Library Assistant jobs in Canada

Posting Date: July 16, 2025
Closing Date: July 25, 2025
Department: Timmins Public Library
Hours per Week: See Below
Benefits Entitlement: No
Pension Entitlement: Yes – Employer Matched Contributions
Existing Position: Yes
Salary: $22.47/hour (2025)
Union: CUPE Local 434-1

Interviews are tentatively scheduled for August 14, 2025. Further details (including time and location) will be provided to candidates selected for interviews.

Hours

Saturdays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm (Main) or 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (C.M. Shields Branch)
Sundays 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
(Scheduling may include one shift, both Saturday and Sunday shifts, or no shift at all)

Position Summary

The Timmins Public Library will be hiring up to four Library Clerks to work on a casual basis at both library branches for the winter term primarily on Saturdays and Sundays.

Duties

• Circulation duties (opening/closing, check in/check out all library materials, renewals, answer phones, generate and process hold lists, place holds, accept payments, retrieve books on shelves, call patrons for reserved materials, re-shelve materials, shelf read all collections, maintain patron membership records, etc.)
• Assist patrons as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications
• Customer service experience
• Two-year community college diploma
• Good keyboarding and internet searching skills
• Bilingualism is a definite asset (English and French)
• Articulate, dependable, self-motivated and enjoy working with the public of all ages
• Current WHMIS certificate
• Current and clear Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screen required

How to Apply

Please submit your application to the Human Resources Department by 4:00 pm on the closing date of July 25, 2025.

Via Email: human_resources@timmins.ca

The City of Timmins is committed to providing a safe and supportive workplace where diversity, equity and inclusion are at the core of how we conduct business. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Personal information provided is collected under the authority of The Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

www.timmins.ca
www.movetotimmins.ca
(705) 264-1331

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