Job Description
Would you like to live and work where other people come to vacation? The Spanish Peaks Library is accepting applications for the regular and full-time position of Children’s Librarian. The current vacancy is a full–time position and offers ; medical stipend, two weeks paid vacation, paid sick leave and 11 paid federal holiday’s off per year. Work schedule is negotiable.
Librarian
The Librarian performs a variety of patron contact duties including: teaching Programs and Classes, providing One-on-One Reference assistance, assisting in book and material selection, assisting patrons with finding library materials and with using the online catalog handling circulation duties, shelving library material, and maintaining displays, engage in outreach events around the county as well as other duties as assigned.
Librarians spend:
25% of their time engaged in customer service and circulation duties • Assist patrons with copying, faxing and printing • Collect fees and fines • Empty book return bins • Chech items in and out • Make library cards • Monitor and update the meeting room calendar • Runs the Holds Queue report and retrieves items from shelves • Prepare outgoing courier items and process incoming courier items.
25% of their time engaged in Advanced/Specialized Customer Service and Circulation Duties • Regularly acts as Person in Charge and tasked with the responsibility of the Library in the absence of the Director • Answers specialized questions regarding eBooks, technology, online catalog, the SPLD website, and other topics • Regularly assigned the responsibility for opening and closing of the library. • Contributes to the SPLD Social Media Presence • Creates Displays
50% of their time engaged in duties specific to their specialization • Planning and presentation of library programs, Storytime's, and events • Presents Story Hours in the library as well as out in the community • Presents library programs to Elementary children • Manages the Summer Reading Program • Maintains statistics of program attendance • Represents the library at Community Outreach events Librarians may be asked to participate and assist other staff with specialty projects if time permits • Other duties as assigned by the Library Director • Assist in the training of Library Assistants • Attend conferences, trainings, participate in webinars and actively engage in professional development • Count cash register money, make bank deposits • Assist in the development of library policy and procedure
The Community
We are located approximately 160 miles south of Denver along the I-25 corridor. Walsenburg lies at a cultural and economic crossroads as three major highways junction here, Interstate Highway-25 going north and south, Highway 160 heading to Alamosa and points west, and Highway 10 towards La Junta and the eastern plains.
We have a wide cultural diversity here as well, with the descendants of immigrants from many coal mining and agricultural communities around the world. We are also a gateway to the mountains of Southern Colorado with Sangre De Cristo’s and the Wet Mountains nearby, and just to the southwest, our namesake; the Huajatollas or Spanish Peaks.
HR Info
Kasey Almes
kaseyspld@gmail.com
719-695-1101