Children’s Library Assistant, Waltham Public Library, Waltham, MA
Posted July 13, 2018
Work in a busy, team-oriented MLN member library serving a diverse community with a collection of over 200,000 items.
Qualifications include: Bachelor’s degree and at least one year experience working with staff and public in a tactful and courteous manner. Excellent computer and problem solving skills along with an active interest in new technologies and social media. Superior customer service skills. Strong interest in working with children and their caregivers. Ability to perform detailed work accurately and efficiently with a minimum of supervision. Strong oral and written communication skills. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Must pass a pre-employment physical with drug and alcohol screening, a Criminal Offenders Record Information (CORI) and a background check. Full description available at Human Resources Department.
Duties include: Children’s desk services including check-in, check-out and renewing materials on the telephone or in person. Working with children, families, educators and day cares to provide access to resources and activities. Other duties include museum pass reservation, outreach to area schools, performing storytime, preparing displays & programming, some collection development and other similar or related work as required.
Preferred: Fluency in Spanish, Chinese, Haitian Creole or Portuguese; experience in marketing; outreach and/or social media, familiarity with III Sierra software.
35 hours per week including staffing a public service desk a minimum of one evening per week and a minimum of one Saturday and one Sunday per month year-round. Excellent benefits.
Starting salary: $50,454.
Deadline to apply: August 10, 2018
Qualified candidates should submit, preferably in one complete pdf file:
- Completed City of Waltham employment application
( https://www.city.waltham.ma.
- Three letters of professional reference
(Must be less than 2 yrs old. Also must be signed or sent directly from source)
- Resume
- Letter of interest to:
Mary Gullotti
Human Resources Department, 119 School Street, Waltham, MA 02451
[email protected] / 781-314-3356