Librarian, CF

Wasco State Prison; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation seeks a Librarian (Correctional Facility) to perform difficult professional work in cataloging, loaning, and reference use of library materials in a correctional setting. Incumbents maintain order and supervise the conduct of incarcerated persons, ensuring security of library areas and materials.

Communication is primarily via email as described in the job details.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from college and one additional year of graduate study in an ALA‑accredited library school.
• Experience: None.

Responsibilities

• Cataloging, loaning, and reference use of library materials.
• Maintain order and supervise conduct of incarcerated individuals.
• Ensure security of library areas and search for contraband as needed.

Education

ALA‑accredited library school graduate

Job description

Job Description and Duties

This is the entry and journeyperson working level for this series. Incumbents in this class perform difficult professional work in connection with selecting, cataloging, loaning, or the reference use of books and other library materials. A Librarian (Correctional Facility) heads up a smaller correctional facility library.

Incumbents maintain order and supervise the conduct of persons committed to the Departments of Corrections and the Youth Authority; prevent escapes and injury by these persons to themselves or others or to property; maintain security of working areas and work materials; inspect premises and search inmates or wards for contraband, such as weapons or illegal drugs.

Main communication for this position will be through email. You will find additional information about the job in the .Special Requirements.

Possession of Minimum Qualifications will be verified prior to interview and/or appointment. If you are meeting Minimum Qualifications with education, you must include your unofficial transcripts/diploma for verification. Official transcripts may be required upon appointment. If it is determined an applicant does not meet the Minimum Qualifications, the candidate will be withheld from the eligibility list, rendering them inactive and ineligible to be hired for the position. Candidates who have been withheld may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board.

Applicants who completed their education outside of the US (with foreign degrees/transcripts) must obtain and submit verification of U.S. course/degree equivalency. Foreign education credential evaluation services can be found atCandidates new to CDCR/CCHCS are required to submit to a background investigation process utilizing Live Scan Fingerprinting, as well as a Tuberculosis test/evaluation prior to appointment, followed by department annual Tuberculosis testing/evaluation thereafter.

When submitting supporting documents, PDF file format is preferred.

This advertisement may be used for other vacancies that occur during the life of this recruitment.

Desirable Qualifications

• Willingness to create and promote an equitable and inclusive workplace where diversity is celebrated and valued.
• Ability to: Apply professional knowledges to the practical problems of the job; establish and maintain cooperative relationships with library users, co-workers, supervisors, and others contacted during the course of work; analyze situations accurately and take effective action; speak and write effectively.
• All employees must exhibit maturity, good judgment, tact, pleasing personality, and neat personal appearance; sympathetic understanding of and willingness to work with the resident population of a State correctional facility.
• Persons appointed to positions in this class must be reasonably expected to have and maintain sufficient strength, agility, and endurance to perform during stressful (physical, mental, and emotional) situations encountered on the job without compromising their health and well-being or that of their fellow employees or that of incarcerated persons. Assignments during tour of duty may include sole responsibility for the supervision of incarcerated persons and/or the protection of personal and real property.

Benefits

Benefit information can be found on the California Department of Human Resources. Information on benefits afforded by membership in the California Public Employees’ Retirement System can be found on the. Information on the benefits and protections provided to public employees by the State Civil Service Act can be found on the. Additional benefit information can be found on the website. This webpage is intended to provide general information. Benefit eligibility may be based on job classification, bargaining unit, time base and length of appointment.

Minimum Qualifications

Education Requirements: Equivalent to graduation from college and completion of one additional year of graduate study in a library school accredited by the American Library Association. (Registration as a graduate student in a library school accredited by the American Library Association will admit applicants to the examination, but they must submit evidence of completion before they can be considered eligible for appointment.)

Experience Requirements: None.

Required Application Package Documents

Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account atAll Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position. Resume is required and must be included. Degree and/or School Transcripts