Metropolitan New York Library Council is hiring: Children’s Librarian at New Yor

Children’s Librarian at New York Public Library

Position: Children’s Librarian (Full Time, In Person) | Salary: $68,177 Yearly | Location: New York, New York | Seniority Level: Entry level | Employment Type: Full-time | Job Function: Education and Training | Industries: Libraries

Posted on May 9, 2025 | Application Deadline: June 2, 2025

Key Responsibilities

• Develops and delivers innovative services and programs for children (0-13) who have difficulty reading standard printed materials because of blindness, visual impairment, physical disability that limits the ability to hold a book or turn pages, or due to reading disability.
• Travels to promote library services throughout New York City and Long Island, leading outreach and developing partnerships with youth-related organizations, agencies, and schools that work with current and potential users of the National Library Service (NLS) to increase awareness of services, programs, and collections.
• Provides readers advisory, general information desk help, and registration assistance to users of all ages in person at public service desks, over the telephone, and online via email and social media platforms, including instructing patrons in the use of library and basic assistive technology.
• Participates in designing and implementing new services and/or process improvements to existing services, developing strategies to enhance the user experience.
• Collaborates with the Children’s Services Department to develop, promote and facilitate inclusive programs to build literacy and a love of reading to meet the expressed and anticipated needs of the community’s children, parents and childcare providers with visual, physical, and/or print disabilities, including storytimes, early literacy programs, performing arts programming, STEM programs, summer reading events, and other programs both in the Library and throughout the community.
• Partners with the collection development team to shape and maintain the Children’s collection, ensuring it is diverse, current, relevant and meets the needs of the community.
• Produces and edits content for the Andrew Heiskell Library’s social media accounts, blog, and quarterly newsletter, NewsLion.
• Assists with subject cataloging of NLS materials.
• Develops familiarity with NLS‑specific resources, including BARD (the NLS digital book download site), BARD Mobile, Bookshare, and the Keystone Library Automation System (KLAS) to a problem‑solving level.
• Participates in spreading awareness and giving input within the NYPL system on serving children with disabilities.
• Performs related duties as required.

Required Education & Experience

• ALA‑accredited Master’s degree in Library and Information Studies
• Public Librarian’s Professional Certificate issued by the State of New York
• Demonstrated customer service skills, including the ability to work patiently, thoroughly, and accurately with patrons who may need extended assistance
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, including the ability to deliver effective presentations to the public
• Successful track record of demonstrating creativity, flexibility, and initiative in accommodating community and staff needs
• Demonstrated ability to plan and deliver a diverse program of activities and perform outreach
• Experience and interest in working with people with disabilities