Job Description:

Salt Lake County… A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place... it’s our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year. 

Additional Benefits include:

Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution

Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees.

Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account

Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability

Professional Development

Plus: Onsite medical clinic, childcare, and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

JOB SUMMARY

Provides general reference and reader's advisory services at the information desk and assists customers with the use of library technology resources. Performs a wide range of circulation functions and clerical support tasks.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Three (3) years of direct customer service experience; OR an equivalent combination of related education and experience. Education may not be substituted for one (1) year of required customer service experience.

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required pre-employment background check

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The following duties and responsibilities are intended to be representative of the work performed by the incumbent(s) in this position and are not all-inclusive. The omission of specific duties and responsibilities will not preclude it from the position.

Applicants must be prepared to demonstrate the ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Provides general reference and reader's advisory services, in-person or via telephone.

Provides clerical support for librarian collection development activities.

Performs wide range of circulation functions and assigned general library support tasks.

Library Branches

Assists librarians with displays, system projects, library tours, programming, and/or promotion activities.

Provides assigned clerical support tasks for the periodicals collection.

Assists customers with the use of library technology resources.

Jail Library

Registers prisoner and staff patrons in the database, checks materials in and out, empties book drops, shelves returned materials and performs other circulation functions.

Delivers library materials to prisoner housing units.

Trains prisoner workers; delegates duties and supervises their work in the jail library.

Performs assigned general library support tasks, including answering telephone inquiries from the public and jail/library staff.

Checks and reports returned materials that contain contraband markings before returning to shelves.