Position: Desk Assistant 
Full Time or Part Time: Part Time 
Hours: 20-28 hours per week, including two Saturdays per month. 
Pay rate: $17 per hour; paid every other Friday  

Looking for a fast-paced job where you can multitask and share a love of reading? Are you tech-savvy, helpful, and patient? We’re looking for a friendly, community focused individual to serve the public at our Checkout and Information desks. This includes greeting people, checking items out, and providing computer, printing and e-reader help. Customer service and/or library work experience is a plus. This position is 20 hour per week plus one Saturday per month. The ideal candidate will be available to work Mondays 5 – 8 pm, Tuesdays 1 – 5 pm, Wednesdays 1 – 5 pm, Thursdays 1 – 5 pm, and Fridays 1 – 6 pm, and every other Saturday 8:45 am – 5 pm. Starting pay is $17 per hour. 

Qualifications:  

• High school graduate, some college preferred  

• Customer service experience required 

• Library work experience preferred 

Benefits: 

• Accrual of Paid Vacation Time 

• Accrual of Paid Sick Time 

• Enrollment in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), which the library makes contributions to in addition to employee contributions 

• Four hours of paid holiday time in honor of your birthday to be taken within the pay period that includes your birthday.  

• Potential for partial tuition reimbursement for job related courses 

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program. 

• Up to 5 normally scheduled working days of paid bereavement leave associated with the death of an immediate relative.