Library Assistant: Customer Service (Part-Time)

New Canaan Library is seeking a friendly, energetic, customer-service oriented person to join our Customer Service Department as a part-time Library Assistant in our new building. The Library Assistant directly assists Library patrons of all ages at public service desks and helps them to access materials and use library services. Duties include issuing Library cards, locating items within the Library, helping with library account issues, and assisting with checkout, as well as many behind-the-scenes tasks supporting the Library’s circulation functions including shelving, preparing item holds, answering phones and emails, and performing other relevant duties as assigned by the Manager of Customer Service. This non-exempt, part-time position of up to 20 hours/week requires weekly evening and regular weekend shifts in rotation. If you have a passion for customer service, have strong communication and interpersonal skills, are detail-oriented, and enjoy working on a dynamic, flexible team, then we would love to hear from you. Please send a meaningful cover letter and resume to [email protected] with the subject line: “Library Assistant: Customer Service” by Tuesday, September 24^th to be considered for the position.