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Current Openings

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  • Customer Service Specialist — Multiple Locations, (Part Time)
    $15.22/hourly - $22.83/hourly (Open till July 16, 2024)
    - Provides public service at the Circulation Desk in person and on the phone. - Collects payments for fines, fees, book sale items and supplies. - Resolves customer account problems. Waives or negotiates payment of charges, as appropriate. - Checks library materials in/out, places holds, renews items, searches for and retrieves materials. - Assists and trains customers to operate library equipment; troubleshoots basic equipment malfunctions. - Reviews library card applications, verifies eligibility and identification, issues and/or updates library cards. - Provides information about borrowing policies, library services and programs, etc. - Fills and processes hold requests. - Uses PC and specialized software, payment transaction system, and other library equipment (self- check machines, laser, printer, copier, etc.) - Performs assigned support tasks, sorting, shelving and other clerical duties.
  • Customer Service Specialist — Tyler, (Part Time)
    $15.22/hourly - $22.83/hourly (Open till July 16, 2024)
    - Provides public service at the Circulation Desk in person and on the phone. - Collects payments for fines, fees, book sale items and supplies. - Resolves customer account problems. Waives or negotiates payment of charges, as appropriate. - Checks library materials in/out, places holds, renews items, searches for and retrieves materials. - Assists and trains customers to operate library equipment; troubleshoots basic equipment malfunctions. - Reviews library card applications, verifies eligibility and identification, issues and/or updates library cards. - Provides information about borrowing policies, library services and programs, etc. - Fills and processes hold requests. - Uses PC and specialized software, payment transaction system, and other library equipment (self- check machines, laser, printer, copier, etc.) - Performs assigned support tasks, sorting, shelving and other clerical duties.
  • Custodial Maintenance Worker - Viridian Event Center — West Jordan, (Full Time)
    $31,764/year - $47,646/year (Open till July 19, 2024)
    - Provides daily custodial tasks including cleaning facility and equipment. - Arranges, sets up and takes down facility tables and chairs, as assigned. - Provides periodic duties of washing furniture, floors, walls, woodwork and windows. - Performs cleaning, preventative maintenance and minor repairs on cleaning equipment. - Performs minor plumbing and electrical maintenance and repair. - Maintains and cleans building entrances. Assists with grounds maintenance and removes snow and ice from entrances as assigned. - Maintains an inventory of facility cleaning supplies, tools and equipment. Orders new cleaning - supplies as needed. - Conducts security check of grounds and buildings. Secures the facility and equipment. - May perform carpet and upholstery cleaning and floor stripping, waxing, and polishing using various equipment, cleaners, and methods. Manages all aspects of job-related equipment transportation.
  • Custodial Maintenance Worker - Viridian Event Center — West Jordan, (Part Time)
    $15.00/hourly - $22.83/hourly (Open till July 19, 2024)
    - Provides daily custodial tasks including cleaning facility and equipment. - Arranges, sets up and takes down facility tables and chairs, as assigned. - Provides periodic duties of washing furniture, floors, walls, woodwork and windows. - Performs cleaning, preventative maintenance and minor repairs on cleaning equipment. - Performs minor plumbing and electrical maintenance and repair. - Maintains and cleans building entrances. Assists with grounds maintenance and removes snow and ice from entrances as assigned. - Maintains an inventory of facility cleaning supplies, tools and equipment. Orders new cleaning - supplies as needed. - Conducts security check of grounds and buildings. Secures the facility and equipment. - May perform carpet and upholstery cleaning and floor stripping, waxing, and polishing using various equipment, cleaners, and methods. Manages all aspects of job-related equipment transportation.
  • Database Administrator II - Library (open until filled) — West Jordan, (Part Time)
    $36.79/Hourly - $55.18/Hourly (Open till August 10, 2024)
    Creates databases, configures, and manages system database files. Identifies available space on data volumes, identifies the cause of performance degradation. Resolves backup/restore incidents. Identifies problematic execution plans. Monitors current sessions, identifies sessions that cause blocking activity, identifies sessions that consume resources, and configures the data collector. Configures an audit on SQL Server, queries the SQL Server audit log, and manages a SQL Server audit. Creates an availability group, configures read-only routing, manages failover, and creates distributed availability groups. Configures database performance settings, configures max server memory, configures the database scope, configures operators and alerts. Deploys cloud SQL Database, creates databases and resources in cloud. Works with user accounts and roles, secures database objects. Manages database object permissions, creates and maintains users, creates and maintains custom roles, and configures dynamic data masking. Implements database consistency checks, identifies database corruption, and recovers from database corruption. Assists with planning an IaaS or on-premises deployment, selecting the appropriate size for virtual machines, planning storage pools based on performance requirements, helps evaluate best practices for installation, and assists in design of storage layout for SQL Server virtual machines. Manages deployments that support multiple tenants. Identifies and repairs index fragmentation, identifies and creates missing indexes, identifies and drops underutilized indexes, and manages existing column store indexes. Supports the migration of databases from one environment to another. Configures log shipping, monitors log shipping. Under supervision and direction, acts as a backup to assist with very large databases when needed, configures alerting for failed backups, manages the process to back up database operating systems, manages transaction log backups, configures database recovery models, configures backup automation.
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"Even with the millions of resources available to the public – our most valuable resource is our employees. Our team of staff, volunteers, community partners and customers truly make the County Library a great place to work!"—Library Director Jim Cooper

 

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The County Library consistently ranks among the top ten U.S. libraries that serve general populations from 500,000 to 999,999.

Library employees work in a variety of positions across our 18 libraries, two reading rooms, the satellite jail location, administration, support services and our facilities team. The County Library is a division of Salt Lake County Department of Community Services.

Work Hours/Benefits

The Library offers a variety of positions both full and part-time. The majority of our positions, both full and part-time, are eligible for benefits. To support branch staffing needs, the Library employs for non-benefited, substitute positions as well.

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The County Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Questions about the online application process should be directed to Salt Lake County Human Resources: 385.468.0570.