Children's Librarian, Stevens Memorial Library; North Andover

Children's Librarian, Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover)

GENERAL PURPOSE

This position performs a variety of patron services, with special focus on services for children and their parents, caregivers, and teachers. Work is distinguished by the ability to maintain a broad knowledge of children’s literature and to help educate caregivers and teachers about reading processes to support children’s literacy development.

• Works directly with children, parents, caregivers, and teachers.
• Creates and conducts story times, book groups, and other types of programs for children of various ages.
• Assists with children’s programming during summer reading and throughout the year.
• Supports, adapts, or delivers services in a manner which ensures understanding and inclusion of diverse client populations.
• Highlights the collection by creating a variety of displays.
• Assists with collections management as assigned, including organization and cataloging.
• Identifies and suggests appropriate materials for patrons based on age and development level.
• Provides reader’s advisory and reference services to children, parents, caregivers, and teachers using the online catalog, print, and digital resources.
• Works collaboratively with other library employees to address and resolve concerns, assists and supports the overall functions serving children.
• Meets with and assists citizens, in person or over the phone, to address general questions or concerns and complaints related to youth services. Escalates concerns and complaints as needed to the Head of Youth Services, Assistant Library Director, and/or Library Director.
• Provides effective and efficient customer service, which promotes and maintains a culture of responsive community relations.
• Demonstrates a frequent level of independent judgment and discretion in carrying out job responsibilities and making position-related decisions.
• Demonstrates sensitivity, understanding and respect of all town employees, residents, and visitors.
• Performs subject area research through maintaining professional memberships, attending conferences and workshops and participating in other professional development activities.
• Keeps up to date on industry trends and maintains required training, licensure and/or certification.
• Follows safe work practices and adheres to policies, procedures, and ordinances adopted by the library.
• May be assigned to staff library public service desks.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

• Work is performed in the library setting. The employee is required to have hand‑eye coordination necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, talk or hear, and use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or reach books and other objects.
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally required to lift up to 25 pounds and move or push book carts up to 150 pounds.

Selections shall be made on the basis of qualifications, ability, and dependability. Formal application, rating of education and experience, oral interview, reference check, and job‑related tests may be required.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled as defined under the Americans With Disabilities Act, must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by management on a case‑by‑case basis.

The job posting does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

Required Education, Training, and

Experience:

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