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Community Library Service Centre Assistant
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Arts, Culture and Lifelong Learning Team, where you will contribute to a network of welcoming, professional, and responsive libraries and service centres. As a front facing member of our team, you will work with people, technology, online resources, books, events, and programmes. You will build rapport and actively promote our wide range of resources, supporting our community with lifelong learning and discovery.
About the role
This role is:
Hours - 22 hours a week, Permanent
Location - Te Ara Ātea*
Thursday 8 hours - 11.45am - 8.15pm
Friday 8 hours 9.45am - 6.15pm
Saturday 6 hours 9.45am - 4.15pm
Visitors to our sites come to experience our dynamic public library services and to access Council services (such as paying their rates or registering their dog) and government services (such as meeting with Inland Revenue). No day is the same and full training will be given to the successful applicants.
Responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to:
- Welcoming and interacting with people from all ages and walks of life.
- Proactively engaging visitors to maintain an atmosphere that feels safe and inclusive for all
- Providing technology assistance and help with digital resources.
- Assisting the community with council and library services.
- Helping people connect to central government and wider community services through the Heartlands initiative.
- Finding, recommending, and shelving books and helping to keep our collections looking great.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Excellent customer service skills to host a diverse range of people
- Confident communicator with cultural competency - Making everyone welcome no matter their age or reason for being in our spaces will be something that you really enjoy
- Enjoy working with others and are naturally able to relate to a wide range of people, including tamariki and rangatahi.
- Reliability and taking initiative will be keys to success in this role
- Strong digital skills along with a good understanding of the kaupapa of a modern public library service and the importance this plays in our communities
- Commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and an understanding of Te Ao Māori
- 42 points at NCEA level 3 (University Entrance or equivalent)
- A New Zealand driver's licence
What we can offer
- Great work-life balance with flexibility
- Career coaching and development
- Life insurance
- Wellbeing and volunteer leave
- Three days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
- Two weeks paid Partners Leave
- Sick leave from day one
- Continued KiwiSaver contributions during savings suspension
- Discounts with local and national businesses
About us
Selwyn is one of the fastest-growing districts in New Zealand. We have a fantastic quality of life, great communities, and a thriving economy. Our Council works actively with residents to provide the services and facilities that help our communities to thrive and grow.
Our values are important to us and represent the way we work: · Be a good human · Be brave - Think differently · Better together- Make it happen for Selwyn.
We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
We value the safety of our community - this role requires a satisfactory safety check including police vetting and for you to pass a drug and alcohol test.
If you'd like to play a part in making Selwyn the best place to live, work and play, join us today!
To apply for this job go to: https://sdcjobs.co.nz/Vacancies & enter ref code: 6937370.
Applications close 12 October 2026