Library Assistant

About the Role

Provides assistance to the library media specialist for library functions, including assisting with instructional lessons with students, performing routine clerical duties, locating and checking out materials for students and staff, and assisting other staff in the performance of similar or related duties. Tasks performed are specific and recurring; work procedures are covered by oral or written instructions.

Responsibilities

• Assists in processing new and discarded library materials
• Manages circulation transactions
• Shelves materials
• Assists librarian in repairing books
• Assists students and teachers in locating materials and in the use of library technology and databases
• Assists in preparation and implementation of special programs, inventory, and library lessons
• Assists in maintaining an attractive and organized learning environment
• Prepares correspondence, reports, and other materials as requested
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Provides periodic and ad-hoc reports regarding services
• Provides work direction to parent volunteers and student helpers

Requirements

• Some knowledge of library procedures and filing systems
• Some knowledge of and interest in children’s literature
• Some knowledge of and skill in using audiovisual equipment, office equipment, and computers, or the ability to learn use of equipment quickly with some training
• Demonstrated ability to read, alphabetize, file, type, and perform basic clerical tasks
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimum supervision
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, students, parents, and the public
• Demonstrated ability to follow oral and written instructions
• High School diploma, training, or experience sufficient to demonstrate the required knowledge, skills, and abilities

Applicants considered for employment must successfully complete the following background investigations/tests:

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation
• State Police Criminal History Investigation
• Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation
• Tuberculosis Screening/Test

Physical Demands

• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Manual dexterity to use a telephone and enter data into a computer terminal
• Ability to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids
• Ability to hear, understand speech, and speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly at normal levels indoors and on the telephone
• Physical agility to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk, reach overhead, and move up to 50 lbs unassisted

Work Environment

The employee regularly works in a school library. The employee may be exposed to mold and dust. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

Pay

$26,383.76 - $44,852.37

Schedule

8 hours per day, 190 days per year

Benefits

Chesterfield County Public Schools offers a wide variety of benefits to employees. Benefit offerings may differ based upon full-time and part-time employee status.