Librarian Children's

Closing Date:
July 5, 2026 - 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time

Applications must be completed and submitted prior to 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on the closing date to be considered. Once you submit your application, you will no longer be able to make revisions or attach documents.

Pay Range: $6,853.60 - $9,460.53 (monthly)
Job Status:
Full-Time
Hours Per Week: 40

Employment Type:

Regular
FLSA:
Exempt

Location:

Oak Harbor, WA

Job Summary

The Librarian focuses on system initiatives and committee work, information services, collection maintenance, program and service creation, system level support for smaller community libraries and community engagement -- making connections, developing relationships and providing services, spaces, and resources that are representative of diverse cultures and perspectives, intentionally inclusive, and accessible to everyone while supporting community organizations and promoting the library.

Oak Harbor is a very diverse community with a large number of families with young children. The Children's Services Librarian is pivotal to assessing and supporting community needs. The Children's Services Librarian delivers dynamic, customer-focused library service. This role involves carrying out high-impact early-literacy and school age initiatives, conducting extensive outreach to schools and youth organizations, and collaborating with the Information Services team.

Professional duties also include providing reference service (in-person and online), technology and readers' advisory help, and ongoing collection maintenance. The Children's Service's Librarian also contributes to systemwide initiatives and teams to further Sno-Isle Libraries' priorities in early learning. This position is often the person-in-charge of the building helping to maintain a safe and welcoming environment for customers and staff.

Spanish language proficiency is preferred. A multilingual pay differential is available to the successful candidate who demonstrates Spanish-language proficiency.

The person selected for this position will work in the mornings, evenings, and weekends and have a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the community and library.

This position is part of a bargaining unit represented by AFSCME Council 2

We Value Lived Experience

Sno-Isle Libraries is committed to embedding equity into our organization. As we engage in equity work, it's important to have a good foundation to frame the work and then provide training opportunities to build skills and knowledge.

We value and embrace the unique experiences our staff members bring to the organization and recognize how their experiences improve the service we provide.

Benefits
All Sno-Isle Libraries employees are eligible for sick leave, vacation leave, paid holidays, dental coverage, an employee assistance program, and an employer-paid ORCA Passport card. Employees working 20 or more hours per week also receive additional benefits such as medical and vision coverage, retirement savings, life insurance, and flexible healthcare and daycare spending accounts. For more information about these benefits, visit our employment webpage at sno-isle.org/employment.

Essential Functions

Functions listed are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Provides professional research assistance to customers, either in-person, over the phone, or electronically.

Assists with collection maintenance duties for materials and resources in various formats.

Develops and presents various library programs (educational, early literacy, community interest, or civic engagement and individual customer research or instructional sessions).

Creates and curates online content to meet community needs and interests.

Assists in development and evaluation of library services in line with the strategic focus.

Represents the library to a wide variety of community groups.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

May be in charge of the building in the absence of other supervisory staff.

Serves on various library committees as assigned.

Coordinates library volunteers as needed.

Prepares correspondence and reports.

Trains new staff as needed.

Participates in ongoing professional development.

Assists with special projects as required.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervision

The position typically reports to a community library manager, assistant manager, or the manager of a major functional area such as Information Services. Supervision of the work of others is not a normal part of the work of these positions, but incumbents may from time to time assist in the training of other staff in library-related work.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Thorough knowledge of established web-based databases and techniques of searching and accessing those…