Children's Guide - Anythink Wright Farms; Bilingual Spanish speaking

Job Title:

Guide (part customer education, part reference advocate, part event planning)

Branch Services

$50,000 - $57,500 per year DOE + bilingual pay stipend eligible

Full-time; exempt; benefited

Have you dreamed about revolutionizing library services for children? At Anythink, we believe that people of all ages learn through play. We will look to you to design informal learning opportunities that create magical, transformative experiences for our babies, children, and tweens. Come be a part of our beautiful Anythink Wright Farms branch in Thornton, Colorado, where the demand for children's programming is exceptional.

If you are a person with experience with collections and innovative programming for babies through tweens and have a friendly and approachable style that kids gravitate to, being a Guide at Anythink could be your dream job.

You create amazing experiences for our library customers. You are the person who connects the customer with information they seek. You develop and implement outstanding experience zone programs. You are a trainer and program coordinator at the branch. You are a natural leader, knowledgeable on all library operations and respected for your ability to have the customer leave thrilled about the library.

• Whether in front of a group of people or working one‑on‑one, you're a natural‑born teacher.
• You understand customer needs and enjoy connecting them with the right solutions; you're a sleuth at heart.
• You are an active listener; you're intuitive to people's needs.
• You engage well with others and are passionate about providing an exemplary customer experience.
• You're a team player who thinks quickly on your feet.
• You are a good listener with lots of patience.
• You're excited about the prospect of growing and learning in a changing environment.
• You inspire fun in the people around you.

• You develop and conduct programs, presentations and workshops and create participatory experiences for our customers.
• You are a wizard at teaching our library customers and staff how to use technology from e‑readers to our online databases.
• You are the genius reference go‑to person in the library.
• You design "how‑to" training for library customers and staff on library basics such as copier 101 training, meeting room projector training, and digital camera interface training.
• You share your passion for our product by making sure our collections are timely and fresh and our displays are refreshed and looking beautiful.
• You love meeting and inspiring new people. You enjoy talking about and offering meaningful recommendations of the latest books, movies and music.
• You are an explorer; you are out on the floor with the library customers helping them with their journey through our amazing library.
• You are the outgoing tour guide of library; you share your knowledge about the library operations while entertaining your group.
• You know your way around technology, having the ability to teach new users about basic computer skills to more techie things like creating music, transferring images from digital cameras, and creating top-quality presentations using STEM philosophy and authentic learning.
• You make connections that enrich our library customer experience through developing online/paper bibliographies, adding content to the wikis, displays and creating transformational programming.
• You are a leader, happily taking on lead responsibilities, including person in charge, trainer of staff on operating procedures, and lead over other staff.
• You reach out to the community, presenting workshops for your local area.
• You are the branch liaison to committees, schools or other task forces.
• You are always looking for opportunities to have our library customers feel welcome; you register them for a library card, help them with a fee, request a book through RLD or ILL, assist them in our copy center, or walk them through their basic computer needs.
• You see the big picture, you understand when to jump and help in different areas.
• You have great ideas to share on District committees.
• You do the right thing. Every decision you make and action you take is an opportunity to demonstrate our collective integrity.

• Bachelor's degree
• MLS or Master's degree preferred
• You have presentation or training experience
• Continuous learner
• Digital literacy
• Library or bookstore experience preferred

Expect to be on the move within the library: stand, walk, crouch, stoop, squat, twist, climb, and push/pull up to 50 pounds, and lift up to 25 pounds.

Expect evening and weekend shifts as part of your schedule.

We believe in our DEI Mission Statement and encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer.