The Central Library is an iconic building that sees approximately 1000 visitors a day, it is a complex building with seven floors, including two public floors and a historic reading room. Areas of the library are also often used for exhibitions and events. Services from Central Library include a lending library for adults and children, a reference library, research and study spaces, computer areas, a business centre, a café, and meeting and hire spaces.

The library is also the central hub for the distribution of stock and resources across the Bristol Libraries network of 26 libraries. You will work with a team of Central Library managers and librarians to provide an excellent customer experience at Central Library.

You will also manage a team of Library and Stock Assistants and support the daily management of Central Library.

Please note that this role is not suitable for home or hybrid working as it is required to be physically present in libraries.

Please note that this role is subject to a Standard DBS Check.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation.

Join us and you will receive an excellent rewards package - membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you will be working in a supportive environment where you will have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you will need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

If you have any further queries after reading the job advert along with the attached job paperwork, please e-mail Anne Hooper, Stock Manager: [email protected]

Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.

The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.