LIBRARY ASSISTANT – PART-TIME

Belmont Abbey College; Belmont (NC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Belmont Abbey College seeks a PT Evening/Weekend Library Circulation Assistant. The role supports students, faculty, and staff during night and weekend hours with basic circulation and reference help.

Responsibilities include desk management, shelving, data entry, and assisting patrons by phone, chat, and email while referring in-depth requests to senior staff. The position requires a high school diploma and a willingness to support the college's Benedictine-Catholic mission.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required with at least 1 year of customer service experience.
• Associate degree preferred; library or academic office experience a plus.
• Ability to lift up to 10 pounds and perform light cleaning in a library setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic circulation and reference support during night and weekend hours.
• Manage circulation desk, shelve books, log circulation and reference statistics, and perform clerical data entry.
• Assist patrons in person, over the phone, by chat, and by email; refer complex requests to full-time staff.

Skills

Customer service

Strong communication

Data entry

Light lifting

Education

High School Diploma

Associate degree preferred

Job description

Position Summary

Belmont Abbey College seeks a PT Evening/Weekend Library Circulation Assistant.

Job Responsibilities

The Assistant provides basic circulation and reference support to the BAC students, faculty, and staff during night and weekend hours. The Assistant's daily responsibilities involve managing the circulation desk, shelving library books and materials, logging circulation and reference statistics, and performing clerical functions like data entry. Additional duties include inputting data and assisting patrons in person, over the phone, over chat, and by email. The Assistant refers in-depth research requests to full-time library staff.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate must have a High School Degree plus a minimum of 1 year of experience working in a customer service role. An Associate Degree is preferred. Experience in a library or academic office setting is a plus. Familiarity with basic office equipment is preferred. The work environment is a library setting which requires the ability to lift up to 10 pounds in order to reshelve books and perform general cleaning functions. The assistant works during the Fall and Spring semesters, and the weekly hours are as follows:

• Sunday 6 pm-12 am
• Tuesday 6 pm-12 am
• Thursday 6 pm-12 am

In addition, candidates must wholeheartedly embrace the mission of the College to educate students in the liberal arts and sciences so that in all things God may be glorified. The incumbent will consistently demonstrate skills, attitudes, and stable disposition of character to support our Catholic and Benedictine identity while fostering the development of mind, body, and spirit in our students, our staff and the greater community. Finally, candidates must have a sincere appreciation and acceptance of our Catholic approach to education and an understanding of Pope Saint John Paul II's Ex corde Ecclesiae.