Waukee, IA Children's Librarian (Temporary)

The Waukee Public Library is looking for a temporary Children's Librarian to fill in for a long term staff absence starting early February 2025. In this position, the candidate will gain experience with baby and preschool storytimes as well as elementary and family programming, the circulation desk, and some collection development.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (Order of Essential Functions does not indicate importance of functions.)

-Assists with planning, presenting and evaluating diverse and creative services and programs for all ages of children and their caregivers that promote literacy and creativity.

-Conducts engaging and energetic story time programs for groups of children in the library and may include offsite and outside locations.

-Provides quality customer service, readers' advisory, new patron orientation and ongoing patron education, and answers reference questions as able for all patrons.

-Assists the Assistant Library Director with management of children's collection by organizing and weeding assigned materials in accordance with library policies and budget.

-Assists with or fills in for teen programming as needed.

-Works with volunteers, explaining tasks and locating supplies.

-Assists with development of youth-oriented content for website and social media outlets.

-Assists with locating materials in order to fill hold requests.

-Performs other duties or assume other responsibilities as apparent or assigned.

Rate of Pay: $30.11/hour

Regular Work Hours:

Mondays: 8:30am-12:30pm

Tuesdays: 8:30am-5:00pm

Wednesdays: 8:30am-5:00pm

Thursdays: 2:00pm-6:00pm

Fridays: 9:00am-5:30pm

This position is temporary, anticipated start date early February 2025, not to exceed 5 months.

Employment Status: FLSA non-exempt (hourly)

Closing Date: December 31, 2024 4:00 PM CST

Apply Online: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/waukee

Library Website: http://www.waukeepubliclibrary.org