Find & Apply For Librarian Jobs in Safford, Arizona

Job No:

541809

Work Type:

Full-time Location:

SAFFORD Categories:

Education/Training,Misc/Other/Not Applicable

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT CORRECTIONS REHABILITATION REENTRY

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry ( ADCRR ) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day. ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

LIBRARY RESOURCE SPECIALIST LIBRARIAN ASPC 896 S.

Cook Road Safford, AZ 85546 http://corections.az.gov/ The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry ( ADCRR ) is seeking a Library & Resource Specialist to manage and support the Resource Center operations within a prison complex.

• Catalogs, indexes, and organizes Resource Center materials including books, newspapers, and magazines, and reviews these materials to ensure they meet Publication Review standards
• Provides access to materials useful for reentry
• Responds to inquiries for research materials
• Trains and oversees a resident workforce in carrying out a variety of Resource Center functions
• Assists and tracks staff and inmates' use of library resources
• Promotes Resource Center to support ADCRR's goals
• Attends meetings and trainings
• Prepares reports and memos
• Assists in ordering library/resource materials as approved by the state/federal regulations and ADCRR policy and procurement procedures
• Provides training and onboarding assistance to newly hired librarians
• Assists teachers by providing literature or other library materials as necessary
• Drives on State business
• Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment
• Library laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures
• Professional and modern library tools, principles and practices
• Modern library practices and current original and copy cataloging standards
• Computers and various software programs, including word processing, spreadsheets, and library automation or OPACs (cataloging and circulation programs, file manipulation and backup)
• Operation of standard office equipment, including scanners, copiers, and printers
• Principles and practices of inmate management and supervision Skill in:
• Verbal and written communication
• Organizational and time management
• Conflict resolution
• Customer service
• Classifying and cataloging books and other resource materials Ability to:
• Work in a correctional environment
• Possess professional knowledge of all aspects of library principles, concepts, methodologies, and management techniques and able to apply them in a correctional Resource Center
• Inventory, catalog, track, and organize resource materials
• Establish and maintain effective work relationships
• Maintain the Resource Center in a neat, secure, and orderly fashion
• Learn and adhere to department policies and procedures
• Experience in state service and providing customer services
• Experience in office management supervision and/or corrections or a library may be substituted at the rate of 1 (one) year of education up to 2 (two) years If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply.

Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver's license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver's license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver's license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.)

R2-10-207.11

).

• Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
• Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
• Exceptional retirement program
• Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
• An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

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