The City of San Rafael Public Library seeks a full-time Senior Library Assistant. Under general supervision, performs the most complex and responsible sub-professional library work. This position may supervise volunteer or part-time staff within a designated department and provide lead direction to other Library Assistants, as well as perform related work as required. This position is required to work at a high level of independence and have additional specialized knowledge requirements within the field of library science.

This position performs the following essential job duties:

• Performs reference and reader’s advisory services for patrons within a specialized area of library materials.
• Recruits, interviews, selects, trains, appraises the performance of, and terminates volunteer, temporary, and/or part-time pages and helpers.
• Develops reading lists, reading programs, and other library programs and activities for special populations and coordinates collection development.
• Schedules and coordinates work assignments of pages and volunteers.
• Assigns and directs the work of pages, volunteers and Library Assistants.
• Promotes community awareness of programs and solicits additional funding.
• Coordinates with other community services and other libraries to expand programs and services.
• Prepares new materials for placement in the City’s library system, assigning accession numbers, including physical processing, plus creating and updating records in an online database.
• Uses online database to place inter-library loan requests and create temporary records of loaned materials.
• Performs basic copy cataloging of new bibliographic records to be added to online catalog.
• Places orders for new library materials using specialized computer software.
• Acts as liaison with circulation desk to answer inquiries such as missing or damaged library materials.
• Maintains patron records, and related records.
• Performs special projects related to maintenance and improvement of library services.
• Answers questions and assigns work to Library Assistant within area of expertise.
• Participates in the work of the Library Assistant including issuing and charging materials, processing returned materials, collecting fees and fines.
• Performs related duties as required.

To be eligible for this position you must have knowledge of:

• Dewey decimal classification, Library of Congress, and related cataloging and indexing systems used by libraries.
• Sources and techniques for recruiting volunteers.
• Basic supervisory practices including interviewing and training, scheduling, assigning and appraising work.
• Reference and sources for identifying and locating materials to fill requests or for use by special populations.
• Organization and location of materials within the City’s library system.

To be eligible for this position you must have the ability to:

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other libraries or community services.
• Supervise volunteers and pages.
• Develop reading programs and lists for specialized populations and coordinating related collection development.
• Provide reader’s advisory and reference services within an assigned dared of expertise.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing.

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• One year of experience comparable to the Library Assistant II classification at the City of San Rafael OR
• Four years of circulation desk or related experience in a public library at a level equivalent to the City’s Library Assistant I.
• Course work in library science is desirable, and may substitute for up to one year of the required experience.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

• Ability to work shifts, weekends, and holidays.
• California driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of t hose an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in indoor conditions and regularly works near video display. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

City of San Rafael application is required. Resumes do not substitute for the City application. Candidates should detail related education and experience on the application since this information will be used to determine who will be invited to participate in the next phase of the examination process. The examination process may include any or all of the following: application appraisal and oral board interview examination. To file an application, go to www.calopps.org. Select “Member Agencies”. Select “San Rafael”. Follow this link to apply on CalOpps: https://www.calopps.org/san-rafael/job-20342073

Reasonable Accommodation: The City of San Rafael will make reasonable accommodations in the exam process to accommodate disabled applicants. If you have a disability for which you require an accommodation, please contact us at (415) 485-3474 before the test date. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. Such accommodations must be requested by the applicant.

The City of San Rafael offers an attractive compensation and benefits program. The salary range for this position is $4,541 - $5,520 per month DOQ/DOE and a competitive benefits program including:

• Retirement: The City is a part of the Marin County Employee Retirement Association (MCERA) plan, which offers reciprocity between agencies in CalPERS (this is part of the 37 Act County System):
  • Classic Employees (Tier 2 – hired on or after 7/1/2011) - 2% @ at 55 formula, average of three years of compensation.
  • PEPRA employees – (hired after 1/1/13 or with 6-month break in service) are eligible for a 2% at 62 formula, average of three highest years of compensation.
• Health Insurance: Full flex cafeteria plan which can be applied to a health plan or converted to cash (Employee Only - $828.49; Employee+1 - $1,567.16; Employee+Family - $1,717.29; Waive Coverage $300.00)
• Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance: $5,000 basic and long-term disability is two-thirds of the salary up to $1,000 per month
• Dental Insurance: Fully paid premiums for employee and eligible dependents
• Vision Insurance: Fully paid premium for employee – employee responsible for dependent cost if enrolled
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Available to employee and family members
• Deferred Comp: Participation is voluntary
• 125 Plan: Participation is voluntary
• Annual Leave: Vacation 10 days (1-3 years of service/6.25 hours earned per month); 12 days of Sick Leave per year; 12 holidays, 1 Floating Holiday.
• Gym Reimbursement: Employees eligible to receive up to $16.50 per month reimbursement for paid gym memberships
• Bilingual Pay: Eligible to receive $150 per month for certified fluency.
• Social Security: The City of San Rafael does not contribute to social security
• Work Week: 37.5 hours per week/7.5 hours per day