Readvertise - Library Assistant - Elementary

Position Type:
Classified Staff/ Library Assistant

Date Posted: 10/9/2025

Location:

Jefferson Elementary School

Date Available:

SY

Closing Date: 10/23/2025

Title:

Library Assistant – Elementary

Work Location:

Jefferson Elementary

Work Hours:

7.5 hours/Day

Contract Length: 194 Days

Minimum Salary: $26,778.00

Maximum Salary: $33,393.00

To assist the librarian in the daily activities of the school library; assist students and teachers in locating library materials; and assist with filing or various clerical duties.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST UPLOAD A COPY OF THE REQUEST FOR TRANSFER SIGNED BY THEIR CURRENT PRINCIPAL/SUPERVISOR.

Receives direct and immediate supervision from a Librarian or assigned Principal.

• Basic clerical procedures, methods, and computer equipment.
• Principles and procedures for filing.
• Modern office procedures.
• Basic record keeping.

• Perform general clerical work, including maintaining files.
• Respond to requests and inquiries from vendors, students, and school employees.
• Act as a receptionist.
• Type and enter data into the computer at a speed necessary for successful job performance.
• Operate standard office machines including computers.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities.
• Maintain mental capacity which allows for effective interaction and communication with others.
• Maintain effective audio/visual discrimination and perception to the degree necessary for the successful performance of assigned duties.

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:

Two years of general clerical experience.

Education:

Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade - High School Diploma or GED Equivalency.

Licensure:
Possession of, ability to obtain a Level III Educational Assistant license from the New Mexico Public Education Department.

Quiet office/classroom environment; works with computers; maintains same work schedule as teachers, or on a schedule established by supervisor.

Essential functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for moderate to heavy lifting and standing and walking for long periods of time.