Job Description

Job description
Do you want to make a difference in your community? We're looking for passionate, forward-thinking individuals to join our team as Library and Archive Officers to manage Hub Libraries. This is your opportunity to help lead, inspire, and shape Libraries in the North or South West of Sheffield.

What's in it for you?

Impact:

Play a pivotal role in delivering outstanding library services that enrich lives and bring people together.

Leadership:

Motivate and manage our frontline teams, ensuring high standards and innovative service across our multiple sites.

Variety:

Oversee our wide-ranging offer, from books and IT access to our programme of events, which include author visits, Story Time, Baby Time, and digital sessions for all ages.

Challenge:

Tackle new opportunities every day, managing staff and resources to keep our libraries welcoming, safe, and relevant to our diverse community.

What do we need from you?

A passion for managing a large operational team in multiple sites to deliver results, ideally in a library setting. An ethos for customer service for a highly diverse range of customers. Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and thrive under pressure. The confidence and diplomacy to handle challenging situations, ensuring everyone feels safe and welcome in our spaces. A keen interest in keeping our books and events that underpin the Library Universal Offers, fresh and engaging.

The Details:

Two full-time, permanent posts (37 hours per week). You'll work Monday to Friday across our Libraries, with occasional Saturday Duty Officer responsibilities on a rota basis and some flexibility for home working. You'll be part of a supportive, collaborative team committed to making our Libraries vital and thriving spaces within our communities.

If you're enthusiastic, driven, and ready to help us deliver exceptional library experiences, we want to hear from you!



For an informal chat about the role, please contact Sarah Harrison on sarah.harrison@sheffield.gov.uk.



We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly. It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.



Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.



Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.



Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our New job evaluation process to be introduced at Sheffield City Council | Sheffield City Council

Job details

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Job reference
REQ003960
Date posted
15/01/2026
Application closing date
30/01/2026
Location
Sheffield
Salary
Grade 6 33,143 to 37,280
Package
Permanent
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Blank
Job category/type
Libraries, Museums and archive