SLLC 4392 - Library Assistant

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Locations: 

St Leonards Library, St. Leonards Road, East Kilbride

East Kilbride Central Library, The Olympia Shopping Centre, East Kilbride

Hours: 24.5 hours per week 

Salary Band: £13.80 - £14.83 per hour

Shift Pattern: 

St Leonards Library - Wednesday 9am-5pm (1 hour unpaid break)

East Kilbride Central Library - Thursday 1pm-8pm, Friday 9:30am-1pm, Saturday 9am-5pm (1 hour unpaid break)

Duration: Fixed Term until 31st March 2027

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Join our team and help make a difference in your community

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture are looking for a friendly, motivated, and customer‑focused Library Assistant to support the daily running of our library service and deliver an excellent experience for all visitors at our East Kilbride Central Library and St Leonards Library. 

As a Library Assistant, you will be the welcoming face of the library—helping customers access our services, discover new books, use digital resources, and enjoy the library as a safe and inclusive community space. You’ll play an active role in creating a positive atmosphere, supporting events, and promoting a love of reading.

What you’ll do:

• Provide a warm and helpful first point of contact for all library users
• Assist customers with borrowing, returning, and reserving library materials
• Offer guidance on digital resources, computers, printing, and online services
• Support readers in choosing books and promote new or recommended titles
• Encourage reading through reader‑development activities, promotions, and events
• Maintain tidy, attractive shelves and displays throughout the library
• Handle enquiries in person, online, and by phone in a friendly, professional manner
• Carry out cash handling for library transactions accurately
• Contribute to library events, activities, and community programmes

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate a genuine enthusiasm for books, reading, and community engagement.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience working with the public in a customer‑focused environment
• Good computer skills and evidence of digital literacy
• Clear and confident communication skills
• An enthusiastic, proactive attitude and a genuine interest in reading
• Reliability, attention to detail, and accurate handling of cash
• A positive, adaptable attitude and willingness to learn

Why join us?

You’ll be part of a supportive team that values creativity, community, and lifelong learning. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with people, cares about access to information, and wants to contribute to a welcoming community service.

Please note this post will involve manual handling, including shelving and moving stock.

Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded.  If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture SCIO is a Scottish charitable incorporated organisation responsible for the delivery of leisure and cultural activities on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council.

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture SCIO, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme

• To increase the value of their pension pot, employees can opt to join the Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme.

• Up to 33 days annual leave which will be calculated into hours on commencement of the role.
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address

Foreign Police Check - Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable if you have lived or worked for 3 months or more (consecutively) abroad in the last 10 years.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the British Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.