Adult Services Aide

Salary: $7.85
Grade: 2
Reports to: Adult Services/AV Coordinator

Posted until 3/20/13. Only applicants chosed for interviews will be notified.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

General Summary:

Under direct supervision of the Adult/AV Services Coordinator, shelves and maintains library materials in proper order.

Qualifications:

• Must have a high school diploma, or educational equivalent
• Mental alertness, focus, and attention to detail

Knowledge of:

• Library policy and procedures (may be acquired after hire)
• Library online circulation system and catalog (may be acquired after hire)
• Dewey Decimal System (may be acquired after hire)
• Alphabetization principles
• Safe work practices

Skills and Abilities to:

• Read and understand English
• Communicate effectively with staff , customers and supervisor
• Follow written and verbal instructions accurately
• Ability to sort, shelve and retrieve materials alphabetically and numerically
• Carry out assigned projects
• Work independently in the absence of supervision, as well as with a team
• Extensive standing, walking, bending, stretching, stooping, pushing, lifting materials and furniture, including loaded book carts weighing 40-60 lbs.
• Usually performs job in areas where seating cannot be provided
• Carry out essential duties and responsibilities reliably within 4 weeks of on-the-job experience and training

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Note:  The duties listed below illustrate but do not limit the tasks performed by this classification.

• Shelves adult materials, in a variety of formats
• Shelf reads materials by checking for proper sequence, shifting and straightening as needed and keeping specific sections in order
• Discards portions of the newspaper collection once a week
• Discards portions of the magazine collections once a month
• Bring materials in poor/damaged/ missing condition to the attention of the supervisor, and/or reference staff
• Picks up loose materials in the department and shelves them in their proper location, daily
• Answers simple directional questions
• Performs miscellaneous housekeeping tasks, including straightening tables and chairs, cleaning debris from adult stack areas, collect department materials that need re-shelving at the end of the day, etc.

Additional duties:

• Assist with a variety of light clerical duties as assigned
• Attend meetings as scheduled by the Adult/AV Coordinator
• Adheres to, supports and effectively implements Administration and Board policy, procedures and core values
• Fill in as aide in other departments, at supervisor’s request
• Retrieval of materials from the stacks as required
• Performs additional duties and assignments, as requested