Building Library Specialist - Hourly

About the role

The Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library supports the education, research, patient care, and community service missions of University of North Texas Health Fort Worth (UNTH) by meeting the information needs of faculty, students, staff, and the local health sciences community.

Responsibilities

• Communicates with library staff regarding open and closed work orders.
• Creates signage for building patrons to convey closings or other issues.
• Liaises with facilities and custodial - meeting regularly with custodial to cover cleaning issues of the library.
• Collates building statistics.
• Conducts space surveys.
• Sets cleaning days each year to take care of cleaning not covered by custodia.
• Provides building reports to Library Administration.

Requirements

• Experience with managing library spaces.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively through oral and written communications.
• Knowledge, Skills And Abilities:
  • Ability to work independently with strong adaptability and flexibility.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Creative problem-solving and willingness to bring new ideas to the table.
  • Ability to collaborate with faculty, staff, and other student workers.
  • Adaptability and enthusiasm for learning new tools and trends.
  • Reliability, professionalism, and ability to meet deadlines.
  • Comfort working in an academic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Experience with managing library spaces, strong attention to detail and organizational skills, strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively through oral and written communications, knowledge, skills and abilities including ability to work independently with strong adaptability and flexibility, excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, creative problem-solving and willingness to bring new ideas to the table, ability to collaborate with faculty, staff, and other student workers, adaptability and enthusiasm for learning new tools and trends, reliability, professionalism, and ability to meet deadlines, comfort working in an academic environment.

Skills

• Ability to create reports in a logical manner.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).

Benefits

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Pay

$24.00/hour FTE: .48

Schedule

Part-time with a maximum of 19 hours per week. All work will occur Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm, with some flexibility regarding exact days and times within these traditional business hours.

Special Instructions

Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed, additional references can be added after the application has been submitted.

EEO Statement

The University of North Texas System is firmly committed to equal opportunity and does not permit – and takes actions to prevent – discrimination, harassment (including sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking), and retaliation on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application, employment practices, and facilities; nor permits race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or sex discrimination and harassment in its admissions processes, and educational programs and activities. UNT System Administration promptly investigates complaints of discrimination, harassment, and related retaliation and takes remedial action when appropriate. System Administration also takes actions to prevent retaliation against individuals who oppose any form of harassment or discriminatory practice, file a charge or report, or testify, assist, or participate in a related investigation or proceeding.