Part-Time Children's Program Assistant - The Brookfield Library

Part-Time Children's Program Assistant - The Brookfield Library. Part-time, 20-25 hours per week. Candidate must be able to make arrangements for a successful program, including acquiring materials, ensuring the availability of the community room, and arranging for set-up and clean-up of room. Assist with necessary registration procedures, and make necessary follow-up phone calls. Attend meetings with other programmers to discuss ideas and common issues, and provide support and guidance related to specific programs. Collect all program evaluations and record all statistics as required. Create programs that are high interest and address needs of the community. Plan and organize story times, book discussion groups, drama clubs, bedtime story hours, arts & crafts programs, sing-a-long programs, parent/child book discussions, after school programs, gaming programs, teen programs of various kinds, etc. Work at circulation desk as needed. Perform other related duties as required.
     Skills Required: Requires ability to work well with children, staff, and the public. Current knowledge of personal computers; experience in Microsoft Word and/or Publisher, and Excel. Must be available five hours/day to meet the needs of the library’s programming schedule; some flexibility possible. Some evenings and weekends are required.
     Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Library or related field and equivalent of 2 years of relevant experience working with children.
     Union or non-union position: Non-Union
     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 sit at a desk or stand and work continuously for extended periods of time and to view & operate computer equipment. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
     Full job description can be found at brookfieldlibrary.org. Submit resume/and or application to Fern Smenyak, Director of Human Resources, P.O. Box 5106, 100 Pocono Rd., Brookfield, CT 06804; email: fsmenyak@brookfieldct.gov; Fax: 203-775-4068. Applications/Resumes must be received by March 27, 2019. Equal Opportunity Employer.