Librarian 1 - Community Connections

Department: Community Services, Library Services Division
Designated Work Location: Millennium Library (1st Floor - 251 Donald Street), Onsite
Position Type: Temporary, Full-time - Term until December 31, 2024, with the possibility of an extension
Salary: $2,398.69 - $2,796.67 biweekly as per the Librarian - Grade 1 Classification

Posting No: 124672
Closing Date: June 26, 2024

Providing a wide range of services to over half of all Manitobans, The City of Winnipeg is one of the largest employers in Manitoba. We provide a comprehensive range of benefits and career opportunities to our employees. These include competitive salaries, employer-paid benefits, dental and vision care, pension plans, and maternity/parental leave programs. Additionally, we offer education, training, and staff development opportunities to ensure that our employees are equipped with the necessary skills to advance in their careers.

Our Benefits web page provides detailed information about the benefits we offer, and we encourage you to visit it for further information at City of Winnipeg Benefits. We take pride in fostering a respectful, diverse, safe, and healthy workplace where our employees can thrive and achieve their full potential.

The City is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse skilled workforce that is representative and reflective of the community we serve. Applications are encouraged from equity groups that have been and continue to be underrepresented at the City; Indigenous Peoples, Women, Racialized Peoples, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQQIA+ Peoples and Newcomers are encouraged to self-declare.

Requests for Reasonable Accommodation will be accepted during the hiring process.

Preference to internal applicants may be applied.

The Community Connections Librarian is responsible for helping create and maintain positive and welcoming services in Millennium Library’s Community Connections. The Librarian plans, delivers, and evaluates the programs and services of Community Connections. The Librarian also provides information services, helps people learn about and navigate library and community resources, plans and participates in programming, and trains and supervises staff. Hours of work will include evening and weekend rotations.

As the Community Connections Librarian you will:

• Provide responsive and inclusive information services to library users of all backgrounds.
Assist customers in the use of the Library’s resources, collections, services and technologies.
• Supervise the Community Connections staff including scheduling, timekeeping, directing staff workflow, establishing priorities, providing feedback, and handling contentious issues.
• Compile statistics, evaluate services and prepare reports and grant proposals as assigned.
• Plan and deliver specialized services and programs for the library’s diverse customers, including scheduling of social service agencies in Community Connections.
• Provide orientations and training to staff and Community Safety Hosts on Community Connections and its resources, and safe work procedures.
• Provide public tours, presentations and staff development orientation sessions as required.
• Participate in collection maintenance and selection as required.
• Contribute to public awareness of Community Connections by helping develop promotional materials and creating displays as appropriate.
• Participate in outreach initiatives.
• Participate on system committees and manage special projects on topics of anti-racism and anti-oppression, and as assigned.
• Perform other duties consistent with the classification, as required.

Your education and qualifications include:

1. A Master of Library & Information Sciences (MLIS) degree from an institution accredited by the American Library Association (ALA). An MLIS degree obtained internationally through a formally accredited institution may also be considered
2. Demonstrated ability to provide excellent client-centered customer service.
3. Demonstrated ability to plan and supervise the work of others and to work effectively as part of a team.
4. Demonstrated knowledge of current and emerging technologies and their applications in libraries.
5. Demonstrated ability to plan and provide quality programs, tours, user instruction and make public presentations.
6. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with a variety of staff and customers.
7. Must possess a good general knowledge of library services as well as knowledge of current affairs and trends.
8. Strong planning and organizational skills and the ability to multi-task in a stressful environment.
9. Ability to effectively promote the library and its services, programs and collections.
10. Knowledge and understanding of the occupational hazards, safety precautions, regulations and procedures that are applicable to the area of work.
11. Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with employees at all levels of the organization, external contacts and the public, in accordance with the Respectful Workplace Policy.
12. Lived experience within a First Nation, Métis or Inuit Community is an asset.
13. Knowledge of trauma-informed library services is an asset.

*IMPORTANT: Applicants who have been educated outside of Canada must have education which is comparable to the minimum qualification in Canada. Applicants submitting foreign credentials require an official academic assessment report issued by a recognized Canadian assessment service https://www.canalliance.org/en/ at application.

Conditions of employment:

• The successful candidate must maintain legal eligibility to work in Canada. If the successful candidate possesses a work permit, it is their responsibility to ensure the permit remains valid.
• A Police Information Check satisfactory to the employer will be required from the successful candidate, at their expense. To obtain Police Information Check information please visit www.winnipeg.ca/police.
• The successful applicant will be required to complete job specific training for this position.
• If and when this temporary position becomes permanent, the successful applicant to this bulletin will automatically receive this position and a further bulletin will not be necessary.

APPLY ONLINE, including all documentation listed below:

1. Current resume and cover letter (Required).
2. Applications submitted without REQUIRED documentation will not be considered.

*Your application documents must clearly indicate how you meet the qualifications of the position.*

Hours of Work: Various, evenings and weekends as required.

Employee Group: C.U.P.E.