YOUTH SPECIALIST I RPT

St. Louis Public Library

Do you enjoy working with young children? Is leading storytime exciting for you? This may be the position for you! St. Louis Public Library’s Early Childhood Outreach Team is seeking a Youth Specialist. The person in this role is responsible for providing storytime to early childhood centers, curating monthly book collections for early childhood centers, and supporting early literacy in the St. Louis community.

The Library values the talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings and how this positively impacts our services and customer base. We seek people who understand these values to join our team. Our ideal candidate is someone who will connect the community to our resources to further our primary mission as a customer-centered public library providing vital services to the people of St. Louis.

In this role you will:

● Plan and implement engaging storytimes at early childhood centers.

● Curate monthly book collections for educators at early childhood centers based on the class’ age ranges and needs.

● Assemble Born to Read bags for newborns at area clinics/hospitals.

● Represent the library and Early Childhood Outreach Team at outreach events.

● Establish and maintain working relations with early childhood centers and other

community organizations to promote library services to students, teachers and caregivers.

You will need to be:

● Friendly, outgoing, and able to work with youth of all ages.

● Organized, detail-oriented, and able to work with competing tasks and priorities.

● Comfortable working independently and as part of a team.

● Committed to serving the city of St. Louis’ diverse community.

● Knowledgeable about early childhood literacy development

You will need to have:

● One to two years of experience working with young children in a professional setting, or a Bachelor’s degree in Child Development, Education, a related field, or a combination of experience and education.

● Strong communication, writing, and speaking skills

Benefits include:

● Starting pay rate $19.74/hour

● Medical, dental, and life insurance

● Paid vacation, holidays, and sick days

● 401(a) Plan

● 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan

● Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees after successful completion of 6 month probationary period

● Professional Development Opportunities

Schedule

20 hours per week. Typical schedule is Monday-Friday 8 am-12 pm, with occasional evening and weekend hours. Hours are subject to change

To apply:

If you are interested in this opportunity, please visit slpl.org and click on the Careers link, and submit both your cover letter and your resume with your application. Thank you!