Job Details
Salary: $21.72 - $23.52 Hourly
Location : 212 Fairbanks Street, AK
Job Type: Temporary
Job Number: T24.12
Department: Library
Opening Date: 03/29/2024
The Valdez Consortium Library is hiring a Youth Services Library Assistant.
The Youth Services Assistant is a creative, enthusiastic, self-motivated, adaptive individual with strong communication and customer service skills. This position works under the supervision of the Youth Services Librarian. This job entails further on-the-job training, including CPR/First Aid.
This is a temporary, non-benefited position to work part-time throughout the year. Rate of pay begins at $21.72 per hour. This position may require evening, weekend, and holiday availability.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be 18 years or older.
- Hold a high school diploma or equivalent (GED).
- Minimum two (2) years of working experience working with children, teens, and families.
- Customer service experience.
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office and social media.
- Must pass background check.
This position is open until filled, review of applicants begins April 12, 2024.
Primary duties and responsibilities:
- Assume programming and outreach responsibilities of the Youth Services Librarian in their absence.
- Assist Youth Services Librarian with programming preparation, implementation, and clean up.
- Stays up-to-date on library trends and resources in order to assist patrons and provide readers' advisory, particularly for children and teens.
- Develops age-appropriate and culturally responsive displays of library materials.
- Represents the library at local school and community events as needed.
- Ability to speak before groups of children, teens, and/or adults.
- Prepares marketing materials to promote library programs as needed.
- Engages children, teens, and their families during library programs, activities, and visits.
- Attend staff meetings and trainings as required.
- Provide exceptional customer service to program participants and patrons.
- Communicate with general public, staff and supervisors in a professional and timely manner, both written and verbal.
- Work in a safe manner and report unsafe activity and conditions, and intervene as needed.
- Work as a team member maintaining a cooperative attitude with employees, staff, and supervisors.
- Complies with all City and Departmental rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Provide support in overseeing programs as required.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, skills and other characteristics:
- Demonstrates excellent customer service.
- Ability to work effectively with all ages and abilities, particularly children, teens, and families.
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment.
- Ability to follow instructions and policies; both written and verbal.
- Ability to act as a role model to participants during activities, programs, and events.
- Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to adhere to the ALA Code of Ethics.
Physical requirements and work environment:
- Work is performed predominantly in a library environment.
- Occasionally work may be performed out of doors and in inclement weather.
- Work performed be subject to walking, stooping, lifting, carrying, and prolonged standing.
Minimum Qualifications: Library
- Must be 18 years or older.
- Hold a high school diploma or equivalent (GED).
- Minimum two (2) years of working experience working with children, teens, and families.
- Customer service experience.
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office and social media.
- Must obtain and maintain certifications in CPR/AED, and First Aid within two (2) months of date of hire.
- Must pass background check.
This is a non-benefited temporary position.