Library Associate II - Youth - College Hill Library

The City of Westminster is seeking a dynamic, compassionate and collaborative Library Associate who loves working with Children and Tweens ranging from birth to middle school ages. The Library Associate II - Youth Services position is responsible for complex and technical paraprofessional library work in the Public Services area. This includes assisting with services and programs for children from birth to middle school;

providing readers' advisory, reference services, community outreach, performing story time for children ages birth to preschool, and providing patron assistance on the use of electronic devices and resources.

The ideal candidate for this role has a heart for public service, champion’s teamwork, is customer-focused, and values empathy-based service in a public library setting. Someone with innovative programming ideas, passion for Youth Services, tech savviness, and the ability to navigate supporting both kids and caregivers alike will thrive in this environment.

The College Hill branch is a destination library that services the surrounding community as well as an array of college students. It is jointly operated with the Front Range Community College and often partners with the upstairs academic Front Range library for circulation and various services.

Applicant must be available to work days, some evenings, some weekends, and some holidays.

The full salary range for this position is stated above. The starting range of pay is dependent on qualifications and experience of each individual candidate. The City of Westminster has a Multilingual Stipend Program to encourage and reward benefited employees who are conversationally fluent in languages other than English. Benefited employees have the opportunity to test their language proficiency skills and qualify for a bi-weekly stipend that will vary based on the employee’s level of proficiency and usage.

• Assist with services and programs for children from birth to middle school.
• Provide readers' advisory, reference services, community outreach, story time for children birth to preschool, and patron assistance on the use of electronic devices and resources.
• Conduct story times, staff the library information desks, and program youth activities for ages 0‑12.
• Recommend books to patrons, help locate books, assist research assignments, and maintain library collections.
• Assist patrons with public computer usage, printing/copying/scanning/faxing, and teach use of the catalog, databases, and eBook collections.
• Work shifts that include weekends, evenings, and some holidays.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
• Perform duties as directed by the City, including additional projects.

Required:

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Graduation from high school or GED.
• Two (2) years minimum experience working with children.

Preferred:

• Two (2) years minimum experience providing customer service.
• Knowledge and love of books for children 0 to 12 years of age.

Work performed is physical in nature, and involves sufficient physical strength and stamina to:

• Occasionally sit and stand in one area to perform customer service, book check‑out and check‑in; constantly standing and walking throughout a multi‑level public library facility.
• Frequent crouching, squatting, bending, and twisting to shelve books from floor level to above head; frequent climbing and balancing to climb stairs and use stepstools and ladders.
• Constant light grasp to prepare returned and new material/books for checkout and patron use, and constant reaching at waist level to return material to proper shelves; frequent firm grasp, pinching, and fine motor skills to prepare material/books, and reaching overhead to stock books.
• Constant near acuity to read computer screens, and book and shelving labels; frequent hearing to communicate with public, staff, and vendors.
• Frequent lifting of up to forty (40) pounds from ground to waist to move returned books to check‑in area; frequent lifting of up to twenty (20) pounds from ground to overhead to return books to stacks and stock supplies and material; occasional carrying of up to forty (40) pounds over 200 feet to…