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Weekend Assistant (Northamptonshire Central Library)
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Weekend Assistant (Northamptonshire Central Library)
About The Role
We are looking for a customer-focused and enthusiastic individual to join our LibraryPlus team.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality frontline library services while supporting customers to access a range of information, digital, and community resources.
You will work collaboratively with colleagues to provide an excellent customer experience and ensure library services are welcoming, accessible, and responsive to the needs of our communities.
What will you be doing?
- Provide a friendly and professional first point of contact for customers, helping them access library, council, and partner services.
- Deliver excellent customer service.
- Promote volunteering opportunities.
- Build strong relationships with volunteers and community partners.
- Confidently signpost customers to the support and information they need.
Through every interaction, you'll help create a welcoming, inclusive, and positive experience for all.
Our benefits
You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.
About Us
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
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Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.
We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner.
The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.
If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support.
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
West Northants Council, where careers thrive.
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Salary £24,895 - 25,283 (Pro Rata)
Salary Frequency Annual
Working Hours 4
Job Reference Ref/53/9123
Contract Type Part Time
Closing Date 26 August, 2026
Job Category Libraries
Location Northampton, United Kingdom
Job Posted Date 12 August, 2026
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Weekend Assistant (Northamptonshire Central Library)
Salary £24,895 - 25,283 (Pro Rata)
Salary Frequency Annual
Working Hours 4
Job Reference Ref/53/9123
Contract Type Part Time
Closing Date 26 August, 2026
Job Category Libraries
Location Northampton, United Kingdom
Job Posted Date 12 August, 2026
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