Librarian

We offer a wide range of meaningful career opportunities with potential for growth, training and development, competitive salaries, flexible work schedules, paid time off, and robust benefits. The Redwood City team is guided by the core values excellence, integrity, service, collaboration, inclusion, and innovation. Inherent in these values is a great organizational culture based on trust, strong and supportive leadership, respect, risk-taking, empowerment, and effective communication.

The community is known for its inclusivity, strong engaged neighborhoods, and civic pride.

The City works diligently to maintain positive and productive relationships with community partners, together providing outstanding services, programs and opportunities for residents and businesses. This mix of tradition and progress, community and diversity, makes Redwood City an extraordinary place to work and call home. If you’re looking to grow your career as a part of a hard-working and fun Library team that fosters innovation, creativity and collaboration, we hope you’ll apply.

The City of Redwood City is looking for a dynamic, energetic, team-oriented full-time (38-hours per week) Librarian I/II or Lead. This position is flexibly staffed at the Librarian I/II/Lead level, depending on the candidate’s experience. The current opening is based at the family friendly Downtown Library and will deliver expertise in cataloging, collection development, programming for adults, outreach and exceptional customer service.

This position will require ability to work during the days, evenings and weekends. The mission of the Redwood City Public Library is to cultivate community and advance equity by welcoming all people to experience the shared joys of literacy and learning. This position plays a key role in advancing that mission by fostering a sense of inclusion and belonging for the diverse adults in our community.

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- Job Announcement
- Librarian I_II_Lead
- Adult Services #26A-71.pdf

The ideal candidate for this position will work onsite and in person, have at least one year of experience performing professional library work with expertise in cataloging, collection development, programming for adults, outreach, exceptional customer service, and makerspace operations or programming. The ability to speak Spanish is a plus.

Noting that the position may be filled at the Librarian I/ Librarian II / Lead Librarian level, depending on qualifications, minimum qualification may be a ny combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be:

Possession of Master of Library Science degree from an American Library Association accredited college or university.

Librarian I: No experience required. Experience working with children or teens is preferred but is not required.

Librarian II: Two years of experience performing professional library work.

Lead Librarian: Two years of experience performing professional library work as a Librarian. Experience in a public setting handling in-charge duties is desirable.

Possession of a valid California Class C Driver’s License and a satisfactory driving record or ability to reliably relocate between locations as needed during scheduled work shift.

• Principles and procedures of professional library work including methods, practices, and techniques of library classification, cataloging, and Information services.
• Policies, procedures and functions of…