Youth Services Assistant, Stevens Memorial Library, Ashburnham, MA

Posted May 7, 2025

Job Description

Essential Functions:

Delivers prompt and courteous assistance to all patrons regarding the use of Library resources, equipment, and services. Responsible for maintaining and promoting a welcoming and inclusive physical and virtual Library environment.
Provides circulation services including card registrations, answering account questions, checking materials in and out. Assists with Interlibrary loan delivery processing, and shelving materials.
Handles money for patron transactions and daily accounting related to Library services.
Responds to reference and information requests helping patrons with their information needs. Assists patrons with reference and reader’s advisory requests.
Assists with Youth Services activities, outreach, workshops, and programming.
Assists in other Library programming, including creating promotional materials.
Assists with collection maintenance including shelving, creating book displays, rotating books on display, shelf reading, and weeding and inventory of juvenile and teen materials.
Assists with the collection of data from Library programs, services, and initiatives.
Assists with outreach related to Library programs, services, and initiatives.
Maintains Makerspace and play areas, rotates toy collection, cleans toys, evaluates materials to insure nothing is needing repairs, and inventories Makerspace supplies.
Prepares materials for Programs-To-Go, Libcrates, ArtCrates, Break-in Bags, and other Youth Services resources.
Provides readers’ advisory and reference services to youth, young adults, and their parents and caregivers.
Assists with training and supervision of Library Pages, Substitutes and Volunteers
Supervises the lower level of the Library in the absence of the Head of Youth Services.
Other duties as assigned.

Hours: 35 hours per week

Compensation: $19.99 / hour

Minimum Job Requirements:

Two years experience in a library setting or other similar learning environment.
High school diploma or GED required, some college or a bachelor’s degree preferred.

Preferred Job Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree.
Experience working in a public library or other similar learning environment with a variety of stakeholders and populations.
Experience with Evergreen ILS or similar ILS.
Experience in working with children and young adults.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Demonstrated attention to detail.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
Ability to identify and establish priorities, and exercise initiative and independent judgment in a variety of situations.
Ability to work collaboratively and independently while supporting an inclusive, collegial work environment.
Ability to balance multiple ongoing projects.
Knowledge of library practices and services including alphabetization and familiarity with the Dewey Classification System.
Familiarity with youth and young adult literature.
Ability to create and implement age-appropriate crafts.
Ability to maintain patron confidentiality.
Must be available to work evenings and weekends.

Please see here for more details: https://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/display_jobs.php?job_id=23375

How to Apply:

To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume, and the names and contact information for three references to: [email protected].

Please direct any questions to the same email.

Initial screening will begin June 23, 2025.