Part Time Library Assistant - Phoenix Public Library

City of Phoenix; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 29,000 - 33,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Earned paid sick time

City training

Bus and light rail fares

Job summary

The City of Phoenix is seeking a Library Assistant to deliver direct public information service across branches for a diverse community. You will help patrons, support programs, and assist with collections in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate communicates well, works in a team, and shows flexibility. Part-time role with benefits including paid sick time and transit discounts.

Opportunity to contribute to literacy and lifelong learning while supporting urban library services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a program that imparts a broad liberal education.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct public information service to library visitors.
• Assist with children's programs, teen programming, and community outreach.
• Help patrons with forms and basic computer/workforce readiness tasks.
• Support library collections and promotions of reading and education.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Teamwork

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

About This Position

Phoenix Public Library serves a diverse clientele of over 4.8 million people, with a central library and 16 branches. The library offers collections in multiple languages, a full range of cutting-edge electronic resources, and customer-focused public services.

Library Assistants provide highly skilled direct public information service or service support. They may conduct a children's story time or teen programming, help students with college and financial aid forms, teach basic computer or workforce readiness classes, assist with library collection maintenance, or work in the community to promote reading, higher education and library services.

They work independently under the general supervision of a Librarian or Branch Manager. The ideal candidate must be able to multi-task, resolve problems and work with a diverse customer base in a fast paced environment.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Ability to communicate well and work effectively in a team environment, while providing excellent customer service.
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and have a positive attitude.

SALARY

Pay Range: $20.92 to $32.46 per hour.

Hiring Range: $20.92 to $24.21 per hour.

Pay Range Explanation

• Pay range is the entire compensation range for the position classification.
• Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.
• Promotions occur when the last two digits of the pay grade increase.
• Demotions occur when the last two digits of the pay grade decrease.
• Lateral transfers occur when there is no change to the last two digits of the pay grade.
• When there is a change in the first digit of the pay grade, there may also be a change to your classification or unit.

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Benefits

Part-time employees are eligible for earned paid sick time, city training, and free or discounted bus and light rail fares.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a program that imparts a broad liberal education.
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• The City job description can be found here.

Work And Environmental Conditions Requirements

• Working irregular hours, second and/or third shifts, weekends, holidays, and evenings.

Preferred Qualifications

The minimum qualifications listed above, plus:

Experience With

• Library programming, presentations, and training.
• Working in a paid library position.
• Providing excellent customer service.
• Working with computer programs such as MS Office.

RECRUITMENT DATES

Recruitment closes September 28, 2026. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on this date.

This is a position-based recruitment and will not result in any ongoing eligibility list. This recruitment and any selection processes resulting from this recruitment may be used to fill other related vacancies within the organization now or in the near future.

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REFERENCE

Library Assistant, JC:30200, ID# 62976, 9/14/26, USM, AJ, Benefits:007

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