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Collaborate with the Young Adult staff and teens in the community to create the most outstanding Young Adult area in the country. Achieve personal satisfaction from helping children and young adults find informational or recreational materials. Develop relationships with all the young people using the library. Through those relationships design and coordinate programs and services that make the library the most awesome place to be. Wake up in the middle of the night with exciting ideas for young people such as gaming tournaments, outreach programming. Connect with your inner teen through the Graffiti young adult blog. Make the Young Adult department so exceptional that teens will want to move from other states to experience it. Previous experience working or volunteering with young adults is critical. Excitement for and knowledge of teen culture, children’s and teen literature is essential. An interest in emerging technology trends such as blogs, social networking, gaming and whatever is hot for teens is vital. This medium work position requires bending, lifting/carrying at least 20 pounds, ability to exert 20-50 pounds of force when pushing/pulling materials, reaching, and the ability to climb stairs, talking on the telephone, basic computer knowledge and stationary work at a computer terminal. Previous experience in customer service is preferred. Knowledge of readers’ advisory, reference techniques, children’s literature, desktop publishing, collection development principles and practices is preferred. A pre-and/or post-employment drug screen, a criminal history record check, and a physical capacity testing are required as a condition of employment. Public Library located in the Capital city of Kansas.

A completed and signed job application is required for consideration for each position.