Library Assistant

Carney, Sandoe & Associates, an education recruitment firm that is working with a vibrant K-8 independent school in Oakland, California to find their next Part-Time Library Assistant.

The part-time Library Assistant supports the Librarian in our K-8 library, which houses over 14,000 volumes in a beautiful space. The Library Assistant supports the circulation desk and will assist with online databases, student research projects, and parent/guardian volunteer education as needed.

Essential Job Functions:

• Check in/out library materials
• Shelve incoming books and materials
• Send overdue notices
• Assist with collection management
• Monitor subscription renewals for magazines and newspapers
• Assist librarians with classes, especially at checkout time
• Help librarians and teachers by pulling books for specific topics or class units
• Assist librarians with creating and maintaining book/subject lists
• Assist with displays and maintaining a welcoming library space
• Monitor library supplies and order as needed
• Help provide parent/guardian volunteer education

Preferred Qualifications:

• Committed to the mission and vision of the school
• Coursework in Library Science (preferred)
• Experience working in a library

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 essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Able to move around and across campus.

Potential Benefits: Compensation and benefit packages are competitive but will differ by school and will typically depend on geographic location, your experience, and your level of degree.

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⛱️ Paid holidays, vacation and personal time

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About CS&A

Our job placement service is free to job seekers. By getting to know you personally — beyond just your resume — we connect you directly with hiring schools whose open positions match your specific requirements (location, school type, position type, etc.) and skills, saving you the time of sorting through hundreds of job postings and getting lost in a pile of resumes.

More importantly, as an educator you deserve to have someone on your side who can help you find a position in a school community where you’ll thrive. That’s our mission.

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Carney Sandoe does not discriminate on the basis of physical handicap, sex, race, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national or ethnic origin in administration of its services, consulting, events, professional development, or other programs.

• Industry
• Primary/Secondary Education
• Employment Type
• Full-time
• Job Functions

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