Young Adult Services Coordinator

Position Title: Young Adult Services Coordinator

Department: Children’s and Young Adult Services

Reports to: Department Head

Position Definition: A member of the Children/YA Services team, the YA coordinator facilitates programming and other activities in the dept. focused on teens and tweens (ages 12-18).

Compensation & Hours: $17.00 per hour for 20 hours a week. Afternoon to early evening hours and two Saturday shifts per month.

Position Duties:

• Plan, develop, and facilitate programming for teens and tweens (ages 12-18). This includes continuing established programs as well as developing new programs with the department head or other team members.
• Manage Teen Volunteer Program- includes training teens, overseeing their work and tracking their volunteer hours.
• Keeps the YA and Tween collections and spaces are neat and ready for use.
• Develop LibGuides that support services, collections and events.
• Has working familiarity (or willingness to learn) of YA and Children’s literature and popular reading materials.
• Willingness to learn new computer programs to benefit dept.
• Make suggestions for purchase for YA / Tween collection.
• Works with team to create a summer reading program for all ages.
• Plan and facilitate outreach to local schools.
• Prepare monthly reports to Department Head to share monthly statistics.
• Attend training sessions and staff meetings as required.
• Works with team to create themes and decoration and long-range program planning.
• Oversees and works with the Teen Advisory Board.
• Staffs Children's desk to help patrons with readers' advisory and reference.

Other Duties

• Willing to be cross trained to work on the circulation desk.
• May serve on MFL internal committees.
• May represent the library at RCLS meetings for YA Services.
• May be called upon to represent the library at public meetings or school / community events.

Qualifications

• Must enjoy working with children of all ages, especially teens and tweens.
• Possess an energetic and outgoing personality.
• Must be computer literate.
• Ability to work independently and work well within a small team.
• Possess well developed interpersonal and communication skills including- tact, diplomacy, and flexibility.
• Ability to adjust hours as needed for special events programming.

Physical: Must be able to lift a minimum of 30lbs, stand for at least 1 hour, have a driver’s license and vehicle.

Education and Experience:

Preferred: 2-year college degree from an accredited college or university plus 1-2 years' experience with children/young adults in a library or school setting. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about library services and who enjoys working with children of all ages but especially tweens and teens to join our team! Do you enjoy chatting with Middle School and High School students? Love to read and make recommendations to others? Do you enjoy Manga or playing TTRPG? Are you a whiz at crafts? Do you love to decorate and plan fun events and activities? We would like to meet you!

Required: Required- HS Diploma and experience with children/young adults in a library or school setting.

Note: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He/she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his/her supervisor.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $17.00 per hour

Work Location: In person