Resource Center Specialist - School

Resource Center Specialist
- Mountain View High School

Mesa USD 4 Mountain View High
- Mesa, Arizona Open in Google Maps

Job : 5909387
Final date to receive applications: Sep 09, 2026 11:59 PM (Mountain Standard Time)
Re-Posted: Sep 01, 2026 6:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

• Forbes names Mesa Public Schools in their list of Best Employers in Arizona for multiple years.
• East Valley Tribune names Mesa Public Schools as Best Place to Work in East Valley for multiple years.

Employment Type: Full-time (40 hours per week)

Base Hourly: $19.89

Class/Calendar: B21, 9.75 months

Benefits: Sick leave, holidays,retirement matched through the Arizona State Retirement System, health, and life insurance

Performance Pay: Available annually

New Hire

Experience:

1% of the base hourly rate granted for each year of verified like experience (within ten years) beyond the requirement, up to aten-year maximum

New Hire

Education:

1% of the base hourly rate awarded for an AA or higher degree if not required for the position

Job Summary: To organize and maintain the daily operation of the media center to ensure appropriateness and availability of resources; to guide and direct students and teachers in media center use; and to ensure the effective and efficient functioning of media center services.

• Organize, process and maintain resource materials to ensure appropriateness and availability for student and teacher use; schedule and monitor use of media center
• Perform data entry concerning books and other resource materials in computerized management system
• Perform circulation tasks (i.e. checking books and resource materials in/out, textbook inventory, issuing debt notices, etc.)
• Organize, process and maintain resource materials to ensure appropriateness and availability for student and teacher use; schedule and monitor use of media center
• Perform data entry concerning books and other resource materials in computerized management system
• Perform circulation tasks (i.e. checking books and resource materials in/out, textbook inventory, issuing debt notices, etc.)
• Provide guidance and direction to students and teachers in the utilization and selection of media center resources
• Assist students with using the computer for research by demonstrating research strategies and research tools
• Maintain and monitor budget expenditures according to district policies and procedures to ensure availability of resources and proper use of funds
• Order and receive library and media resources and equipment appropriate to school’s needs
• Maintain and repair resource materials and troubleshoot media and computer equipment; submit work orders when needed
• Conduct computerized inventory of library collection and resource center materials and equipment to ensure accurate recordkeeping and documentation of lost and/or damaged materials
• Coordinate and manage district interlibrary loan process
• Prepare and process written materials to disseminate information to appropriate parties (i.e. correspondence, late notices, overdue lists, etc.)
• Prepare reports related to the operation of the media center to disseminate information to appropriate parties (i.e. circulation and patron statistics, etc.)
• Provide an environment that is conducive to learning (i.e. orderliness, displays, bulletin boards, etc.)
• Oversee and assign tasks to additional support staff, student helpers and/or volunteers
• Regular and on-time attendance required
• Assists with other assigned duties as appropriate to the area of assignment and Mesa Public Schools

• High School education or equivalent
• Knowledge and work experience in library procedures to include Dewey Decimal System, computerized Library Management System and Internet searching skills

• Library and technology coursework and/or equivalent experience

• Models the attributes and skills of the MPS Portrait of a Graduate
• Demonstrates commitment to the MPS Promise that every student is known by name, served by strength and need, and graduates ready for college, career and community
• Average proficiency in typing, with good accuracy; above average test battery; good math aptitude
• Computer proficiency to include use of basic software applications (Word, Excel, etc.) and Destiny, Synergy and OBARS
• Ability to operate standard office equipment and audio-visual equipment
• Ability to troubleshoot computers, peripherals and equipment to determine needed repair
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload, take initiative and work independently, and meet deadlines while working with frequent interruptions and minimum supervision
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and to effectively communicate (written and verbal) with students, parents, teachers and district personnel, etc.

• Typically works in a high school resource center or library
• Primarily indoors in a controlled environment (climate-controlled, well-lit)
• Frequent…