Employment Opportunities
Children and Teen Librarian (35 hours full-time)
Overview
The Brown County Public Library is looking for an energetic, detail oriented, and highly motivated team player as a Children and Teen Librarian. This position oversees all functions of children and teen services including planning, organizing, ordering, and maintaining materials, developing and implementing a wide variety of programs for children and teens, and providing reference and readers’ advisory to children, teens, caregivers and families.
Salary & Benefits
$38,000-$40,000 annually, medical, dental and eye insurance, 5 weeks PTO and participation in Public Employee Retirement Fund.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Library Science from an ALA accredited college or university with a specialization in children and young adult services.
- Minimum of two years professional library experience, preferred.
- Indiana certification LC 3.
Requirements
- Satisfactory criminal history background check appropriate for working with children.
- Significant public library children’s services and programming work experience.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with library patrons and staff members.
- Ability to work independently and efficiently, without direct supervision.
- Broad knowledge of public library collection development with extensive knowledge of resources of particular interest to children, teens, and their caregivers, including software, online databases, and Internet sites. Must possess the ability to effectively each young audiences in the use of such items. Advanced computer skills are required.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and public service manner, especially with children, teenagers, and their caregivers. This includes the ability to communicate effective both verbally and in written form.
- Ability to plan and present effective programs that appeal to children and teens, such as storytelling and book-talking, before small and large groups.
- Ability to coordinate large events with community partners.
- Must have driver’s license and safe driving record to drive personal vehicle or library van to programming sites.
- Flexibility to work a varied schedule, evening and weekend hours required.
Responsibilities
- Manages the selection, ordering and weeding of children’s library materials consistent with the library’s mission and policies.
- Develops, facilitates, and collects statistics on a variety of library programs for children of all ages. Includes school year, summer reading, and other special programs onsite, offsite and at our branch library.
- Works collaboratively with other library staff to plan, organize and coordinate the library summer reading program and other special events as needed.
- Assists and instructs children and adults in the use of library services and resources.
- Assist the public with the use of public computers, databases and software.
- Participates in meetings and conferences with other library personnel.
- Visits schools and collaborates with teachers and librarians at local schools to promote reading, establishes contact with other community organizations servicing youth, teens, and their caregivers.
- Cooperates as a team member with all library staff in performing any duty essential to the achievement of efficient library operations which includes helping out at the circulation desk.
- Seeks and writes appropriate grants and oversees expenditures of grant monies.
To apply, send a cover letter, resume, three professional references, and statement addressing your thoughts on the role libraries play in their communities as a PDF to director@browncountylibrary.info by March 31, 2025. Applicants whose qualifications best match the requirements of this position will be contacted for an interview.