The Role:
Leitrim County Council is seeking applications from suitably qualified candidates with relevant experience
for the position of Senior Library Assistant in Dromahair Branch Library.
The Senior Library Assistant is a frontline and key support position within the structure of the Library Service.
A Senior Library Assistant makes a valuable contribution to the provision of the Library Service centrally, and
at local branch level, by providing support to library management and supervising staff, and is a vital link in
the team which promotes the library as a focal point for cultural activities, community engagement and
lifelong learning. As the person in charge of managing the day-to-day running of the library, the Senior Library
Assistant will also be called upon to manage and deliver a range of library programmes and initiatives both
in the library and online.
The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team within the Library Service assisting with
the implementation of work programmes to achieve goals, targets and standards set out in the Library
Development Plan and Team Plans and which support actions identified in the National Public Library
Strategy 2023-2027 ‘The Library is the Place’. The successful candidate will be expected to use initiative and
work to a high standard. He/she will work under the direction and management of the library senior
management team, comprising Executive Librarian, Senior Executive Librarian and County Librarian.
Leitrim Library Service manages and supports a network of 8 branch libraries, 2 of which offer a ‘My Open
Library’ Service, including Dromahair branch library. The libraries are strategically located across the county
together with a Local Studies Library which is based in Ballinamore Library. The Library Service is constantly
innovating and diversifying in a dynamic and changing environment, taking advantage of technological
advancement in particular to deliver a wide and varied range of front-line services to users. Leitrim Library
Service also engages with Roscommon and Sligo Library Services in relation to the joint delivery of agreed
services/programmes through formal collaboration and resource sharing.
The Library Service is based in the Finance, Environment, Climate, Sustainable Communities and Library
Services, and Manorhamilton Municipal District Directorate of Leitrim County Council.
The Council is seeking dynamic, creative and motivated individuals to fill the role of Senior Library Assistant
in Dromahair Branch Library. The successful candidates will assist in fulfilling the library vision of being open,
accessible, a focal point for communities and delivering quality customer service.
As the Library Service is a county-wide service, staff may be required to provide cover at, and may be
reassigned to, any service point within County Leitrim as required by the County Librarian.
The Qualifications:
1. Character
Each candidate shall be of good character.
2. Health
Each candidate shall be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render
regular and efficient service.
3. Citizenship
Candidates for any of the above panels must, by the date of any job offer, be:
