Librarian; Part-Time
Listed on 2026-10-16
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Education / Teaching
Library, Youth Development
The City of Wilsonville Library is seeking an enthusiastic, creative, and community-focused Librarian to join our Youth Services team. This position plays a key role in connecting children, families, caregivers, and educators with engaging library experiences that foster literacy, curiosity, and lifelong learning. If you enjoy bringing stories to life, creating meaningful programs for children and families, building community partnerships, and helping young readers discover their next favorite book, we encourage you to apply.
Working as part of an innovative and welcoming team, you'll help deliver dynamic programs, outreach services, and collections that support Wilsonville's diverse and growing community.
The Wilsonville Library's Youth Services team provides programs, resources, and services that support children from birth through middle school and the adults who care for them. From story times and early literacy programming to school partnerships, summer reading initiatives, and collection development, Youth Services helps create positive and enriching experiences for young learners and their families.
What You'll DoIn this role, you will:
- Plan, coordinate, and deliver engaging programs for children and families.
- Present story times that may include singing, dancing, movement, and interactive learning.
- Build relationships with local schools, educators, caregivers, and community organizations.
- Conduct outreach visits to schools and community locations.
- Provide reference, reader's advisory, and technology assistance to library patrons.
- Help develop and maintain Youth Services collections.
- Promote programs and services through library communications, social media, and promotional materials.
- Collaborate with colleagues to support the Library's mission of lifelong learning and community engagement. Librarian...b Bulletin | PDF, librarian | PDF
- A passion for working with children and families.
- Strong public speaking and presentation skills.
- Creativity, initiative, and enthusiasm for library programming.
- Excellent customer service and communication skills.
- The ability to build positive relationships with community partners and colleagues.
- Strong organizational and project management abilities.
- A commitment to equity, inclusion, and serving a diverse community. librarian | PDF
Wednesday & Thursday: 9:00 a.m.
- 2:00 p.m., Friday & Saturday: 9:30 a.m.
- 6:00 p.m.
Schedule may vary based on programming and operational needs.
Why Wilsonville?At Wilsonville Library, we're passionate about helping children and families discover the joy of reading and learning. Our Youth Services team creates welcoming spaces, engaging programs, and meaningful connections that support every child's journey from early literacy to growing confidence, curiosity, and exploration. Join us in creating experiences that inspire young people to learn, imagine, and thrive.
Responsibilities OverviewThe Librarian provides professional library services that integrate reference and reader's advisory, collection development, programming, and community outreach to support the Library’s mission of lifelong learning. This position assists patrons in locating information and resources, recommends reading and viewing materials, and supports access to digital services. The Librarian plans and delivers programs for diverse audiences, promotes services through multiple channels, and contributes to policy development and collection maintenance.
The position reports to the Library Services Manager and may be assigned to Adult Services or Youth Services, with work coordinated alongside the Adult Services Librarian or Youth Services Librarian, depending on assignment.
This classification is distinguished from the Adult Services Librarian and Youth Services Librarian in that those positions serve as subject-area leads with responsibility for strategic planning, specialized collection development, and oversight of service delivery within their respective domains. The Librarian performs professional-level work across both adult and youth service areas but does not hold primary responsibility for system-wide program leadership or specialized subject expertise.
ESSENTIALJOB FUNCTIONS
The following tasks are representative and are not to be considered all-inclusive.
- Provides reference and reader's advisory by interviewing customers to determine specific information…
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