CITY OF JANESVILLE DIVERSITY STATEMENT:
The residents of Janesville choose this community, not just as a place to live, but as a place to realize life’s opportunities. We strive to sustain a community culture where differences are recognized, understood, and appreciated. As such, the City of Janesville recognizes the importance of developing an environment where diversity is not merely accepted but embraced and celebrated. As public servants, we believe everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. To this end, we will diligently recruit and retain the most talented employees in an environment that fosters maximizing one’s potential. Therefore, we encourage individuals from all backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to consider employment with the City of Janesville and serve the residents of “Wisconsin’s Park Place”.
OBJECTIVE:
Under general direction of the Head of Youth Services, the Youth Services Associate works 29 hours per week, which includes daytime, evening, and Saturday hours. The Youth Services Associate is responsible for regular shifts at the Children’s Desk, monitors the room, and provides assistance with circulation, readers’ advisory, reference and other customer service to children and adults, both as individuals and in groups. This position is responsible for providing early literacy Storytimes and other children’s and family programming and community engagement both in the library and out in the community. This position may also be assigned areas of collection development and other departmental tasks, such as scheduling, monthly reports and statistics, and coordinating in-room activities.
RELATIONSHIPS:
Reports to: Head of Youth Services
Has regular work contact with Library and City employees, community groups, business community, and the general public.
EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS OR MACHINES:
Machinery and equipment including computers, printers, cash register, photocopier, telephone, intercom system, scanners, and other standard and specialized office equipment.
PHYSICAL FACTORS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by any an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in a public library and office environment. An individual in this position is frequently involved in sedentary work, which requires sitting for the majority of the time. This position occasionally walks, stands, stoops, kneels, crouches, crawls and exerts up to 10 pounds of force by lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving objects. The employee is frequently required to see/observe, talk/speak and listen/hear; use their hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects and equipment; repetitive arm, wrist, hand and eye movements are included. There is frequent twisting, reaching, wrist turning and grasping. The employee may be required to climb or balance.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of equipment. Employee is required to use cognitive ability to reason, analyze and verbalize thoughts and ideas. Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes and sounds associated with job-related objects, materials or tasks.
The employee will spend the majority of the working day inside speaking with other employees or members of the public. Hours vary and may include some evening or weekend hours. The working conditions in the office are comfortable. The noise level is generally moderately noisy.
DISCLAIMER:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position, or is responsive to the needs of the City of Janesville.
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
The City of Janesville, Wisconsin is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer