Part-time Job Opportunity- Library Children's Services

Position: Children’s Services (Part - Time)

 

Mary M. Campbell Marcus Hook Public Library has a Part Time opening for Children's Services.

 

Responsibilities include:

 

  • Responsible for assisting patrons in the Youth Services Department for helping keep the children’s and young adult areas attractive and orderly
  • Planning and presenting developmentally-appropriate, standards-based story programs for toddlers and preschoolers, and assisting as needed with programs for children of all ages
  • Collection development including selection, purchase, cataloging, weeding, and maintenance of children’s materials, shelving included
  • Coordinate program planning with local school librarians, teachers, and administrators to provide complementary services to students
  • Perform other tasks as assigned

 

Skills/Job Requirements:

 

  • Desire and ability to work with the public, especially children and teens
  • High energy level
  • Ability to learn use of automated computer systems
  • Familiarity with children's materials
  • Highly motivated and detail-oriented
  • Good organizational and oral communication skills
  • Library experience and experience with children is a plus
  • Must have reliable transportation

 

This position requires the following physical abilities: to handle, lift, move, shift library materials weighing up to 25 lbs; to wheel book-carts weighing up to 125 lbs; to operate a keyboard; to stand, sit, kneel, walk, stoop, reach repeatedly throughout the workday.

 

All library positions require the following clearances:

 

- Report of criminal history from the Pennsylvania State Police

- Child Abuse History Clearance from the PA Department of Human Services - Fingerprint-based federal criminal history submitted through the FBI

 

Position Type: Part-Time

Salary Information: $15.00 per hour

Shift: Hours will vary including nights and weekends

Weekly Hours: 25 

Deadline: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

 

To apply, please send your cover letter/resume and three professional references to Library Director marcushook@delcolibraries.org No phone calls. Only candidates of interest will be contacted.

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