Library Assistant

4 weeks ago

Halifax, Canada IWK Health Centre Full time

**Company** : IWK Health**:
**Req ID**:164367
**Department/Program**:Library Services, People and Organization Development
**Location**: Halifax
**Type of Employment**:Permanent Hourly PT (40% FTE) x 1 position(s)

**Start Date**: September 2023
**Union Status**: NSGEU Hlthcare, Admin Professionals Bargaining Unit
**Compensation**: $22.3222**:

- **$26.2539 /hour
**Closing Date**: September 17, 2023 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

**The Opportunity**:

- The Library Assistant provides service primarily in the Family Library but may be called upon to work in the Health Sciences Library as well.
- Basic duties include, but are not limited to:
- Greeting library visitors
- Assisting library visitors (patients, families, staff, learners) with locating library resources
- Lending/signing out library resources to users (books, manuals, videos, games etc.)
- Registering library users for borrowing privileges
- Compiling usage and other library statistics as required
- Following-up with non-returned library resources
- Connecting with vendors / publishers regarding the ordering of books and resources for IWK libraries and other IWK teams
- Connecting with IWK procurement staff to arrange the ordering of books and resources for libraries and other IWK teams
- Entering new resource information into the Family Library database as required
- Compiling lists of new resources for website as required
- Connecting with IWK web developer to add content to library websites as required
- Processing new resources for Family Library as required
- Photocopying, shelving, shelf-reading, filing, checking DVDs, ordering office supplies as required
- Providing library tours / orientation / instruction, as required

**Hours of Work**:
Monday-Wednesday; 9am-5pm; with some flexibility required

**Your Qualifications**:

- Minimum High School Diploma or G.E.D. required.
- Library Assistant/Technician Diploma OR Bachelor’s Degree plus two (2) years experience as Library Assistant/Technician required.
- Previous experience using database management software required.
- Familiarity with National Library of Medicine Classification System, Dewey Decimal System, MeSH and LCSH
- Demonstrated excellent organizational and interpersonal skills required.
- Demonstrated team player with initiative and attention to detail required.
- Demonstrated knowledge about and commitment to family centred care required.
- Must be flexible to meet workload demands.
- Knowledge of medical information sources an asset.
- Knowledge of medical terminology an asset.
- Demonstrated understanding of the Dewey Decimal System an asset.
- Competency in other languages an asset.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Admin Professionals bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials. Additionally, as per Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 Vaccine mandate, any offer of employment will be conditional upon submitting proof of full vaccination status. Medical exceptions or any other kind of requested exception based upon the Health Centre’s obligations pursuant to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis

**_

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