Public Services Assistant III, (part-time, 25 hours per week)

About the College, School, or Department

With welcoming spaces, expansive collections, and innovative services across our libraries on campus, is a unified community empowering academic achievement and intellectual exploration at Cornell and beyond.

About the Mui Ho Fine Arts Library

An integral part of Cornell University Library, the offers an ever-expanding collection of materials on architecture, art, city and regional planning, landscape architecture, and photography in various formats and in multiple languages.

The Opportunity

Join the Mui Ho Fine Arts Library at Cornell University as our next Public Services Assistant. Under the general direction of the Administrative Supervisor, Music and Fine Arts Libraries, you'll contribute to the public services operations of the Mui Ho Fine Arts Library (FAL) by:

• Collaborating and communicating effectively with other public services staff to ensure a high level of service and a consistent approach to policies and procedures.
• Assisting with patron inquiries, circulation transactions, and overseeing work of student staff; may assist with similar responsibilities in other unit libraries as needed.
• Managing a busy course reserve service, including e-reserves and on-site physical copy reserve materials.
• Working with faculty, selectors, and library acquisitions staff to ensure reserve materials are ordered and available in a timely manner.
• Providing functional supervision for the library on Saturdays and when covering for other staff; opens and closes the library at least one day per week.

This is a part-time, 25 hours per week position.

Typical work hours are Tuesday to Saturday between Noon and 7:00 PM. Specifics of your coverage with part-time hours will be determined by your supervisor and library needs. Hours will adjust during intersession periods and may change dependent upon the needs of the library. This position is performed on-site on Cornell's Ithaca Campus.

Success Factors

• You're endlessly curious and self-motivated based on learning and growing with a service-minded, growth mentality.Working at the Cornell University Library means you will directly impact the success of learning, teaching, research, and projects our students, faculty, and staff engage in. Imagine the possibilities!
• You are a "people person" who is authentic, personable, and effective in your communication, collaboration, follow-up, and inquiry while also making clear effort toward significant care, precision, and focus on your work and customer service.

• You have a creative and flexible approach to problem-solving and action.Make your positive impact by being open-minded and using your public service skills to open up learning possibilities for your patrons and colleagues.
• You take punctuality and teamwork seriously.When you're covering the desks, our team and patrons depend on you to be there on time. You or your colleagues might need back up coverage, we want to know you'd be willing to step up and help when needed, just like they would for you.

What We Need

• A cover letter and resume outlining your interest and how your experience and goals align with the potential for mutual success in the role are required for consideration.
• Bachelor's degree and up to 2 years' relevant experience, or equivalent combination.
• Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing.
• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills, especially when it comes to discussing complex ideas with various audiences.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy in record keeping, often while managing interruptions.
• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently without close supervision.
• Ability to analyze problems and consult with others to make appropriate judgments.
• Ability to work with a variety of operating systems and devices, and a willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies.
• Proven reliability, dependability, initiative, and judgment.

If you have all those things, great! We have a few more things that we would prefer you to have, but it's ok if you don't.

• Previous library experience.
• Supervisory experience.

Rewards and Benefits

• Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, sustainability, and diversity initiatives.

• Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options, generous retirement contributions, access to wellness programs, and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: .
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• Our leave provisions include health and personal leave, three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1.
• Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program.

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