Directorate: Place
Hours: Minimum of 2 hours per session
Location: Acquisitions Unit – Blagreaves Lane
The role
Do you enjoy working around books and want to support Libraries from behind the scenes?
The Acquisitions Unit is looking for volunteers to help the team with day-to-day tasks.
Acquisitions is a busy unit based at Blagreaves Lane Library that looks after new and existing stock.
The work carried out includes:
- receiving deliveries of new books, equipment and resources
- preparing donations for the shelves
- sorting and organising books and materials that are moving between libraries
What you might be asked to do:
- labeling new books and donations
- shelving books in the correct areas
- sorting skips of books to be sent out to libraries
- tidying shelves
- finding requested books
What we need
- someone who is reliable, organised, and accurate in their work
- a willingness to work as part of team
- good communication skills
- enthusiastic
- the ability to file books in alphabetical and numerical order.
Qualifications
No formal qualifications required.
The work can be physical and does involve lifting and carrying
Why you should apply.
You will have the chance to make a positive impact in your local community, meet new people and gain new skills and valuable experience.
Who can apply
Anyone aged 14 or over can apply. If you are under 16, a parent or guardian will need to agree that you can volunteer with us.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
Next Steps
Interested? Please email [email protected] to ask for an application form.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected]. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
