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Job Description

Job Summary

Are you passionate about providing excellent library service to students, staff, and faculty? Are you excited about being an integral member of a team? Do you revel in managing details and facilitating workflows? Do you enjoy having a variety of things to do and manage? Excitement and adventure await you as you join the CCU Library team.  Our team of five plus student staff serves approximately 1,300 traditional undergraduates and 6,000 adult and distance learners in a dynamic and growing academic library. The library offers a creative and friendly environment that focuses on student and faculty support.  We are a flexible team that embraces new technology and user demands to provide excellent library service.  Colorado Christian University is a growing institution that is building a new campus in Lakewood and the library team is excited to move the library forward as well. The ideal candidate has strong collaboration skills and commitment to teamwork, is flexible and adaptable, is self-motivated and self-directed, balances creativity and practicality, takes initiative and follows through on projects.

The Library Assistant is a full-time, non-exempt (hourly) position in the CCU Library.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Student Supervision :
   • Oversees daily work flow of student employees including the assignment of tasks and projects
   • Student Staff scheduling
   • Student Staff/Work study student recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and terminating
   • Training and performance evaluation
   • Standard procedures creation and management
   • Technical Writing: employee handbook, draft procedures and instructions
   • Evaluates processes and work flow for efficiency and improvement
   • Budgeting (student staff)
   • Plans ahead for upcoming changes
2. Circulation and Stacks Management :
   • Provides all regular patron services and transactions, including light reference help
   • Maintains a thorough working knowledge of Sierra 2.0 ILS
   • Maintains a thorough working knowledge of Marmot, Prospector, MOBIUS, and CLiC Courier common operations and practices
   • Circulation Desk Oversight including:
     • Patron transaction troubleshooting
     • Fines payments & forgiveness discernment
     • Conflict resolution
     • Circulation Training
   • Manage the Reference and Circulating stacks, including shelving, maintenance and cleaning, signage, general tidiness, and ease of access
   • Manage circulation projects including shelf-reading, shifting, and inventories
   • Evaluate items as needed for repair, deletion, or replacement
   • Manage overdue reports and select monthly INN-Reach Reports
   • Attend Prospector Document Delivery meetings as needed
3. Administrative Assistance/Office Management :
   • Paying invoices
   • Technical Troubleshooting (Printers, Copy/Scan), liaison to IT department
   • Special Events: planning, organizing, supplies, advertising, etc.
   • Annual Databases Statistic reports
   • Create and assist with managing Power Point slide presentations for video shows
   • Monitor and order office supplies
   • Submit and track maintenance work orders
   • General advertising, signage, Daily E-News announcements
   • Organize department documents
   • Manage other statistical reports as requested
   • E-Resources support: Serials Solutions, website editing, online appointment software and room reservation software/LibCal
   • Create original content for website or special projects as needed
4. Library Systems Assistance :
   • Interlibrary Loan assistance: request forwarding, item distribution and return, overdues
   • Manage Print Journals check-in, missing items, display, and back issues
   • Reserves assistance
   • Managed the Booksale and promotional events
   • Event preparation, buying and help hosting
   • Archives support
   • Assist Collection Development through select item purchasing
   • Assist the librarians on projects and tasks
   • Donation Receiving and Processing
   • Time management, planning, awareness of campus deadlines and procedures and the ability to set priorities are critical to the success of this position.

Additional Info & Requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

1. Associates or bachelors degree
2. Demonstrated interpersonal, organizational, time management, and communication skills
3. Proven attention to detail and ability to balance multiple tasks in a timely manner
4. Proficient typing and Microsoft Office Suite capabilities
5. Strong English skills; spelling, grammar, and punctuation are critical
6. Attentive to customer service and working in a team environment
7. Preferred supervisory experience
8. Library experience a plus (can include an internship or practicum)
9. An understanding of standard library procedures
10. Marketing or Public Relations experience and a flair for writing brief announcements
11. Familiarity with the Sierra ILS system a plus

The Community

Nature of Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, you may be required to walk; stand; sit; climb stairs; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; speak with clarity, have appropriate vision including close, color and peripheral vision, depth perception, the ability to adjust focus, and hearing capabilities. Requires sitting at a desk, working on a computer, and conducting phone conversations for extended periods of time. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Will be required to work occasional irregular hours, including some nights and weekends.

Spiritual Requirements

1. Committed follower of Jesus Christ, who believes there is no salvation apart from faith in his atonement on the cross, by grace alone becoming "born again" thus beginning a personal relationship with Christ, the Son of God.
2. Able to effectively communicate personal faith and apply biblical principles and convictions in the workplace. Must have a strong sense of calling to the ministry of Colorado Christian University.
3. Regularly attend and be engaged in meaningful involvement in a Bible-believing evangelical local church. Knowledgeable about the Word of God and passionate about Christian education.
4. Must be a traditional evangelical Christian whose lifestyle is in consonance with sound Christian principles, is compatible with CCU’s Statement of Faith, and is in agreement with the Strategic Objectives promulgated by the University.

Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Colorado Christian University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status. CCU is committed to an environment free from discrimination and harassment and calls on every member of the university community to be vigilant in deterring and reporting all violations. CCU does reserve the right to exercise preference on the basis of religion in all of its employment practices. All employees who work at CCU must demonstrate a spiritual testimony consistent with our evangelical mission and follow our lifestyle expectations.

HR Info

Colorado Christian University

Phone: 303-963-3000

or 800-44-FAITH

Please apply at http://www.ccu.edu/jobs/staff-and-full-time-faculty-jobs/?p=job%2Fofkt4fwQ