Maricopa County is hiring: Library Assistant in Glendale
Maricopa County - Glendale, AZ, United States, 85318
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Posting Date
08/04/25
Application Deadline
08/08/25
Pay Range
$18.00 hourly
This position is part-time at 19.50 hours per week and is eligible for overtime compensation for all hours worked over 40 in the designated workweek.
Job Type
Unclassified
Department
Library District
About The Position
If you like to share knowledge and provide excellent customer service, consider joining us to become a member of a dynamic team dedicated to serving a growing community!
As a part-time Library Assistant for our White Tank Library, you will provide routine customer service, service routing, and clerical work for the library. Your role will be essential in guiding our customers to explore and use library services and how to use our resources.
About Us
Do you want to champion the freedom to read and access information?
At the Maricopa County Library District, we are continuously working to support the changing need of our diverse and connected community for all of Maricopa County. Our mission is to provide access to technology, digital services, and information to improve the quality of life for our residents.
Choose a job with a purpose. Choose the Maricopa County Library District.
Proud to Offer
- Work with a greater purpose
- Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
- Exceptional work-life balance
- Ability to gain experience in a library setting
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- Two years of customer service experience
- High School diploma or GED
- Post-secondary education may substitute for the experience requirement on a year-for-year basis
- Experience with library-related automation systems, such as Polaris ILS
- Experience with information retrieval from library-related databases
- Experience working or volunteering in a public library
- Experience assisting customers with online account payments and account management
- Bilingual skills in Spanish and English
- Issues, verifies, and renews library cards to customers
- Informs customers of their account status and answers basic reference questions and directional questions from customers
- Resolves customer concerns by phone, in person, or by e-mail/online. Refers customer concerns to the appropriate staff member or supervisor as necessary
- Initiates search for materials claimed “returned”
- Processes library materials for shelving and routing
- Performs opening or closing duties as assigned
- Assists with the maintenance and display of the collection
- Assists customers with the use of a self-service payment kiosk
- Library environment with a varied work schedule, requiring evening and weekend availability
- Ability to cover shifts at nearby County library branches
- Ability to lift 20 pounds floor-to-waist, lift 5 pounds waist to shoulder, lift 1 pound shoulder-to-overhead, carry 10 pounds a distance of 50 feet, and push/pull 50 pounds a distance of 100 feet
- Only the most qualified candidates will be considered
- Consideration will only be given to candidates who submit online applications
- Candidates will be contacted primarily through email and their Workday online application profile
- Must pass a pre-employment background and/or fingerprint investigation as required by statute or policy, including drug and alcohol testing requirements for positions designated as safety-sensitive
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