Full-time 40-hour Youth Services Guide - Anythink Nature Library (Bilingual Spanish speaking preferred)

Anythink•Thornton, CO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Full-time 40-hour Youth Services Guide at Anythink Nature Library. This role is a blend of customer education, reference advocacy, and event planning. At Anythink, we believe everyone is creative and thrives when discovering passions, collaborating, and becoming creators. The Guide will lead story times, support nature-based learning activities, and design informal learning opportunities both indoors and outdoors, focusing on children, teens, and families. This position requires comfort with nature, including weather and potential encounters with bugs and critters, and a passion for children's collections, innovative programming, and providing an exemplary customer experience.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required.
Presentation or training experience.
Continuous learner.
Digital literacy.
Knowledge and experience with children's collections.
Knowledge and experience with innovative programming.
Friendly and approachable style.
Comfortable leading a story time audience.
Comfortable supporting groups with nature-based learning activities.
Weather resistant and love nature.
Prepared for bugs, critters, and uncommon temperatures.
Understand customer needs and enjoy connecting them with solutions.
Active listener; intuitive to people's needs.
Engage well with others.
Passionate about providing an exemplary customer experience.
Team player who thinks quickly on their feet.
Good listener with lots of patience.
Excited about the prospect of growing and learning in a changing environment.
Inspire fun in people around you.
Knowledgeable on all library operations.
Ability to teach new users about basic computer skills to more techie things like creating music, transferring images from digital cameras, and creating top-quality presentations using STEM philosophy and authentic learning.

Nice To Haves

MLS or Master's degree preferred.
Bilingual Spanish speaking preferred.
Library or bookstore experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Create amazing experiences for library customers.
Connect customers with the information they seek.
Develop and implement outstanding experience zone programs.
Serve as a trainer and program coordinator at the branch.
Develop and conduct programs, presentations, and workshops.
Create participatory experiences for customers.
Teach library customers and staff how to use technology, from e-readers to online databases.
Serve as the reference go-to person in the library.
Design "how-to" training for library customers and staff on library basics (e.g., copier, projector, digital camera interface).
Ensure library collections are timely and fresh and displays are refreshed and beautiful.
Offer meaningful recommendations of the latest books, movies, and music.
Assist library customers on the floor with their library journey.
Provide tours of the library and share knowledge about library operations.
Teach new users basic computer skills and more advanced technology skills (e.g., creating music, transferring images, creating presentations using STEM philosophy).
Make connections that enrich the library customer experience through online resources, creative displays, and transformational programming.
Take on lead responsibilities, including person in charge, trainer of staff on operating procedures, and lead over other staff.
Reach out to the community by presenting workshops.
Serve as the branch liaison to committees, schools, or other task forces.
Register customers for library cards, assist with fees, request books, assist in the copy center, and help with basic computer needs.
Contribute ideas to District committees.
Demonstrate collective integrity in all decisions and actions.