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<p class="MsoNormal">Go to <a href="http://www.rhpl.org/about/jobs/351-current-job-openings">http://www.rhpl.org/about/jobs/351-current-job-openings</a> to see instructions for the full application procedure. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"><br>
</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Positions:</span></b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> Youth Services Librarian (2 positions)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Supervisor: </span></b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Youth
Services Manager</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Salary: </span></b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">$23,535.00 per year</span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Schedule: </span></b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">22.5
hours per week, regularly (includes evening and weekend hours)<b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Dates</span></b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">: Deadline for applications: March 15, 2014</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> Interviews anticipated: March
19-20, 2014</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> Decision anticipated by: March
21, 2014</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> Starting date: April 6, 2014 or ASAP</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Application:</span></b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> Please submit a <b>resume, responses to questions at the end of this posting</b> and a
completed <b>employment application found
at</b> <a href="http://www.rhpl.org/about/jobs/351-current-job-openings">http://www.rhpl.org/about/jobs/351-current-job-openings</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Primary Job Duties:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.5pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Provide
comprehensive library service to individuals and groups, both inside and
outside the library. </span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Provide
reference assistance and reader’s advisory to patrons of all ages and
abilities.</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Evaluate
and select print and electronic resources for children through grade 8</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Program
planning and implementation for children, birth through grade 8.</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Instruction
in use of the library and the resources offered</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Webpage
development and maintenance</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.5pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Work
with other Youth Services staff in the creation of new programs, projects and
materials</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Required Qualifications:</span></b></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Master’s
degree in Library Science or Early Childhood Development</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Skill
in planning and presenting developmentally appropriate programs for children</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Ability
to prioritize tasks and duties and work independently</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">High
level of energy and self-motivation to create new services</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.5pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Strong
familiarity with juvenile reading materials and genre collections</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Full
range of internet skills and experience, as well as MSOffice and other Windows
software </span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Strong
oral and written communication skills</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Willingness
to maintain a flexible schedule in order to implement programming</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Willingness
to seek out and complete appropriate grant applications</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Willingness
to participate in professional associations</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Desirable Qualifications:</span></b></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Experience
with Polaris</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Experience
in a public library setting</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Experience
with grant writing</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">This
is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications;
it is intended to describe the major responsibilities and requirements of this
position.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Please
respond to the following questions and include those responses with your resume
and RHPL application.</span></p>
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<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">Why do you want to work
with young children?</span></li>
</ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> </span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="2" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">We offer many program
for young children and their adult caregiver. What kinds of programs would you suggest
we add to enhance our youth offerings?</span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"> </span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="3" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">If I were to duplicate a
typical week of your reading choices, what would I be reading? (By choices, I mean just about
everything short of cereal boxes.)</span></li>
</ol>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif">In
a field of strong candidates, what makes you stand out? </span><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif"><br>
</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><br><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><br>Christine Lind Hage, Library Director<br>Rochester Hills Public Library<br>
500 Olde Towne Road<br>Rochester, MI 48307-2043<br>248/650-7122</font></span></div>
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