Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: $18.00 per hour

** This position will serve in the Outreach Department and assist with setting up our mobile libraries. Mobile libraries are satellite library sites that offer the same services as our main location in smaller cities in Scott County. Tasks would include driving a truck with a trailer, moving mobile shelving, setting up equipment, and providing full library services, such as reference, computer assistance, circulation, and programs. The selected individual will also work in the main library every other weekend and may assist with other outreach stops. ***

Under the direction of the Outreach Manager, the Outreach Library Assistant is responsible for providing access to the librarys materials and services mostly outside the library, at community events, partnership facilities, and other library functions.

Essential Duties:

• Provides library services both on-site and at off-site locations.
• Assists in driving the bookmobile and other library vehicles, including a truck with a trailer, to various locations in Scott County as needed.
• Assists in stocking shelves in the bookmobile with appropriate books and materials consistent with seasonal schedules and routes.
• Assists in keeping library vehicles in good, clean working condition.
• Assists in developing programming and bookmobile stops.
• Assists with setting up and taking down mobile sites.
• Maintains and organizes outreach offices and event materials.
• Maintains weekly statistics.
• Assists, hosts, and conducts outreach programs with special emphasis on those for children.
• Attends community events, performing outreach services for community members of all ages as assigned.
• Gives presentations about library services and resources to audiences of all ages.
• Helps maintain the Outreach services collection.
• Selects books for homebound patrons and delivers to their door as assigned.
• Provides information and circulation services to patrons in person and by phone, utilizing both print and non-print resources.
• Provides assistance to other outreach staff as necessary.
• Attends all staff and department meetings as scheduled.
  
• Works all Public Service Desks as needed.
• Notary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Expected Hours of Work:

Must work 37.5 hours a week. On-site attendance, evenings, and weekends are required.

Must work the following non-negotiable work schedule: Every other Sunday 10:45-7:15, every Monday 11:30-8:00, every Tuesday 11:30-8:00, every Friday 10:45-7:15, and every other Saturday 8:30-5:00

Required Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience preferred.
• Library experience preferred.
• Valid drivers license and satisfactory driving history required.
• Ability to obtain a KDLA Paraprofessional Certification.
• Fluency in Spanish is strongly preferred.

Required Skills:

• Ability to exercise initiative, independent judgement, and maintain professionalism in uncomfortable situations.
• Ability to speak publicly to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to help older and/or limited mobility patrons onto the bookmobile.
• Ability to organize, plan, set priorities, use time effectively, and meet deadlines while working with frequent interruptions.
• Ability to do basic math for routine calculations.
• Keeps abreast of and understands emerging technologies, current trends, and best practices for the department.
• Ability to adapt, remain flexible, and flourish in a changing environment while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Ability to be tactful and respect confidentiality.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others, orally and in writing, including through email.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and positive working relationships with co-workers, patrons, user groups, community organizations, volunteer groups of varying personalities and ages, and to serve the public courteously in a variety of situations.
• Foster an environment that attracts and invites patrons to use the library.
• Contributes to creating an environment oriented to trust, open communication, creative thinking, and a cohesive team.
• Proficiency in using computers and MS Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.

Physical Demands

• Moving up to 50lbs. carts and handling moderately heavy boxes of books when the occasion requires.
• Ability to balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, talk, type, pick, pinch, hear, and perform repetitive motions.
• Ability to stand and sit for long periods of time.
• Movement through facility locations and assisting patrons.
• Ability to handle books, materials, and equipment.
• Ability to reach above the head and below the knee to retrieve shelved items.
• Visual acuity sufficient to identify materials on shelving up to 90 and to read primarily typed or printed text in a variety of type sizes.

Work Environment

• Climate-controlled environment inside the building and inside the library vehicle, and seasonal conditions outside the building
• Limited access to restroom facilities when driving a library vehicle.
• On the road, 70-75% of work time.
• Seasonal conditions outside the building.
• Regular travel around the community and county in all kinds of weather conditions.

Note: This job description does not necessarily reflect all aspects of the job function.

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