P/T Library Assistant – Children’s Services Louis Bay 2nd Library

Bergen County Cooperative Library System; Hawthorne (NJ); On-site; USD 22,730,000 - 25,141,000; Part time

Job summary

Bergen County Library System's Louis Bay 2nd Public Library in Hawthorne, NJ seeks a Library Assistant for Children's Services. You will assist with planning and delivering programs for children, tweens, and teens, prepare materials, and support outreach to schools and community partners.

Responsibilities include helping at the children's circulation desk, handling reader's advisory questions, shelving, and room setup.

Qualifications

• Must have experience with groups of children.
• Friendly, personable and flexible in availability.
• Computer knowledge is a must.

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning and delivering a variety of programs for children, tweens, and teens.
• Prepare program materials, supplies, displays, and activity spaces; assist with setup and cleanup.
• Promote library programs and services through displays, flyers, social media and outreach.
• Run reports and use them to evaluate, inventory, and weed the collection.
• Assist with outreach activities and partnerships with schools and youth-serving agencies.
• Working at the children's circulation desk and assisting with reader’s advisory questions.
• Shelf materials, shelving and room setup as required.

Skills

Experience with children

Customer service

Computer skills

Job description

JOB POSTING

EXTERNAL

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
(confirm the availability of the position on our website at
https://louisbay2ndlibrary.org/job-openings/ )

Title/Department:
Role:
Library Assistant / Children’s Services
Circulation and Paging
Reports to:
Head of Children’s Department
Location:
Louis Bay 2nd Public Library and Community Center
Hours:
42 hours per two week pay period
Monday, Thursday: 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Tuesday: 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Wednesday: 9:00 am – 2:30 pm
Friday: 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Hourly Rate:
$15.92 / hour
Anticipated Start Date:
28-Sep-2026

General duties include:

• Assist with planning and delivering a variety of programs and activities for children, tweens, and teens
• Prepare program materials, supplies, displays, and activity spaces; assist with setup and cleanup before and after programs.
• Support the development of creative, age-appropriate programming that reflects the interests and needs of the community.
• Running reports and using them to evaluate, inventory, and weed the collection
• Promote library programs and services through displays, flyers, social media, the library website, and other outreach efforts.
• Assist with developing and maintaining attractive, current, and engaging youth collections and displays.
• Assist with outreach activities and partnerships with schools, community organizations, and other youth-serving agencies

Desk duties include:

• Working and monitoring the children’s circulation desk
• Assisting children, young adults, and caregivers with reader’s advisory and general reference questions.
• Collecting and reporting on fines and fees

Paging duties include:

• Shelving materials, shelf reading, printing a pick list and retrieving requested materials.
• Ensure consistently tidy facilities; includes ensuring chairs are pushed in, shelves are neat, materials are displayed in special book stands, tables are clean, etc.
• Working with written or verbal instructions
• Assist with room setup and breakdown, as required

Additional duties include:

• Assist with programming on an as needed basis
• Other opportunities as assigned by the Supervisor or Director

Requirements:

Must have experience and be comfortable with working with groups of children. Must be friendly and personable and be flexible in availability. Computer knowledge is a must.

Monica A. Smith, Director
Louis Bay 2nd Library
345 Lafayette Ave.
Hawthorne, NJ 07506
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