Library Services Librarian Ii

**Greater Victoria Public Library**
***Library Services Librarian II**:
**2025-24E, 2025-29E, 2025-35E, 2025-36E, 2025-42E, 2025-70E**

**Category**
Library Services, Service Design

**Job Type**
Regular Full-Time and Part-Time

**Posting Type**
External

**Work Location**
Various Locations, Victoria, BC

**Hours per Week**
Varies

**Salary Range (per hour)**
$45.50 to 47.22 (Pay Band 15) Union Membership
This is a Union Position (CUPE 410)

**DESCRIPTION**
- _Are you innovative and flexible in a rapidly changing library environment?_
- _Do you excel in fostering innovation, effective, and enthusiastic team relationships among staff _with diverse backgrounds and skills?_
- _Are you ready to support the community-inspired library service model?_

**Role**
Greater Victoria Public Library (GVPL) is an innovative library system with one of the highest per capita usage rates in Canada. Our vision is to inspire literacy, lifelong learning, and community enrichment for all. Serving more than 380,000+ residents in the Greater Victoria area, we provide library service to 10 municipalities.

The Library Services Librarian II will provide and support program delivery, information services, reader’s advisory, and digital assistance, as well as leadership in ensuring the provision of customer service.

**Education and Experience**
- A completed MLS or MLIS degree from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited library program
- One year’s experience as a Library Services Librarian in a public library
- An equivalent combination of education and professional-level experience may be considered

**Details**
There are six (6) positions available:
**Job Posting Number**:2025-24E**
**Job Title**: Library Services Librarian II
**Status**: Regular, Part-Time
**Hours**: 28 Hours Per Week (Line 6: Wednesday to Saturday; 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM)
**Work Location**: Central Branch
**Portfolio**: Emergent Literacy

**Portfolio Description**:The Emergent Literacy portfolio plays a vital role in the coordination and delivery of literacy-based services for children from birth to five years old and to parents and caregivers. The scope of this portfolio includes coordination of Baby Times, Family Storytimes, GVPL’s Family Literacy Week, Summer Reading Club for young children and other early literacy programming. The portfolio also provides support to frontline staff in the delivery of readers’ advisory. Collection oversight includes GVPL’s 100 Books to Read Before Kindergarten, StoryWalk kits, SkillBuilders kits and other kits for young children. Another key role is coordination of outreach to schools and community agencies including Island Health Units, Neighbourhood Houses and Books for Breakfast. Other community engagement includes representing GVPL on local early years literacy committees, tables and task
forces.

**Job Posting Number**:2025-29E**
**Job Title**: Library Services Librarian II
**Status**: Regular, Part-Time
**Hours**: 21 Hours Per Week (Line 3: Tuesday to Thursday; 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM)
**Work Location**: Bruce Hutchison Branch
**Portfolio**: Arts, Culture and Heritage

**Portfolio Description**:The Arts, Culture & Heritage portfolio plays a vital role in the coordination of arts, culture and local history services and plays an important role in helping GVPL reach its strategic goal to celebrate the unique talents of the community. The scope of this portfolio includes the coordination of art and historical programs, film and musical events, pop culture programming, genealogical services, and art walls in the branches. This portfolio plays a key role in GVPL’s participation in GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) sector initiatives.

**Job Posting Number**:2025-35E**
**Job Title**: Library Services Librarian II
**Status**: Regular, Full-Time
**Hours**: 35 Hours Per Week (Line 2: Tuesday to Saturday; 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM)
**Work Location**: Nellie McClung Branch (temporarily redeployed to the Saanich Centennial
Branch)
**Portfolio**: Adult and Teen Literacy

**Portfolio Description**:Adult & Teen Literacy portfolio plays a vital role in the coordination and delivery of literacy-based services for adults and teens. The portfolio has a key role in engagement with Victoria’s active literary community, involving several key partners including the Victoria Writers Festival and the Victoria Book Prizes Society. The scope of this portfolio includes the coordination of author events, Booksmacks, Summer Challenge, writing workshops, literary contests including the Tiny Stories Contest and the Teen Writing Contest, poetry programming, participation in Freedom to Read Week, as well as providing support to customer service staff in the delivery of readers’ advisory. This portfolio participates in the selection process for the City of Victoria Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate and leads the library’s engagement with both the Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate.

**Job Posting Number**:2025-36E**
**Job Title**: Library Se