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Access Services Desk Assistant (75%)

Job Number Full/Part Time Schedule Salary
201810174761 75% Part Time Monday 7:15 am – 3:45 pm, Wednesday – Friday 9:30 am – 4:30 pm and Saturday 8:45 am – 1:15 pm $51,615 - $75,377

Position Information

The Access Services Desk Assistant interprets and administers circulation/reserve policies as they apply to library patrons. Provides circulation services to a wide variety of patrons on a regular basis in accordance with the desk schedule.

This position is located at the Orbach Science Library reporting to Elisha Hankins. The incumbent must be able to work Monday 7:15 am - 3:45 pm, Wednesday- Friday 9:30 am -4:30 pm and Saturday 8:45 am - 1:15 pm during the academic year. This is a 75% (part-time) career position.

Minimum Requirements

Demonstrated experience working with the public in a service oriented environment.

Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work successfully in an intensely collaborative environment with a broad range of people from culturally diverse backgrounds including colleagues, administrators, students, faculty, donors, and alumni.

Ability to successfully monitor student assistant(s) in maintaining order in the library and assigning tasks when appropriate.

Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Ability to apply special attention to detailed tasks.

Ability to organize work, establish priorities and meet deadlines.

Experience using the Circulation/Fulfillment module of an Integrated Library System, such as Alma.

Experience working with MS Office, email programs, and the internet. Ability to learn specialized software.

Ability to work flexible hours for staffing in back up situations including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Hours may vary from quarter to quarter.

Must be able to bend, stoop, lift, and push loaded book trucks weighing up to approximately 250 lbs.

Must be able to stand and move about the library for long periods of time.

Ability to successfully pass a background check.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.

Knowledge and demonstrated use of an online Accounts Receivable System, such as Banner.

Experience using a document scanner and Adobe Acrobat software in scanning and manipulating scanned images.

Experience working in an academic library environment.

Experience working at a Circulation Desk.

Additional Information

In the Heart of Inland Southern California, UC Riverside is located on nearly 1,200 acres near Box Springs Mountain in Southern California; the park-like campus provides convenient access to the vibrant and growing Inland region. The campus is a living laboratory for the exploration of issues critical to growing communities'air, water, energy, transportation, politics, the arts, history and culture. UCR gives every student, faculty and staff member the resources to explore, engage, imagine and excel.

UC Riverside is recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the country boasting several key rankings of which we are extremely proud.

  • Washington Monthly (August 2016) ranked UC Riverside 12th in the nation in its annual University and College Survey.
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  • Education Trust placed UC Riverside 9th in the nation for closing the graduation gap between black and white students by 1.7 percentage points.

  • In QS World University Rankings 2016/2017, UC Riverside's Department of Philosophy is #1 in the world for the frequency with which published papers are cited by other philosophers.

  • U.S. News and World Report Survey (September 2016) ranked UC Riverside 118th overall; earns "Great Schools, Great Prices."

  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (August 2016) Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked UC Riverside among the top 151 to 200 institutions. This survey bills itself as "the most trustworthy precursor of global rankings of the world's top 500 universities."

  • U.S. News and World Report's Best Graduate Schools (2016) including:

    • Graduate School of Education - 62nd among ranked schools

    • Bourns College of Engineering - 71st among ranked schools

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For information about our generous employee benefits package, visit: Employee Benefits Overview

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