Working at the Library
Current Vacancies
- Librarian I
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The Mobile Public Library in Mobile, Alabama (through the Mobile County
Personnel Board) is currently accepting applications for Librarian I.
A Librarian I performs professional library work in reference,
children's services, technical services or other specialized divisions.
Minimum qualification requirements include a master's degree in library
science or closely related field. The salary range for the Librarian I
is $35,774 - $57,190 per year. Starting salary will be $35,774 - 39,487,
depending on qualifications. Excellent benefits package, including Alabama
State Retirement, 10 days annual vacation, with accrual up to 280 hours,
10 days sick leave per year with unlimited accrual, 12-14 holidays per year,
BC/BS health and dental available, paid life insurance, employee credit
union, periodic 5% increases based on merit, tax deferred compensation
programs, dependent care spending account, health care spending account.
The Mobile Public Library, with an annual circulation rate of 1.9 million and attendance of 1.2 million is located in the extreme southwest corner of Alabama, just minutes from Mobile Bay and about an hour from the beautiful beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. Mobile is the home of the original Mardi Gras and is known as the Azalea Capital of the World.
The Mobile Public Library is comprised of our Main Library in downtown Mobile and eight additional locations, located throughout Mobile County. Six of our eight branch locations opened, relocated or were built within the last six years. The Main Library reopened in May 2007 after an extensive renovation. Plans are currently underway to build an additional branch in Semmes in Fall 2008.
Applications must be obtained from and returned to the Mobile
County Personnel Board, 251-470-7727, 1809 Government Street, P.O.
Box 66794, Mobile AL 36660. You may also visit the Personnel Board
website at www.personnelboard.org
for application forms and information.
For information call Gloria Reed at 251-208-7107 or email her at
- Librarian II
- Due to promotions, the Mobile Public Library is currently seeking applications for dynamic, productive and enthusiastic candidates for three Librarian II positions.
One Librarian II position will be filled by a creative Youth Services
Manager with demonstrated leadership skills who will be responsible for
overseeing system-wide youth and children's programs (in cooperation
with individual branch staff), and a summer library program with
over 15,000 participants.
One Librarian II position will be filled by an innovative candidate
with demonstrated leadership and reference skills and a passion for
customer service. This position will function as a Reference Services
Manager responsible for supervising the Main Library reference division
and overseeing reference services system-wide in policy development,
program development, web design and development, training and reference
service administration.
One Librarian II will be filled by a progressive candidate with demonstrated
leadership skills and a passion for customer service. This position will
function as a manager of a branch library and will perform a variety of
professional and administrative library duties.
Minimum qualification requirements include a master's degree in library
science or closely related field and a minimum of three year's experience
in professional library work.
The salary range for Librarian II is $39,487 - $63,127.
Starting salary will be $39,487 - $43,587, depending on qualifications,
with an outstanding benefits package, including Alabama State Retirement,
10 days annual vacation, with accrual up to 280 hours, 10 days sick leave
per year with unlimited accrual, 12-14 holidays per year, BC/BS health and
dental, paid life insurance, employee credit union, tax deferred
compensation programs, dependent and health care spending accounts.
The Mobile Public Library, with an annual circulation rate of 1.9 million
and attendance of 1.2 million is located in the extreme southwest corner
of Alabama, just minutes from Mobile Bay and about an hour from the
beautiful beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. Mobile is the home of the
original Mardi Gras and is known as the Azalea Capital of the World.
The Mobile Public Library is comprised of our Main Library in downtown Mobile and eight additional locations, located throughout Mobile County. Six of our eight branch locations opened, relocated or were built within the last six years. The Main Library reopened in May 2007 after an extensive renovation. Plans are currently underway to build an additional branch in Semmes in Fall 2008.
Application packets may be obtained from and must be submitted to the
Mobile County Personnel Board at
1809 Government Street, P.O. Box 66794, Mobile, AL 36660-1794,
(251) 470-7727.
Contact the Mobile County Personnel Board at (251) 470-7727 or
www.personnelboard.org.
For information call Gloria Reed at 251-208-7107 or email her at
- Office Assistant I
- Mobile Public Library currently
has vacancies for part-time and full-time Office Assistants. Work may
involve
a variety of clerical tasks at the checkout desks. Openings are available
at Main
Library and the branches. Nights and weekends are required. Pay begins at
$24,098 per yr. or $11.58 per hour.
Applications must be submitted to the
Mobile County Personnel Board,
251-470-7727,1809 Government St, PO Box 66794, Mobile
AL 36660.
For information call Gloria Reed at 251-208-7107 or email her at
An EEO Employer
Do you want to get a job at the Mobile Public
Library?
All employees of the Library are hired from lists provided by the
Mobile County Personnel Board.
We employ approximately 200 workers, including librarians and other
professionals, clerical and custodial staff. Most are full-time
employees, and the rest are part-time or supernumerary (substitute)
workers.
When we have a vacancy, which happens often with our part-time staff, we request a list of qualified
candidates from the Personnel Board. They will furnish to us up to ten names. We interview
each one and make a selection when all interviews are completed.
How do you know when there is an opening
at the Library?
Let's use Office Assistant
I as an example. Most of the employees at the circulation desks are
Office Assistants and they check your library materials out and in, issue
library cards and answer questions about fines and fees. If we have a
vacant position in that job category, we ask the Personnel Board for a
list of qualified candidates.
If they don't have a list already
set up, they will announce an examination by posting it on their
website, the bulletin
board outside their building at 1809 Government Street and in the Mobile
Register in the public announcement
section. Each Library also posts these announcements for customers to
see.
How do you apply?
If you want to apply, you must do so at the Personnel Board office
, 1809 Government St. by the posted deadline. In the case of
Office Assistant I, you must pass a typing test before applying. If you
meet the qualification requirements for
Office Assistant I, they will schedule you for a written test.
If you pass the
exam, they will evaluate your application and the supporting materials submitted.
You will then receive a final grade and be
ranked among the other candidates based upon education, experience and
test results. If you are in the top ten, your name will be sent to
the Library and we will select one person to fill the vacancy after we
interview each person.
The entire process takes time,
but it is surely worth it once you are hired in because the Library
staff, our customers and those wonderful books and other materials make
our jobs a truly pleasurable experience.
For more details about working at the Library, you may call the
Human Resources Officer at (251) 208-7107. Information about
applying for jobs with the merit system in general may be
obtained by calling the Personnel Board directly at (251) 470-7727.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
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