Neighbourhood Engagement and Development Officer: Children and Access

Working Hours: 35 Hours per week

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Additional Payments: 6.7% Flexibility Payment

Closing Date: 07 May 2024

This role is subject to -

Casual Car Documentation - The successful candidate will be a designated Casual Car User which means that car journeys may be necessary on an occasional basis, but are not essential to the role. If you do drive, you must always hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work, as well as provide all the appropriate documentation. You will receive an allowance per mile of business use.

We have an exciting role within Manchester Libraries within the Children's and Access Team.

Key areas of responsibility:

• Contribute to the development and delivery of programmes to promote reading for pleasure and which support children to develop a love of reading
• Work collaboratively with the Read Manchester campaign to promote reading to communities in the city
• Work collaboratively with colleagues from a variety of teams to develop and deliver engaging programmes and schemes of work for children and young people.
• Contribute to the planning, development and implementation of children’s library services, events and initiatives across Manchester Libraries
• Support the delivery of a class visit programme city-wide which involves both face-to-face and online sessions with authors and creatives.
• Support the team to co-ordinate programmes which are delivered by the team or by other local library staff
• Support a wide range of promotional events and activities for all ages – in libraries and in other places.
• Confidently use IT to support programming by collecting/recording data and managing a booking system for school visits
• Promote the team’s work through social media
• Support the extensive book gifting programme which distributes free books to schools and community partners across the city
• Have an interest in, and understanding of, developing children's literacy through reading for pleasure.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated person with experience of working with children/young people in schools and/or in the community.  You will have experience of delivering excellent library services for children and young people to engage them with reading and learning.

The candidate will have good interpersonal skills, have the proven ability to work both independently and in a team, and have excellent oral and written communication skills. You will need a high level of time-management skills, and the ability to develop and deliver projects.  You will have excellent people skills and enjoy working with a wide range of library customers and communities.

Experience of working in a library is essential.

The postholder will be required to work flexible hours in response to service requirements including evenings and weekends.

We’re the local government authority for Manchester, and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We’re proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion. 

When you join us, you’re joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you’ll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here. 

To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five ‘behaviours’ – the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:

• We take time to listen and understand
• We work together and trust each other
• We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
• We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
• We’re proud and passionate about Manchester

A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.

Creating an inclusive team at Manchester City Council 

At Manchester City Council, we strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve.  We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Council. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly encourage applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics.   

If you want to find out more about the role, our ways of working, flexible arrangements or any workplace adjustments, please let us know by emailing [email protected]. If you are invited to interview, we will ask you if you require any adjustments for you to best demonstrate your suitability for the role in the interview process.   
 

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

Accessibility 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide support for employees with physical or mental-health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity. Our workplaces are accessible by design, and we make workplace adjustments including providing aids, adaptations and equipment. These, combined with our flexible working policies such as disability-related leave, enable our employees to perform their role, thrive and be their authentic selves in work. 

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When you join us 

We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we’ll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role. 

Other relevant information 

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