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 generaldirection of the Heads of Youth & Public Services, the person in this position will assist at both the Children’s and Adult Services Desks as needed. This position will work a regular weekly schedule up to 10 hours but may serve as a substitute front-line representative of Hedberg Public Library, when this occurs the weekly hours will be up to 19 hours. This position provides assistance with circulation, readers’ advisory, reference, and other customer service to children and adults, both as individuals and in groups, as well as helping to maintain safe and secure uses of the library. This position may also assist with the preparation and execution of children’s and family programming and other short-term departmental tasks.
RELATIONSHIPS:
Reports to: Head of Youth Services or the Head of Public Services depending on the assignment.
Has regular work contact with Library and City employees, community groups, business community, and the general public.
Has no regular supervisory duties.
EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS, AND MACHINES:
Machinery and equipment, including personal computer, printer, cash register, telephone, copier, intercom system, and other standardized or specialized library technology equipment.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL FACTORS:
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 regularly works in a public library. 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 25 pounds of force by lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling 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 may, on occasion, be exposed to outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and extreme cold. The employee may work near moving mechanical parts in precarious places; and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic, or caustic chemicals, and vibration. The working conditions in the library environment are comfortable. The noise level in the library environment is generally quiet to moderately noisy.
A regular work schedule of up to 10 hours per week is required for this position, with opportunities to serve as a substitute associate for additional day and evening shifts, Monday through Saturday, as staffing needs arise. Total hours worked will not exceed 20 hours per week.
For purposes of drug and alcohol testing, this position is not classified as safety sensitive.
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to 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.
