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.