Bibliothécaire à 80%

Jobup; Genf; On-site; CHF 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

The Municipal Library Service (BMU) of the City of Geneva invites applications for a Librarian at 80%. The role focuses on managing a collection area, maintaining coherence with the documentary policy, and supporting information and lending services to the public.

You will contribute to cultural and digital mediation actions, assist a diverse public, and work autonomously using standard library software and digital tools; fluency in French is essential, with knowledge of a foreign language

Qualifications

• Hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Science and possess a very good literary culture.
• Demonstrate an excellent ability to work directly with a varied public and know how to organise your work autonomously.
• Master common computer software and be familiar with the digital tools and resources used in libraries.
• Have perfect command of French and ideally knowledge of a foreign language.

Responsibilities

• Manage a collection area ensuring the maintenance of its coherence and the implementation of the documentary policy, notably through the selection and weeding of documents.
• Contribute to the information and reference service, the lending service, as well as to the reception and training of the public.
• Participate in cultural and digital mediation actions.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Science

Job description

The Municipal Library Service (BMU) is attached to the Department of Culture and Digital Transition of the City of Geneva. With its network of libraries in the districts and its outreach offer, the BMU service is an essential support to the proximity policy carried out by the City of Geneva. To complete its teams, the service is looking for a

Librarian at 80%

Your mission and responsibilities

• Manage a collection area ensuring the maintenance of its coherence and the implementation of the documentary policy, notably through the selection and weeding of documents.
• Contribute to the information and reference service, the lending service, as well as to the reception and training of the public.
• Participate in cultural and digital mediation actions.

Your profile

• Hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Science and possess a very good literary culture.
• Demonstrate an excellent ability to work directly with a varied public and know how to organise your work autonomously.
• Master common computer software and be familiar with the digital tools and resources used in libraries.
• Have perfect command of French and ideally knowledge of a foreign language.

Conditions and application procedure

Application deadline: 12.11.2026

Start date: to be agreed

Job classification: Class H of the salary scale

In the City of Geneva, the recruitment process is decentralised. This means that each service or department is responsible for following up applications for the positions it offers. An acknowledgement of receipt will be sent to candidates.

Employment conditions

Employees of the City of Geneva must reside within the authorised residential area and hold a valid work permit or authorisation..

More information on the working conditions of the City of Geneva: https://www.geneve.ch/emploi