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Employment Opportunity: Library Tech Operational New Mexico State Library Bookmobile NE

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Job ID 100630
Location Cimarron
Posting End Date

 Agency Department of Cultural Affairs

Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Sponsored Term
Job Posting Type Continuous Job Opening

Salary

$10.19 – $17.73 Hourly

$21,195 – $36,878 Annually

This position is a Pay Band 45

Why does the job exist?

This position Is responsible for providing and ensuring quality, tailored, direct public library services for rural New Mexicans. This position will travel in a 31 + foot bookmobile to provide library services throughout the Western part or New Mexico and promote the bookmobile program and other New Mexico State Library programs In a multi-county-region

How does it get done?

– Provide quality library services to rural patrons using all appropriate and available resources.
– Conduct all library services in accordance with policies and procedures
– Assist in managing and building a library collection based on patron preferences and entering that collection In the Koha system
– Promote marketing and outreach of other programs for rural residents such as Books by Mall and library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
– Help drive the bookmobile; schedule vehicular maintenance and repairs and maintains an ongoing log for work performed.

Who are the customers?

Library Patrons in Rural New Mexico who access the Northeast Bookmobile.

Ideal Candidate

The Ideal Candidate has
– One year experience In library work
– Experience using computers
– The ability to drive a large vehicle on rural roads
– Experience handling monetary transactions
– Experience overseeing circulation and resource sharing services in a library
– Customer service skills

Minimum Qualification

High School Diploma or Equivalent and one (1) year of relevant experience. Substitutions Apply. See Substitution Table below.

Substitution Table

These combinations of education and experience qualify you for the position:

Education Experience
1 High School Diploma or Equivalent AND 2 years of experience
2 Associate’s degree or higher (Bachelor’s, Master’s) AND 0 years of experience

• Education and years of experience must be related to the purpose of the position.

• If Minimum Qualification requires a specific number of “semester hours” in a field (e.g. 6 semester hours in Accounting), applicants MUST have those semester hours in order to meet the minimum qualifications. No substitutions apply for semester hours.

Employment Requirements

Employment is subject to a pre-employment background investigation and is conditional pending results. Must possess and maintain a valid Driver’s License. Must obtain and maintain a current Defensive Driving Certificate from the State of New Mexico as a condition of employment in order to drive 31′ + bookmobile and 4-door sedan.

Working Conditions

On 31+ foot Bookmobile, driving bookmobile on rural roads and highways, climbing, standing, reaching stooping, lifting up to 30 lbs and carrying books on and off the bus from bookmobile office. Computer use, telephone use, extreme temperatures, noise, vibrations, fumes, odors and dust.

Supplemental Information

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Agency Contact Information: Laura Gonzales, (575) 376-2474 Click Here

Bargaining Unit Position

This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement and all terms/conditions of that agreement apply and must be adhered to.

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