Vacancy: The Reader – Reading Community Outreach Worker

The Reader – Reading Community Outreach Worker.

The Reader Organisation in partnership with Liverpool Libraries and grant funded by the Big Lottery Fund seeks:

Full-time Reading Community Outreach Worker for the Toxteth Community Library project.

Three-year fixed term contract

Salary: £17,000 – £22,000 (starting salary to be based on previous experience)

Deadline 2 September 2009

Following a major Big Lottery Funded refurbishment, Liverpool’s Toxteth library will re-open in Autumn 2009. Working in partnership with Liverpool Libraries and diverse local communities, The Reader Organisation wants to develop a number of weekly community reading groups and other reading-based events and activities. Over 3 years, the successful candidate will build a network of readers and reading communities within the immediate local area, which is socially and economically deprived, and home to an very diverse population. The overall aim will be to improve local people’s health and well being through the power of reading.

This is a great opportunity to build a locally–grounded reader-development project with the full support of committed partners. You will be developing a local best practice model with national implications.

The Reader Organisation has a national and international reputation for innovation and excellence, and has been highlighted as part of the Department of Health’s New Horizons strategy.

Download the full job description and instructions for how to apply.

Or contact The Reader Organisation office on 0151 794 2830 to have pack put in the post and sent to you.