Library Assistant

Salary: £13.28 - £13.92 per hour

Grade: CD

Contract: Fixed Term – 8 Months

Hours: 14 hours per week

Location: Northallerton, North Yorkshire

Weekend Working: Yes

Are you dynamic, an excellent team player, customer focussed with a passion for working with people, an interest in books and communities, and are you tech savvy?

You should have new and exciting ideas and be able to work with a team of staff and volunteers to deliver high-quality library and information services and a programme of activities and events. You will need to provide excellent customer service both face to face and digitally, supporting customers to find resources and access our digital services. You will help to promote the Library Service to the wider community and work with a range of partner organisations, including our much-valued volunteers.

You will be passionate about books and reading, have excellent customer and communication skills, the ability to work with a range of partners including volunteers, the ability to deliver a customer focussed service, and have literacy and numeracy qualifications equivalent to Level 2 as well as a high level of digital literacy, including confidence with social media.

Based at Northallerton Library, you will need to be available for some weekends and evenings as per the needs of the service [currently Wednesday, alternate Fridays and alternate Saturday mornings). The anticipated end date of the fixed term is the end of June 2027.

What can we offer you?

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.

These include:

• a local government pension scheme
• salary sacrifice schemes
• employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
• travel loans
• Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing

To discuss the vacancy, please contact [email protected] and [email protected]

Key Documents

Job Description

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Key Dates

Closing Date: 25th October 2026

Interview Date: Friday 6th November 2026 at North Yorkshire HQ, Northallerton

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds

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Library Assistant

Salary: £13.28 - £13.92 per hour

Posted: 12/10/2026

Closing date: 25/10/2026

Closing time: 23:59 (GMT)