Join Our Team!

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Post Date:

2/23/2026

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First Review of Applications:

3/16/2026

 

Location: R.T. Jones Memorial Library (HQ), 116 Brown Industrial Parkway, Canton, GA 30114

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Salary & Benefits: $38,000.00 Annually, Paid Annual Leave, Sick Leave & Holidays. State Health Benefit Plan, Flexible Benefits and Teacher Retirement System.

 

Schedule: Full-Time, 40 hours per week. Typical schedule is daytime hours, with possible evening and weekend hours. Flexibility is required.

 

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and evaluate a variety of programs and services appropriate to the identified interests and developmental needs of teens.

• Demonstrate creativity, openness to new ideas, knowledge of a variety of tools and techniques, flexibility and a sense of humor to create interesting and engaging programs.

• Oversee the SRLS Teen Advisory Board (TAB), including but not limited to recruiting members, leading regular meetings, guiding officers and their duties, managing TAB-led programming, connecting members to volunteer opportunities and recording volunteer hours, and maintaining regular communications.

• Promote teen library services directly to teens through school visits, library tours, etc., and through engaging caregivers, educators and other teen-serving community partners.

• Prepares publicity for programs through print designs and online via social media. 

• Demonstrate broad knowledge and appreciation of teen literature, including authors and publishers.

• Working with collection services to build a collection designed to meet the needs of the teen community, recommending the selection of young adult collections at all branch locations.

• Pursue a variety of information sources, including popular media, to keep current on topics relevant to teens.

• Provide a schedule of teen programs for inclusion in system wide promotional materials in a timely manner.

• Work with the Programming Manager to maintain communication and collaboration with branch staff. 

• Maintains a forward-thinking and positive mindset, and actively pursues resolution when conflict arises.

• Demonstrates a strong sense of self-motivation and displays the ability to move library tasks forward whether that be individually or with a team.

• Cultivates and maintains positive staff relationships on all levels.

• Communicates effectively and positively with a wide variety of team members internally as well as individuals externally (patrons, program presenters, and community partners).  

• Work with the Programming Manager to help implement system programming as needed including but not limited to Local Author Market and 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Graduation.

• Assists with duties in absence of Programming Manager.

• Understand and adhere to the mission, values, and vision of the library organization and maintain current knowledge, trends and development through continuing education.

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

• 1 year job related experience; preferably working in a library or with the public in a customer service or retail field.

• 1 year job related experience in program or event planning and/or working with youth.

• Bilingual ability is a plus in serving a diverse community.

 

Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to be creative, promote new ideas and identify a variety of tools and techniques to create interesting and engaging programs.

• Skills in program presentation and speaking in public.

• Skills reflecting a high level of comfort with technology.

• Ability to perform basic math; understand and follow written and oral instructions.

• Ability to work with others in a variety of circumstances; to deal tactfully with staff and the public; to communicate effectively with supervisor, staff and the public.

• Ability to understand and perform library procedures.

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Physical Requirements:  Must be able to stand and/or sit for prolonged periods of time; lift boxes and crates of no more than 30 lbs.; move and manipulate inventory; frequent stooping, kneeling and crouching.