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**Job Brief**:
Responsible for shelving library materials, circulating library materials and assisting patrons.
- Employment Status:
**Permanent Part time**
- Union:
**CUPE 855 Inside**
- Open To:
**Internal/External Applicant(s)**
- Closing Date:
**03/12/2024**
- Duration (if temporary):
**N/A**

Wage $19.64 hourly (2024)

Reports To Manager, Programming and Public Services

Department Community Services

Location South - Lindsay

Hours Part-time, approximately 6-24 hours per week

Other Hours include evenings and weekends.
- Arrange returned materials on book carts and shelves them in proper order
- Read library shelves to ensure material is in correct order
- Assist at circulation desk and perform check-in and check-out procedures
- Repair and clean library material
- Assist with preparation of craft material for children’s library programs
- Provide general library information to library patrons
- Empty book drop and take returned items to proper place for check-in
- Assist with cleaning and dusting of library shelves
- Perform other related duties as assigned

**Skills/Education Required**
- Two years secondary education, with previous library experience as an asset
- Must be familiar with the public library system
- Ability to sort efficiently in alphabetic, numeric or alphanumeric order, and to develop a working understanding of the Dewey Decimal and other systems of library materials arrangement
- Ability to prioritize work load and to work effectively with mínimal supervision
- Effective oral communication and strong interpersonal skills to deal with members of the public and staff
- Excellent written communication skills; attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to demonstrate initiative consistently with commitment to quality improvement, sharing process improvement initiatives with management
- Demonstrated customer-service skills at a level to develop and to maintain co-operative/collaborative working relationships both within and outside the organization
- Effective organizational skills
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office, the internet, and any other related software
- Upon a conditional offer of employment, a Criminal Record Check, including a Vulnerable Sector Search will be required

**Applicants must be prepared for skill testing.