Weekend Library Jobs in Riverview, FL (NOW HIRING)

Duties and Tasks:

• Assisting with opening and/or closing the building as determined by the work schedule

• Greeting visitors and students while working in the circulation area, and in other parts of the building

• Building relationships with undergraduate, graduate students

• Fostering a sense of responsibility and respect in visitors, and FWS team members

• Setting a positive example in attendance, respect and responsibility

• Planning and implementing student-centered events on a weekly basis

• Tracking attendance at events, debriefing and determining new means of student engagement

• Posting to the library's Social Media regularly to advertise the library and events held at the library, building connections with the student body, faculty and staff

• Tracking data for the library's social media accounts

• Monitoring the quality and quantity of FWS student employee attendance and work, providing feedback, guidance and notifying the Staff Coordinator and the ILL Assistant of attendance or work task issues as they arise.

• Regular and repeated training of FWS employees to maintain high standards of excellence concerning customer service, hospitality, phone etiquette, email etiquette, in person behavior, and database searching

• Connecting students with faculty librarians; assisting students and faculty in person and over the phone as needed using best practices in customer service

• Assisting with troubleshooting of problems with computers and printers

• Staffing various customer service touch points in the library as needed

• Monitoring of the building for safety and security.

• Creating displays and bulletin boards, overseeing FWs employees for creativity and timeliness of these displays.

• Inputting records in Excel of items donated or shelved and signing off on accuracy

• Inventory of physical materials as assigned

• Shelving of materials, monitoring of FWS students work quality and output

• Accurate reporting of attendance and absences of student workers

• Other duties as assigned

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge:

• Understanding of excellent customer service

• Demonstrated ability to teach email, phone and in-person etiquette

• Demonstrated ability to instill respect and responsibility in team members

• Proficiency in monitoring ones own and other employees attendance, work output, customer services skills

• Proficiency with office equipment, including telephones, copy machines, and fax machines

• Familiarity with library resources, services and databases

• Proficiency in assisting patrons in the library and on the phone

• Proficiency with written English, social Media tools, and communication

• Demonstrated knowledge of Zotero, EndNote, Mendeley or other citations applications

• Demonstrated ability to assist patrons with citations

• Demonstrated ability to create and use data to support the mission of the library

Skills:

• A high level of customer service skill in person and over the phone

• Comfortable providing guidance and oversight of other student workers (undergraduate)

• Completion of task lists, accurate record keeping and follow-up required

• Able to use Library of Congress for reshelving of materials and checking on FWs employees shelving

• Comfortable using library databases to locate academic resources

• Capable of using Boolean search terms to assist students to locate specific materials

• Adept at keyboarding, filing, and other office functions

• Knowledge or ability to learn Library of Congress Classification system

• Some basic ability with writing applications, such as Zotero and EndNote

Abilities:

• Ability to learn an Integrated Library System

• Ability to adhere to work schedule that may change from week to week and to follow directions.

• Ability to work a varied schedule that includes nights and weekends.

• Ability to determine whether the help needed is within the scope of the GA's duties.

• Ability to seek support and assistance from the librarian as needed.