<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Youth Librarian (African American Cultural Competency)</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Multnomah
County Library; Portland, Oregon</span></b></p>

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<p class="normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Job #: 7222-57</span></p>

<p class="normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Salary:
$26.24 to $32.28 per hour</span></p>

<p class="normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Opening
Date: Friday, August 7, 2015</span></p>

<p class="normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Closing
Date: Friday, August 21, 2015</span></p>

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<p class="normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://www.multcolib.org/">Multnomah County
Library</a> in<a href="http://www.travelportland.com/"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none"> </span></a><a href="http://www.travelportland.com/">Portland,
Oregon</a> is looking for a compassionate, dedicated, forward-thinking
Youth Librarian, who has experience and a passion for working with the African
American community. We're committed to providing the best possible traditional
and cutting-edge library services to children and young adults, both in our
buildings and in the community, and we seek someone who shares that commitment.</span></p>

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<p class="normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">As the Youth
Librarian, you will draw on your expertise in youth literature and development
when providing excellent customer and informational service to children, teens,
families, educators, and care providers. You’ll be responsible for connecting
internal and external patrons, particularly African Americans, with the
information they seek as well as delivering a variety of professional-level
library services.  You will assess the
needs of the community and plan, prepare and implement programs (including
Black storytimes) and outreach for your service area, as well as build and
maintain professional relationships with patrons and surrounding organizations.
Not only will you develop programs for youth, you will also collaborate with
your manager to identify opportunities and develop adult programs for the African
American community as well. You will work closely with fellow branch staff as
well as the Youth Services team. You will help ensure that branch continues to
be a welcoming space for the community.</span></p>

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<p class="normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">To be
successful in this role, you must have excellent interpersonal, organizational,
leadership and communication skills to help the library develop innovative
services for the 21st century. You’re experimental and a risk-taker who is
willing to try new things. You will be comfortable working with all youth of
all ages, particularly African American youth and be able to shift with ease
between storytime, school-age programs, and teen volunteer recruitment and
mentorship. You don’t shy away from technology; you actually embrace it and
understand the importance of and know how to use various types of social media.
You will occasionally serve as the person-in-charge of the branch.  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For more
information about this position or to apply, please visit our website at: <a href="http://web.multco.us/jobs">http://web.multco.us/jobs</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Johnette Easter<div>Senior Human Resources Analyst</div><div>Multnomah County Library </div><div>Office: 503.988.5046</div><div>Fax: 503.988.4532</div><div><a href="mailto:johnette@multcolib.org" target="_blank">johnette@multcolib.org</a></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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