Grade B - £29,542 - £33,672
Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Working 36.5 hours per week
Permanent
Summary
Do you enjoy driving, meeting people, and making a real difference in local communities? Birmingham Libraries are looking for a dependable and customer focused Senior Van Driver / Mobile Library Driver to help deliver vital library services directly to residents across the city.
About The Role
As a Mobile Library Driver, you will be responsible for driving the mobile library vehicle to scheduled stops throughout Birmingham, ensuring residents can access books, information, and library services close to where they live. You'll play a key role in supporting communities, promoting reading and literacy, and helping customers make the most of the services available through Birmingham Libraries
This is a varied role combining driving, vehicle checks, customer service, stock management, and community engagement. You'll also support the day-to-day operation of the mobile library, helping to ensure a welcoming, accessible, and efficient service for all users
Key Responsibilities
- Driving the Mobile Library on scheduled routes across Birmingham.
- Carrying out daily vehicle safety checks and reporting defects.
- Undertaking basic vehicle maintenance and liaising with Fleet Maintenance when required.
- Loading, unloading, cleaning, and fuelling the vehicle.
- Issuing and returning library materials using library systems.
- Assisting customers with enquiries, membership applications, and information requests.
- Supporting library activities and community engagement events.
- Maintaining stock, shelving, and promotional displays.
- Contributing ideas to improve routes, timetables, and service delivery.
- Supporting a positive customer experience while promoting reading, learning, and inclusion.
About You
- Hold a valid LGV Class C licence and Driver CPC qualification.
- Confident driving large vehicles in busy urban environments.
- Knowledgeable about basic vehicle maintenance and safety checks.
- Comfortable using computers and digital systems.
- An excellent communicator with strong customer service skills.
- Passionate about reading, literacy, and supporting local communities.
- Comfortable working with children, young people, older people, and customers with disabilities.
- A strong team player who can also work independently
The role includes Saturday and occasional evening working in line with library service requirements.
You may be required to work from different library service locations across Birmingham.
What We Offer In Return…
- Membership of West Midlands Pension Fund - with generous employer contributions
- Enhanced Holiday Entitlement - 30 days, increasing with length of service
- My Rewards Scheme - access to over 800 brands providing discounts and savings
- Health and wellbeing support - independent and confidential employee assistance and counselling
Information for applicants with a disability
We are a proud Disability Confident Employer. We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).
If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact [email protected]. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to [email protected] or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.
Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.
Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.
Job Description and Person Specification
Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.
We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion. We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.
There Is a Clear Vision Which Is Ensuring That The Council Is Working For Communities Today And Building For Tomorrow, We Focus Our Resources On Five Key Priorities
- A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
- An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
- A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
- A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
- A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership - that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.
We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.
In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.
Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.
For the awards and support for our employees, please follow https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/169/job_vacancies
Company Info
Website http://birmingham.gov.uk/ Telephone 0121 675 7070 Location Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom
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