Job Opportunities at LMLS: Home

Lower Merion Township uses an online tool to streamline the job process for all applicants.  Paper applications are no longer being accepted for job vacancies.

To view all Township vacancies, please visit https://www.lowermerion.org/departments/human-resources-department/job-opportunities.

Full-Time Positions

None available at this time.

Part-Time Library Assistant 1 - Penn Wynne Library (posted 2/13/2025)

Hours: Up to 16 hours per week; Evenings and two Saturdays per month. Potential to acquire more hours covering fluctuating needs from other day/evening shifts.

Summary: This is responsible library clerical work involving circulation duties, public assistance and program presentations.
Work involves responsibility for providing services to library patrons. Duties include circulation, reader’s advisory services, processing library materials, promoting library programs, and accurately completing tasks and projects as assigned by department heads. This position requires considerable knowledge of library services and actively promotes and educates the public on available services. The work requires that the employee have good knowledge, skill and ability to work with the public.  Works under the general supervision of the Head Librarian.

Part-Time Library Assistant 1 (Sundays) - Bala Cynwyd Library Circulation Dept. (posted 2/10/2025)

Hours: All Sundays from September until June 11:30am-5:00pm

Summary: This is responsible library clerical work involving circulation duties, public assistance and program presentations.

Work involves responsibility for providing services to library patrons at the circulation and/or children’s departments. Duties include circulation, reference, reader’s advisory services, general programming, presenting weekly story times and accurately completing tasks and projects as assigned by department heads. This position requires considerable knowledge of library services and actively promotes and educates the public on available services. The work requires that the employee have good knowledge, skill and ability to work with the public.  Works under the general supervision of the Head of Circulation, Children’s Librarian, and/or Head Librarian.

Part-Time Library Assistant 1 (Sundays) - Bala Cynwyd Library Junior Room (posted 2/10/2025)

Hours: One Sunday per month, September until June 11:30am-5:00pm

Summary: This is responsible library clerical work involving circulation duties, public assistance and program presentations.

Work involves responsibility for providing services to library patrons at the circulation and/or children’s departments. Duties include circulation, reference, reader’s advisory services, general programming, presenting weekly story times and accurately completing tasks and projects as assigned by department heads. This position requires considerable knowledge of library services and actively promotes and educates the public on available services. The work requires that the employee have good knowledge, skill and ability to work with the public.  Works under the general supervision of the Head of Circulation, Children’s Librarian, and/or Head Librarian.

Page Positions

Page positions are part-time positions with no benefits. Typical schedules are for evening and weekend hours. Pages must be 14 years or older and work well with the public and computers. Duties include: shelving library materials, checking materials in & out, registering patrons for library cards, collecting fines & fees, assisting with opening & closing the building.

NOTE:  As of January 9, 2025 we do not currently have any openings for a library page in any branch.

Typical schedules include evening and weekend hours with occasional daytime hours. 

This is library shelving and clerical work involving circulation duties and customer service.
 
Work involves shelving and shelf-reading, circulation and customer service. The work requires that the employee have good knowledge, skill and ability to work with the public. Accurately completes tasks and projects as assigned by supervisor.
 
Lower Merion’s Libraries are in Ardmore, Bala Cynwyd, Belmont Hills, Bryn Mawr (Ludington Library), Gladwyne, and Penn Wynne. Information about all six libraries appears on the Lower Merion Library Website at www.lmls.org.
 
Works under the general supervision of a Department Head or Head Librarian.

Duties

• Shelves library materials, including books, magazines, newspapers, and audio-visual materials. Shelf-read to assure items are properly located so that patrons are able to find them.
• Locates library materials for reserve lists.
• Assists in library opening and closing procedures, which may include locking/unlocking the library night drop, unloading the night drop, clearing tables, reassembling newspapers, turning lights on/off, turning copiers on/off, and making sure that everyone is out of the building.
• Assists at the circulation desk including checking materials in and out. Uses the library computer system (Polaris) to register and update borrower information and place reserves.
• Answers phones, calculates overdue fines, receives money and makes change.
• Sorts materials for return to their home libraries.
• Provides information and directions to patrons. This may include locating books and materials.
• Assists with use of copiers, computers, and with e-materials available to patrons through streaming and downloading on various devices.
• Assists with material withdrawal procedures.
• Performs other duties as required.

To apply, please complete an online application through the Lower Merion Township Job Portal.