City of Mesa, AZ Hiring for Librarian II at Mesa, AZ Full Time

The City of Mesa is excited to offer a one-time payment of $2,000 for all full-time employees and $1,000 for part-time benefited and part-time non-benefited employees who are active City Employees on Friday, December 31, 2021. To receive this one-time payment, new employees must have started their employment on or before December 31, 2021. This payment does not apply to seasonal employees. Join our team and start to work in time to receive this one-time payment as well!

The currency vacancy is in the Collection Support Services assignment; however, this recruitment may be used to create a list to fill future vacancies in other assignments for Librarian II.

Librarian II is a journey-level classification in the Librarian series. Employees in this class are responsible for performing a full-range of professional general and specialized library work in one or more fields of librarianship or technical area. Responsibilities may include: providing reference and reader advisory services; collection development and maintenance; community outreach programs; and special program development for children and young adults (by assignment). This class may supervise paraprofessional, clerical employees, temporary workers, contracted employees, and/or volunteers (by assignment). Librarians also instruct patrons in the use of the catalog, Internet, electronic sources, and how to electronically find materials, e-mail, and do word processing.

In the absence of a supervisor, a Librarian II may be left in charge of Library facilities (example: evening or weekend hours) to deal with maintaining order. Work is performed in accordance with established policies and accepted library practices and procedures. Employees at this level receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise, and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit. This class performs related duties as required.

Supervision may be received from a Librarian III or Supervisory Librarian, who reviews work through conferences, meetings, reports, and results achieved. A Librarian II is distinguished from a Librarian I by the more specialized nature and advanced difficulty of work assignments, and the greater independence with which work is performed. Night and weekend work is required. This class is FLSA exempt-professional. (Part-time employees in this class are FLSA nonexempt).

Please refer to the link below for the full job description and additional information regarding assignments, preferred qualifications, and essential functions.

Qualifications & Requirements

Employee Values: All employees of the City of Mesa are expected to uphold and exhibit the City’s shared employee values of Knowledge, Respect, and Integrity.

Minimum Qualifications Required. A Master’s Degree in Library Science, Library Science and Information Studies, or Information Studies from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited school. Good (1 – 3 years) professional library experience.