LIBRARY TECHNICIAN

Overview

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

Who We Are:

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work for GEO:

• We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
• Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

Summary:
The Library Technician performs overall daily maintenance of the library to include ordering, cataloging, classifying, circulation, and maintaining all library periodicals, books, and materials.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• The Library Technician maintains and organizes the circulation of library materials.
• Promotes Library Resource Center activities.
• Provides access to Reentry materials.
• Tracks inmate use of library resources.
• Assists in the directing and training of inmate library aides.
• The Library Technician assists in the selection of library books, periodicals and materials for purchase.
• Conducts library inventories. Prepares, maintains and reports appropriate records pertaining to circulation, inventory, newspapers and magazines.
• The Library Technician may assist in conducting library orientation for classes in coordination with instructors.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Associate's degree in library services or related professional office support certification from an accredited Post-Secondary College required. Experience can substitute for education on a year for year basis.
• One (1) year verifiable work experience and/or training in the operation and maintenance of a small institutional library required. Must have overall knowledge of library operations, procedures, and structures as evidenced in work experience.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.
• Must be able to deal with people in a variety of changing and complex situations.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.

GEO Secured Services