Job Description

Working Title:   Collections Facility Operations Assistant 
Classification: 4996; Library Assistant II (Labor Represented Staff)
Department:    Collection Management & Preservation; Collections Facility Operations
Service Unit:   Collections & Content Strategy
Reports to:   Collections Facility Manager (Jackie Gulbranson)
Appointment:  100%

Pay: $22.02/hour

Term: This position is expected to last approximately 2 years , with the potential for an extension based on project progress. The role may be extended for several additional months, depending on the project's needs.

Position Overview:

This position is based in the Collections Facility and supports all aspects of the Phase 1 Ingest project. The primary responsibility of this position is to assist with size sorting, processing materials, moving books through the facility to various staging locations, suggesting improvements to processing inefficiencies and folding trays. This position shelves materials using the Stock Picker. This position will travel to other campus locations to assist with loading trucks as needed under the direction of the Collections Facility Manager and work closely with the Collections Management Operations Specialist to complete job duties that are not on site at the Collections Facility.

Key Responsibilities/Duties and Percentage of time:

Materials Sorting and Processing - 35%

• Process incoming items according to established ingest procedures, ensuring highest level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Fold, label and organize trays
• Size sort material into the properly assigned trays
• Perform validation scanning, troubleshooting issues that might arise
• Identify process efficiencies and communicate them with supervisor
  

Book Movement - 35%

• Load items onto book trucks, following safe lifting practices
• Push book trucks through the Collections Facility, delivering books to staging and processing spaces
• Promote safe lifting and ergonomic safety practices in daily work and in interactions with students and colleagues
• Follow all established safety rules to operate the stock picker in order to add items to the Stacks area in the Collections Facility 
  

Project Support - 30%

• Organize trucks and shipments
• Perform shelf clearance reviews, using the Inventory Management system to fix errors
• Communicate with the Collections Management Operations Specialist on problem resolution and outcomes
• Act as a resource for student workers
  

Required:

• Two years of college coursework or relevant library experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic, highly collaborative organizational environment.
• This position requires:
  • Working at heights of up to 32 feet regularly.
  • Moving heavy loads (50 lbs regularly up to 80 lbs on occasion).
  • Becoming certified in the proper use of an automated lift within the first two months of hire.

Preferred:

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple assignments and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to provide a high level of service in a library setting.

About University of Minnesota Twin Cities

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