Librarian I​/Library Specialist - Children's Services

Overview

Join the vibrant, community-minded team at Frederick County Public Libraries (FCPL)! We are seeking a creative, energetic, and visionary individual to become part of our team.

Located in Central Maryland between Washington D.C. and Baltimore, FCPL is a rapidly developing system of nine libraries and two bookmobiles. Our mission is to facilitate the public's freedom to explore, to invent, and to transform. FCPL connects people to ideas and to each other, helping to foster individual and community growth.

Exempt; full time; 40 hours per week; varied days and hours during FCPL regular operating schedule; full benefits; position subject to system-wide reassignment.

Salary (approximate):
Librarian I: $59,074.36 – $ per year;
Library Specialist: $51,597.84 – $87,716.32 per year.

This professional position assists in managing Children s Services at the

C. Burr Artz Public Library. This position provides direct library service to the general public. Supervision may be given to substitutes, shelvers, on-call employees and/or volunteers; direction may be given to department staff. Supervision is received from the Branch Administrator, Assistant Branch Administrator or the Supervisor, Children s Services.

There are 2 vacancies:

• C. Burr Artz Library
• Urbana Regional Library

NOTE:

The upper pay range reflects possible wage rates for internal County transfers and promotions, which are calculated per County policy.
For external hires, offers are made at the base wage rate, with limited exception.

Frederick County offers an extensive compensation package to reflect how highly we value our employees. The following is what you can expect in your first year as a full-time benefited Frederick County Government employee.

• 11 days of Vacation leave with increase after 2 years of employment
• 15 days of Sick leave with unlimited annual carryover
• 11 paid holidays, plus 2 additional floating holidays
• Day 1 coverage of comprehensive Medical Insurance Plan options to include generous County Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution (if enrolled in the high-deductible plan). This is part of a full range of benefits including Dental, Vision, and Flexible Spending
• Employee Health Center with no or low-cost primary and urgent care
• 100% County paid 2x annual salary Group Term Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) benefit
• Participation in the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System
• Vesting after 10 years of service
• Additional service credit for eligible previous public service, military service, etc.
• Work/Life balance programs include:
  Employee Assistance Program and Employee Wellness Program
• Generous Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Other employee-paid benefits such as Deferred Compensation Plan, Legal Resources, Supplemental Life Insurance, Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Lifetime Benefit with Long Term Care plan.

For more information, visit the benefits page on Frederick County Government job opportunities webpage.

• Develop, implement and evaluate innovative age-appropriate programming and outreach for adults, children aged birth to 5th grade and older children as assigned
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of the collection, current literature, and content delivery formats
• Participate in and support planning and implementation of system-wide programs, events and outreach
• Assist customers of all ages in using computerized and print information sources for general reference, information and reader s advisory requests and/or direct them to other appropriate sources
• Perform bibliographic searches related to interlibrary loan requests and reserves
• Establish and maintain working relationships with schools and other community organizations and groups, including partnerships and programming
• Assist in developing and presenting training to FCPL staff and general public on library/information resources, services, policies, programming and procedures
• Assist with the development and maintenance of the branch collection in an assigned area, including recommending materials for acquisition or withdrawal from circulation
• Work with the Supervisor to identify, plan,…