Library Aide

**THIS RECRUITMENT WILL GENERATE A 6-MONTH ELIGIBLE LIST TO FILL CURRENT AND FUTURE VACANCIES FOR THE PART-TIME LIBRARY AIDE AT ALL LOCATIONS WITHIN MCPL.**

**Library staff is scheduled to meet customer service needs.** **Library staff must be available to work, evening, day, and weekend hours.**

**About Montgomery County Library System**:
Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) has a vision of a world where knowledge allows diverse communities to prosper and grow. In order to support this vision, we create opportunities through meaningful connections by acting as the knowledge sharing center for over 1 million diverse customers.

Approximately 500 engaged and passionate staff provide services in 21 library locations and in community engagement using direct outreach and virtual assistance. MCPL is an open, inviting, and vital gateway to the information, ideas and enrichment that strengthens our county. A diverse, highly qualified staff continually assesses community needs and interests to support, encourage and inspire our customers.

MCPL believes in the right of all to learn and to grow. We value intellectual freedom, accountability, quality service, diversity, fairness, professional ethics, integrity of information and respect for our customers, our community, and ourselves. We are a learning organization that functions openly by exploring new ideas and using the collective talent, knowledge, and creativity of employees at all levels.

**General Position Summary**:
Are you searching for an exciting entry-level career opportunity that directly serves our diverse communities of Montgomery County, Maryland with opportunities for growth? Look no more This rewarding position of Library Aide, supports MCPL’s customers by locating, pulling, and scanning library materials reserved by customers using a computer-based integrated library system. You help your colleagues and customers locate materials by keeping materials in proper order. You sort, shift, and shelve library materials alphabetically and numerically (in English) by the Dewey Decimal System or by other organizational methods. You communicate regularly with other MCPL staff about work matters.

This recruitment is for part-time (20 hours per week) Library Aide positions. Library hours of operation are Sunday through Saturday including days and nights. Individual schedules will vary based on customer service needs. Sunday hours may be required at any branch.

Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply. Additional pay may be available for bi-lingual languages other than English. To qualify for multilingual pay, applicants will be required to successfully pass a multilingual examination.

**Who we are looking for**:
Are you a detail oriented and organized individual who wants to be part of a customer focused organization?

Are you energetic, enthusiastic, hard-working and a self-motivated team player? Interested in being part of an organization that empowers staff to achieve success and assists them to improve upon their individual development?

Do you possess skills and knowledge of personal computers used in a work setting, Microsoft Office software? Are you aware of the importance of technology in the workplace?

**Library Aide, Grade 8 - Job Salary Range**

Minimum Salary: $ 19,830

Maximum Salary: $ 29,068

**Additional Employment Information**- _
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- Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on _Hiring Preference_._
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- If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume._

**Minimum Qualifications**

**Minimum Qualifications**:
**Experience**: No previous experience is required.

**Education**: Ability to read and write in English. High School Diploma.

**Equivalency**: None.

**Physical Demands**:
The work requires light physical effort involved in bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, and reaching to place or retrieve books from shelves and to push book carts weighing 60-70 pounds from place to place within the library. Ability to push carts weighing sixty (60) to seventy (70) pounds and to load, unload, and place books from cart to shelf.

**Preferred Criteria**

**Preferred Criteria**:
All applicants will be reviewed by OHR for minimum qualifications. Those applicants who meet minimum qualifications will be rated “Qualified”, placed on the eligible list, and may be considered for interview. Preference for interviews will be given to applicants with experience in the following:

- Experience understanding and following routine and basic oral and written directions to complete work assignments in a timely manner.
- Experience shelving library materials according to a set plan.
- Experience using basic computer skills in a work