Library Driver/Attendant

Libraries and Archives Service Driver/Attendant

Salary: Band3 £24,027 - £24,420 plus 7.5% shift allowance (£12,013 - £12,210 for 18.5 hours)

18.5 hours per week

Your New Role

We are looking for a flexible and adaptable individual with a full clean driving licence with good communication skills to join our library service. You will drive the library van to provide deliveries as required to support the business.

You will also deliver a porterage and assistance role in the Central library and other buildings. As well as securely and safely delivering books and/or archive materials between service points you will ensure the safe and legal driving and parking of the vehicle whilst carrying out your duties. You will be responsible for the maintenance of the van as well as undertaking online driving assessment and licence checks as required for the role.

Other tasks will include responsibility for security duties within the Central library and assisting staff with library shelving and customer queries including managing challenging behaviour. The role will include messenger and porterage duties which will include lifting and moving of heavy items, assisting with deliveries and setting up and dismantling of room layouts. You will also be responsible for the opening and closing of the library after hours for pre booked events and cleaning and refuse management duties when required. In addition, you will be a fire warden for the Central library on a rota basis after appropriate training has been completed.

What you'll need to succeed

You will require a full clean driving licence and several years driving experience. A good communicator you will have excellent interpersonal and customer care skills. A team player who is flexible, adaptable and able to manage your own workload, you will be able to deal with challenging service users/disruptive visitors to the library. You will be able to lift heavy items of furniture, equipment, materials etc and be able to spend some of the time standing or walking around the library. In addition, you will be able to work weekends and evening in accordance with the opening times of the building and the requirements of room bookings.

Please read the job profile for the full details of the role and what skills you need to demonstrate to undertake it.

About Portsmouth City Council

What we can offer you:

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.

Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council

Application process:
How to apply:

Please read the full job profile for further details on the post and remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the profile. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.

We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

Closing: 27 March 2025

If you are short listed for interview you will need to bring in your full driving licence and also print your driving licence information - see the job profile for further details of this.

We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk. or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800