Library Assistant

This position is the assistant to the Library Director. The main responsibilities are in patron service, program development and delivery, marketing, information technology support, and general administrative support. It is for 35 hours a week. Salary commensurate with experience $27 to $30/ hr. Compensation includes a good extended health package after three months. LALA offers flexibility in your schedule and work location. Increased hours may be added for special projects.

The Lillooet Area Library Association is seeking a person interested in staying with the organization long term.  This role is offered as a one-year contract, with the expectation to become permanent full time upon a successful year. Our organization is actively succession planning for the Library Director position. We are entering a dynamic period of change and development; this is an opportunity to help guide this integral public institution into a new phase.

This position is a leadership role and requires enthusiasm for the Lillooet Area Library Association (LALA) Mission, Vision, Values and core services. LALA provides library services to residents of the District of Lillooet, Squamish Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) Areas A and B, and the six Northern St’át’imc communities T’it’q’et, Ts’al’áh, Se’kelwas, Xwisten, Xaxli’p and Ts’k’way’laxw. We operate three branches; one each in Lillooet, Gold Bridge and Shalalth (Ts’al’áh). We provide outreach services to communities without a branch.

Lillooet is a small, culturally diverse community, located in unceded St’át’imc Territory. The service area is twice the size of Luxembourg.  This is wilderness, the area hosts a wide range of outdoor recreational activities, a farmer’s market, recreation centre, pool, hospital, winery, community innovation hub and other amenities. There are many professional opportunities in the region.   Find more information about available jobs (for your spouse or partner)  here.

Successful applicants will be adventurous, curious, and aspire to be a “poly-librarian”, engaging in a wide range of skills and tasks. You will be interested in developing new skills, sharing your knowledge, listening, living in a rugged rural community, helping to guide and develop an innovative public library and provide public service in challenging times. We are a team based, non-unionized workplace; we cover each other and work together to be the best public library possible.

Full posting is on the website: https://lillooet.bc.libraries.coop/about/job-opportunities/

Please read the LALA Annual reports to the B.C. Libraries Branch for more information about the communities we serve and the facilities we operate.