Youth Services Associate

The Kansas City Public Library • Kansas City, MO

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision of Central Youth Services Manager, promotes youth services and programs, provides readers advisory and reference services to customers in person and by telephone; participates in children’s and young adult collection maintenance. This is a part-time position with 20 hours per week.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to interact successfully with public and staff, particularly with children and teens.
• Demonstrated ability to organize work effectively and plan programs.
• Working knowledge of the principles and practices of professional and paraprofessional library work, including the information interview.
• Demonstrated knowledge of children’s and young adult literature and youth services.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Skilled in operating electronic equipment or demonstrated ability to learn.
• Intermediate computer skills.
• Demonstrated ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to effectively communicate in and understand English is required.

Nice To Haves

• Additional consideration may be given to individuals that are proficient in any non-English languages utilized in the Kansas City area including American Sign Language, Vietnamese, French, Arabic, and Swahili.
• Previous experience working in libraries is preferred.
• Previous experience working with youth is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides information, readers advisory, community referral and reference services for youth services patrons to facilitate effective use of library resources.
• Provides guidance in the use of library resources; recommends and retrieves materials in support of patron requests; promotes and accepts requests for materials in circulation or located elsewhere in system; provides reference support services activities.
• Maintains effective, courteous working relationships with all library patrons.
• Assists with maintaining collection in the youth services area: contributes to assessing needs of community served; creates displays, teacher collections, Bibliocommons lists.
• Maintains effective, courteous working relationships with library staff in the location and in all departments at Central; in person, through telephone, and email contact.
• Performs other related work and undertakes special projects as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level