Stock and Systems Assistant

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About the role

We are looking for someone to join Cambridgeshire Libraries’ Stock and Systems team.  

The Stock and Systems team supports the delivery of the library service across Cambridgeshire, through the purchasing and management of stock, and administration of the library management system. 

The team works closely with all library teams including specialist business support, community health information, development, and volunteer teams as well as libraries across the county. 

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Lizzie Smith, Elizabeth.Smith@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk. 

What will you be doing?

As a Stock and Systems Assistant, you will help to provide a comprehensive service that reflects the diverse needs of our community, responding to a variety of enquiries from library staff and customers. 

You will perform tasks such as placing library stock orders, processing invoices using the library management system and the County Council’s finance system and providing management information reports. Although there is plenty of routine work, there is also opportunity to be creative in supporting the library service as it evolves. 

Please see attached Job Description for further details. 

About you

When completing the supporting statement for this position, please tell us how your skills and experience match each of the criteria in the person specification, demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria. 

• You must have good IT skills.
• You should be able to follow guidelines and procedures to provide a consistent service.
• You should be able to manage your time effectively.
• You should be able to work well independently and as part of a team.
• You must be adaptable and flexible and be prepared to travel and work at other locations as required.

Please see attached Person Specification for further details. 

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers