Assistant Customer Service Supervisor - Watford

Job Title: Assistant Customer Service Supervisor - Watford
Starting Salary: £24,790 opportunity to progress to £27,269 pa pro-rata for part-time
Hours: 18.5
Location: Watford
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Resources

About the team

Do you want to make a difference in the community and help people to enrich their lives, whilst progressing in a whole new career? Then apply for a job with Hertfordshire Libraries

Hertfordshire's libraries are more than collections of books. They are hubs for community activities, places to access digital technology, creative spaces, and gateways to reading, information and wellbeing. Our service points include small village libraries, town and city libraries, and performing arts libraries. Hertfordshire Libraries exists to help people to live better lives for longer. All of which means today's Assistant Customer Service Supervisors need to be passionate about proactively helping people of all ages and from all backgrounds as well as being able to lead from the front working alongside the Library Manager.

Watford Central Library WD17 3EU

Watford Central Library is a large, bustling town centre library spread over two floors. We are open seven days a week and offer a wide range of services, events, and activities for both adults and children. These include Baby Rhyme Time, Story Time, Lego Club, and a Sewing Group. Our modern CreatorSpace is used for creative and digital activities, as well as various clubs and events.

Please see rota attached.

About the role

To support the delivery of the Inspiring Libraries 10-year strategy.

You will have the skills and abilities to support the Library Manager to actively supervise the team at Watford Library, including staff timetabling, training and development. You will also support the Library Manager with statistic and financial data, Health & Safety as well as act as the senior on duty as and when required.

You will have the ability to compile, maintain and provide effective returns for monthly statistical information.

You will also actively engage with the delivery and promotion of all frontline services in the library and outreach activities as required.

About you

Essential

• You will have excellent communication and admin skills and you will be passionate about providing great customer care.
• You will have demonstrable experience in leading a team in a supervisory role, working collaboratively to achieve aims and objectives as set by the Library Manager and wider Library teams.
• You will have excellent time management skills and organisational skills, being able to manage workloads alongside supervisory responsibilities in a methodical manner
• You will be a competent user of Microsoft Packages including Word and Excel in order to collate and present data, and have an ability to support others in using technology.

Desirable

• Above all, you will be a reliable and flexible team player who is willing and able to engage with the full range of services, activities, and events that libraries offer.

Assistant Customer Service Supervisor roles offer successful applicants the opportunity to get involved in a hugely varied range of activities. You will be actively promoting and supporting the use of all our library resources and helping customers to find the information that they need. You will help to deliver a programme of library activities and events, as well as supporting the Library Manager in all aspects of the day to day running of the library. All our Library Assistant Customer Service Supervisor roles help to make a positive difference to people's lives.

This job role is within the Community Services, level COM5 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles - Community services

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Angela Hadwin, Library Manager

T: 01438 864813 E: angela.hadwin@hertfordshire.gov.uk

for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 24th April 2025

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.