Part-Time Library Aide: Shelves & Patron Help

Dayton Metro Library; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 14,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

The Dayton Metro Library is hiring a part-time Library Aide at the West Carrollton Branch. The role supports shelving, shelving reads, helping patrons with basic computer use, and assisting with program setup and cleanup.

Work hours are approximately 20 hours per week, with shifts listed. The starting pay is $12.50 per hour, and the position is not eligible for health insurance or paid time off. Dayton Metro Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to communicate effectively when dealing with staff and patrons. Ability to apply active listening skills.
• Less than high school education or up to one-month related experience or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to quickly and accurately put items in numerical and alphabetical order.
• Ability to push/pull carts full of materials. Ability to kneel, bend, and stoop in order to return items to shelves.

Responsibilities

• Shelves books and other library materials.
• Shelf reads and shifts assigned areas of the collection.
• Assists patrons with basic computer use, provides simple directional assistance, refers informational and reference requests to appropriate library personnel.
• Assists with program production.
• Processes library materials for check-out, book sale, and storage as instructed.
• Completes special assignments.
• Assists in maintaining an orderly appearance of public areas.
• Schedule may include day, evening and Saturday hours.

Skills

Reading comprehension

Communication

Active listening

Item sorting (numerical/alphabetical)

Physical endurance

Education

Less than high school education or up to one-month related experience or training

Job description

The Dayton Metro Library is hiring a part-time Library Aide at the West Carrollton Branch. The role supports shelving, shelving reads, helping patrons with basic computer use, and assisting with program setup and cleanup.

Work hours are approximately 20 hours per week, with shifts listed. The starting pay is $12.50 per hour, and the position is not eligible for health insurance or paid time off. Dayton Metro Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer.