Librarian

What You'll Be Doing

Serve Your Community as a Youth Services Librarian at Eva Perry Regional Library in Apex!

Engage directly with our youngest Wake County citizens as a Youth Services Librarian, where you'll have the chance to share the magic of the library with the community. From delivering captivating programs, to offering personalized service and working on a service desk, you'll create unforgettable experiences that inspire a lifelong love of reading and learning. Your role will be essential in connecting children and caregivers with the library's resources, fostering relationships and building community.

• Create Engaging Programs: Unleash your creativity by designing and implementing dynamic programs for children of all ages. Create these experiences to spark curiosity and joy.
• Lead Confidently: Take charge in the absence of the library manager(s) to ensure the smooth operations of the library. Be a support and resource for your colleagues.
• Collaborate with Passion: Join forces with a dedicated team to brainstorm, plan and execute programs, projects and maintain collections. Contribute your unique strengths while fostering an environment of support, innovation and shared success.
• Build Strong Community: Work with managers and peers to establish and nurture strong relationships with the community. Promote library services and forge relationships that enhance our programs and services. Work directly with the public providing excellent customer service, reference and readers advisory services.

The current position is available at: Eva Perry Regional Library, 2100 Shepherd’s Vineyard Drive, Apex, NC 27502

Schedule: 40 hrs per week; schedule includes Wednesday evenings and every 4th weekend

The person selected for this position must undergo a successful criminal background check and education verification, as well as submit fingerprints to the State Bureau of Investigation for a secondary criminal history record check.

• Master's degree in Librarianship or related field: MLS, MLIS, MIS, ML from an ALA accredited program or NC program
• No specific experience required
• Equivalent education and experience are NOT accepted

• Coursework in youth services
• One year of professional librarian experience working with children
• Spanish language skills

• Is knowledgeable and enjoys working with children birth through teens and their caregivers
• Is skilled at presenting programs to children
• Excels at providing customer service
• Is energetic, motivated, detail-oriented, and flexible
• Has great technology skills
• Demonstrates excellent communication and leadership skills
• Maintains a knowledge of library trends in Youth Services
• Builds and maintains positive and respectful working relationships

Location:

Eva Perry Library, Apex, NC 27502

Employment Type:

Regular

Work Schedule:

40 hrs per week, combo days, evenings, and regular weekend rotation

Hiring Range:

Market Range:

Wake County provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

Position may require a background check that may include: criminal, credit, motor vehicle, education, and sexual offender registry or others based on job requirements. Unless required by state law, a record of conviction will not automatically exclude you from consideration for employment. Wake County Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

In the event of an emergency, as determined by the County Manager or designee, participation in preparedness and response operations should be expected. Employee may be required to fill a temporary assignment in a role different from standard duties, work hours and/or work location in preparation for, during and after the emergency. Employee may also be required to participate in relevant exercises and regular preparedness training.