Library Assistant - Part Time

Salary : $20.40 Hourly

Location : Kyle Public Library, TX

Job Type : Part-Time

Job Number : FY24-2500075

Department : Library

Division : Library

Opening Date : 12 / 26 / 2024

Closing Date : 1 / 24 / 2025 5 : 00 PM Central

General Statement

Under the direction of the Circulation Supervisor, the Part Time Library Assistant will be passionate about providing courteous and high-quality customer service at the circulation desk daily and throughout the library, be highly enthusiastic about assisting with maintenance of library collections, and live for shelving and shelf reading. The Library Assistant also provides library patrons with basic reference and computer assistance.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepares circulation desk for daily operations such as opening and closing routines of library, retrieving library materials from book drops and ensuring computers are operational.
• Works the circulation desk daily, assisting patrons with checking in and out items, answering basic reference questions, offering basic reader advisory, and assisting patrons in locating library materials.
• Assist with programming and outreach prep.
• Assist with leading programs when needed.
• Assist with book processing and weeding the collection as needed.
• Shelving of library materials and shelf reading for accuracy.
• Handle patron complaints with tactfulness and resolve issues with patron library cards.
• Collect fines and fees on patron accounts and notify patrons of overdue items and reserves.
• Maintain library displays.
• Assists patrons in the operation of photocopiers, faxing, and with computer and software usage.
• Operates a variety of standard office and library machines, such as fax machine, copiers, and computers.
• Answers directional, informational questions, policy, and procedural questions from library patrons.
• Issues library cards and ensures patron information is current and correct.
• Follows all library and city policy and procedures.
• Answers telephone and provides routine information over phone and through email.
• Monitors and maintains all library public areas to ensure compliance with library policies and procedures.
• Regularly monitors and maintains the tidiness of the library, ensuring a welcoming environment.
• Performs shelf reading to ensure correct order and shelves returned items on daily basis.
• Performs all duties and special tasks as assigned.

Qualifications, Experience, and / or Certifications Required

MUST WORK THE SET SCHEDULE :

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES :

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORKING CONDITIONS :

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; stand; walk; reach with hands, fingers, and arms; handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; climb; balance; bend; stoop; kneel; crouch and / or crawl. The employee is regularly required to read; speak, including talking on a telephone; and hear with background noise. Specific vision abilities required in this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee must be able to regularly lift and / or move up to 25 lbs.; push a fully loaded book truck weighing upwards to 75 lbs.; and occasionally move and / or lift up to 50 lbs.

The employee will usually work in a climate-controlled indoor environment. However, while working in a library, an employee may be exposed to dust, loud noises, vibrations, fumes and odors, communicable diseases, wetness / humidity, and darkness or variable lighting.

Employment with the City of Kyle is contingent upon the outcome of record checks and verifications including, but not limited to, criminal history, driving records, education records, employment verifications, reference checks, and employment eligibility verifications. Selected candidates for positions will be subject to a background investigation and to pre-employment drug screen, depending on the position, may require a physical assessment upon a conditional job offer.

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