Librarian I / II Job at Merced County in Merced

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Responsibilities

• Promote and market library services.
• Assist patrons in the use of library facilities; explain library policies and procedures to the public, and library staff.
• Perform reference work at a professional level, according to level of incumbent.
• Select, order, maintain, and weed collections in assigned subject areas.
• Presents programming, story times, tours, and outreach events.
• May supervise, review work, and evaluate clerical and / or paraprofessional employees.
• Select, arrange, and promote the library through outreach activities.
• Keeps current with materials acquired by library; prepares statistics, reports, and programs.
• Designs, coordinates and implements library programs for special events.
• Index and catalog material.
• Provide readers advisory.
• Answer customer inquiries.

Minimum Qualifications

Librarian I

Education : Possession of a Master of Library Science (MLS) degree from an American Library Association accredited library school, preferably with some additional study in library, business and / or public administration.

Librarian II

Experience : One (1) year of experience equivalent to a Librarian I in Merced County.

Education : Possession of a Master of Library Science (MLS) degree from an American Library Association accredited library school, preferably with some additional study in library, business and / or public administration.

Some positions in this classification will be subject to criminal history background checks pursuant to the Human Resources Rules and Regulations, Section 2, B.

Essential Functions

Knowledge Of

Ability To

Benefits

Holidays & Leaves

Vacation : 10 days the first 5 years of continuous employment (limited to a maximum of 160 hours), 15 days in the second 5 years (max 240 hours), and 20 days after 10 years (max 320 hours).

Sick Leave : 0.0625 hours per regular work hour; 16 days (130 hours per year) with unlimited accumulation. Optional annual buy back of accumulated sick leave hours upon meeting criteria.

Holidays : Twelve paid holidays annually plus two optional holidays.

Bereavement Leave : Five (5) regularly scheduled workdays.

Insurance

Health Insurance : Merced County offers multiple medical plans and premiums vary by bargaining units. Plans include Anthem 500 EPO, Anthem 1500 EPO, Anthem HDHP with HSA, Anthem HDHP without HSA.

Dental Insurance - Delta Dental : County pays 100% of employee premium and 50% for dependents.

Vision Insurance - VSP : County pays 100% of employee premium and 50% for dependents.

Disability Insurance : State Disability Insurance (SDI). Employee-paid.

Life Insurance : County-paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance; optional voluntary life insurance available.

Retirement : Deferred Compensation 457 Plan; MCERA defined benefit plan.

Note : This bulletin is not a contract and may be amended pending labor agreements.

Additional

Descriptive questions require you to describe takeaways from library school or current position and understanding of day-to-day duties; required questions are listed in the application.

Job location : Merced, CA

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