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Job Description

65% CUSTOMER SERVICE – Provide outstanding and personalized service by greeting patrons, assisting them with access to information, services, and resources; locating materials, and preparing and presenting program and outreach activites in order to enhance the patron’s enjoyment and usage of library services. 20% COLLECTION MERCHANDISING AND MAINTENANCE Maintains the collection display at service sites by loading and unloading carts and boxes, maintaining assigned area of the collection, setting up materials, and rotating materials on carts in order to promote, attract and make the collection accessible to patrons. 15% DRIVING AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE Drives Library District mobile library service vehicles to service sites by fueling appropriate vehicles, checking for safety and serviceability, maintaining surface appearance, completing inspection check lists, safely operating the vehicle and observing traffic regulations in order to park the vehicle at assigned times and locations.

Additional Info & Requirements

Other Qualifications: Committed to provide outstanding and personalized customer service to patrons, coworkers and customers. Be able to demonstrate emotional intelligence, including self-regard, emotional self-awareness, assertiveness, independence, self actualization, empathy, social responsibility, interpersonal relationship, stress tolerance, impulse control, reality testing, flexibility, problem solving, optimism, and happiness. Ability to focus on the customer, show integrity, be inclusive, enjoy learning and have fun. In order to verify the qualifications and backgrounds of individuals before being hired into positions at Arapahoe Library District, the Human Resources Department will conduct pre-employment background investigations on final candidate(s).Two years to five years of similar or related experience preferred. College degree required. Fluency in English language required; fluency in conversational Spanish language, required. Ability to work with varying demographics, including international cultures, required. Current Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), or valid Colorado driver’s license and ability to obtain a CDL within six weeks of hire, required. Ability to successfully pass a post-offer physical and drug screen, required. Ability to work varying shifts, including evenings and weekends required. Experience driving large sized, non-standard vehicles, preferred. Intermediate technology skills, including intermediate assessment scores for Windows, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, and Outlook, preferred. Ability to be mobile 100% of the time and sit as needed; ability to bend, stoop, reach, and push a loaded wheeled book truck weighing up to 100 pounds, 10% of the time, required.

The Community

Established in 1966, the Arapahoe Library District serves more than 200,000 residents living in Arapahoe County. Arapahoe County and other major suburban counties make up the greater metropolitan area surrounding Denver, Colorado. The Arapahoe Library District operates eight branch libraries, an Outreach Service that provides mobile library services, and a library at the County Detention Center, funded by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department. A seven-member Board of Trustees sets the library budget and determines policy.

HR Info

APPLY ONLINE at www.arapahoelibraries.org. Click on “Jobs” section, and then select the job in which you are interested. You may also attach a resume or cover letter with your application.