Job Description:

Category:: Civil Service

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Department:: Library Services

Locations:: Schenectady, NY

Posted:: Oct 7, 2024

Closes:: Oct 20, 2024 - 11:59 PM EDT

Type:: Part-time

Position ID:: 181805

About SUNY Schenectady County Community College:

SUNY Schenectady County Community College (SUNY Schenectady) is one of the State University of New York's finest two-year colleges located in upstate New York's vibrant and growing Capital Region, with easy access to Boston, NYC, the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains, Montreal and scenic Hudson Valley, all of which are just a few hours away. SUNY Schenectady is a premier college that provides quality, comprehensive education for transfer, career, training and workforce development to a diverse population in a student centered environment. The College offers more than 50 transfer and career programs in science, aviation, culinary, music, and liberal arts, and serves more than 5,000 students. SUNY Schenectady County Community College offers an excellent benefit package including health care with dental and vision coverage, a choice of retirement systems, a deferred compensation benefit, an on-site child care program and Montessori School, professional development opportunities, and health club membership. We take pride in being an urban campus with a small town feel.

SUNY Schenectady is dedicated to cultivating an environment that celebrates diversity, prioritizes inclusion, and insists on equitable access. Diversity, equity, and inclusion is central to our vision and mission; we know that to foster a sense of belonging and preserve connectedness, we must create and maintain working and learning spaces that welcome, respect, and appreciate difference. SUNY Schenectady provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, neurodiversity, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under federal, state and local law. Applications from minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged.

Job Description:

SUNY Schenectady County Community College seeks a part-time Information Processing Specialist I (IPS I) for our Library Services Division. This is a competitive **provisional civil service position that reports to the Director of Library Services. The part-time Information Processing Specialist I will perform a variety of library computer-based, customer service, and clerical tasks centered on circulation/reserve desk functions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists patrons with circulation transactions;


• Checks all types of library materials, including equipment, in and out, primarily through use of the library's ALEPH or ILLiad online systems (training will be provided),


• Responds to occurrences in which the exit control is activated;


• Processes materials for reserve;


• Participates in re-shelving materials, shelf reading and stack maintenance.


• Is responsible for daily opening and closing procedures for the library and circulation area when scheduled during these hours.


• Provides assistance or referral elsewhere based on type of inquiry. For example:
  
  
  • Answers directional questions such as
    
    
    • Where do I get my SCCC ID
    
    
    • Where is the Student Services office
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Assists with basic technology needs
    
    
    • Verification of network User Name/Password
    
    
    • Checking correct password format
    
    
    • Refilling paper in printers and copiers
    
    
    • Troubleshooting paper jams
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Answering basic Microsoft Office questions, if familiar with the topic
    
    
    • How to print multiple slides on a page
    
    
    • How to use spell check
    
    
    • How to add a column to a spreadsheet
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Refers questions to the reference librarian on duty related to
    
    
    • Finding books, articles or other library materials
    
    
    • Inquiries about course assignments
    
    
    • Complex technology questions
    
    
    • Other inquiries unrelated to Circulation Desk services
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Answers the Circulation Desk telephone and responds to circulation related queries, or refers calls to the appropriate Library or college office. Provides back up on phone coverage for the Library Office.


• Shares in supervisory responsibility for work-study students or volunteers, such as training and oversight for student assistants or volunteers in shelving and shelf-reading.


• Performs routine periodicals check-in activities.


• Participates in billing for unreturned materials, including telephoning delinquent borrowers, entering appropriate billing data in library and college online systems, and generating related notices, statistics and reports.


• Performs related duties as assigned, e.g., word processing of forms and monthly reports, collection inventory, working with staff from other Library units on special projects, etc.

Requirements:

Full Performance Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics:

• Computer and keyboarding skills are necessary to do the tasks of this position.


• Good judgment is required in handling a variety of patron (student, faculty, staff, public) situations.


• Good interpersonal skills.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma; OR


• One year of clerical experience.

Work Schedule:

Fall and Spring Semesters:

Monday - Thursday: 3:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. or Monday - Thursday 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Intersession and Summer Terms:

Monday - Thursday up to six hours each day. Schedule can be flexible.

Residency Requirement:

Must be a Schenectady County resident.

Special Information:

• VISA sponsorship is not available for this position


• Offers of employment will be conditional based on the successful completion of a background check

** Provisional appointments may be made to positions in the competitive class if no list of eligible candidates exists. All provisional appointees are subject to passing a competitive examination and be reachable on any list established as a result of such an examination.

Additional Information:

Salary: $19.94/hour (Grade 5, Step 1)

Application Instructions:

Applications will be accepted until October 20, 2024.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit a Civil Service Application and three (3) professional references by mail or in-person to:

Office of Human Resources

SUNY Schenectady County Community College

78 Washington Ave.

Schenectady, New York 12305

OR

Schenectady County Human Resources Dept.

County Building, 620 State St., 2nd Floor

Schenectady, New York 12305

OR

You can submit by email to humanresources@sunysccc.edu.

Before completing the application, review the job description and verify that you meet the minimum requirements, including a residency requirement. The Civil Service application must be completed in its entirety to be accepted. Attaching a resume is acceptable but it does not replace completing Section 13 of the Civil Service Application. The description of duties should be relevant to the position you are applying for. Before submitting your application, please ensure the correct title of the position is on the top of the first page of the application.

Applications will not be accepted if submitted after the application deadline.

CAMPUS SAFETY REPORT

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act, mandates that all Title IV institutions, without exception, prepare, publish and distribute an Annual Security Report. This report consists of two basic parts: disclosure of the College's crime statistics for the past three years; and the availability regarding the College's current campus security policies. SUNY Schenectady County Community College's Annual Security Report is available here.

SUNY Schenectady is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United Stated and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

URL: sunysccc.edu/About-Us/Office-of-Human-Resources/Civil-Service-Vacancies.html

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