Overview
Brooklyn Public Library Services for Older Adults is seeking applications for our Senior Assistant program. Senior Assistants are a part of the departmental team to provide quality public library service and identify community needs to the Older Adult community.
Administrative tasks and day-to-day activities include data entry; filing; maintaining the materials collection, preparing and distributing promotional fliers;
answering telephone calls; and preparing correspondences. This is a part-time position. The schedule for this position is 10-15 hours per week, compensated at $15.00 per hour.
Responsibilities
- Complete data entry in Microsoft Excel and other internal and external program databases
- Perform general file management and organization of office supplies
- Checking in, selecting materials, and packing prepare materials related to the Books to Go (BTG) / Book by Mail services
- Maintaining all bookshelves and weeding of materials
- Process and link new applicants
- Handle telephone calls, answers questions from outside patrons and transfers calls as needed
- Assist program staff at Services For Older Adults sponsored events
- Interact with SOA programming staff, volunteers, and the general public
- Available Monday through Friday during the hours of 9 : 00 am 5 : 00 pm in the Services for Older Adults Department, housed in New Utrecht Library.
- Performs related duties as required
Qualifications
- Prefer age 50 and older
- Friendly, punctual and responsible
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work as a team, making adjustments to best meets the needs of patrons with and without disabilities.
- A desire to work with older adults and people with disabilities
- Ability to understand and carry out simple oral and written directions
- Flexibility and willingness to travel
- Ability to bend, reach, sit, and lift as needed
- Computer skills required Email and Microsoft Word, Excel
- Bilingual language skills preferred including Sign Language, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Cantonese, Mandarin, Bengali, Urdu, Polish and Russian
30+ days ago