Youth & Teen Services Librarian Job at Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library Dis

Lincolnwood Public Library District is seeking a creative, enthusiastic and reliable librarian to join our Youth & Teen Services department. In this position, the successful candidate will work with patrons from birth through high school and their caregivers and families, with a focus on providing services to tweens and teens.

Our ideal candidate will be as comfortable reading picture books to preschoolers as they are hanging out eating snacks with our tweens after school, and overseeing our teen volunteers. With a love for YA literature, they’ll manage our teen collections, including fiction, nonfiction, audiobooks, video games, and graphic novels/manga.

This is a 37.5 hour, in-person position that includes working evenings and approximately one weekend every 4 weeks.

Main responsibilities include:

• Providing friendly, efficient, and knowledgeable customer service, including reference and readers’ advisory.
• Collection development and maintenance.
• Developing and presenting engaging programs that respond to the needs and interests of youth and their families.
• Assisting patrons using our computer equipment and technology, and connecting them to online resources.

Minimum requirements:

• MLS from an ALA accredited graduate school.
• Minimum of one year experience working with youth, teens, and/or families in an educational or public library setting.
• Knowledge of youth and teen programs, literature and services.
• Intermediate to advanced computer and information technology skills.

Compensation and Benefits:

• $24.63-$30.79/hour is the pay range for new hires in this position. Offers are made within this range based on competencies, experience, and internal equity.
• This is an IMRF pension qualifying position that includes 100% employer paid health, vision, and dental insurance.
• 18 days of paid vacation in the first year (23 days a year after the first year).
• 13 days of paid holidays.
• 12 days of paid sick leave.

(Provisions of the benefit plan are subject to annual Library Board review).

Lincolnwood Public Library District is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a library team that reflects our diverse community and to ensuring an inclusive work environment for all employees.

Lincolnwood Public Library District
4000 West Pratt Avenue
Lincolnwood, IL 60712

Location

Lincolnwood Public Library District, Cook County

Hours

37.5 hour, in-person position that includes working evenings and approximately one weekend every 4 weeks.