TEMPORARY LIBRARIAN

The City of Torrance welcomes applications for TEMPORARY FULL-TIME Librarians!

The mission of the Community Services Department is to enrich the community through the provision of recreational, cultural and educational opportunities for persons of all abilities. The Department has five divisions: Library, Administrative, Cultural, Recreation, and Parks.  Our main library is centrally located in the Civic Center and five branches are conveniently located within a five-mile radius of the main library. The Library Division has a circulation of over 1.2 million funded with a budget of $7.2 million and staffed with approximately 66 employees.

TEMPORARY FULL-TIME OPPORTUNITY

The primary duties of Librarians may include:

- Planning and executing a wide range of programs and services for adults, teens, or children including story times, book discussion groups, afterschool programs, displays, and other special events.
- Providing personalized information assistance and support including reader's advisory services.
- Selecting materials for the library's collections.
- Developing and designing marketing materials such as social media posts, displays, or other items to promote programs, collections and other library resources.
- Preparing and participating in outreach activities to promote the library in the community during and outside library operating hours to Torrance area schools, businesses and other community organizations.  

HOURS
The duration of this position will be a maximum of six months.

SALARY
Starting salary is $35.31/hour.

Education and Experience

Any combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge and skills is qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the knowledge and skills would be:

A Master of Library Science degree from an ALA accredited college or university, or a Bachelor's degree plus twenty-four units of graduate work in Library Science, or a Bachelor's degree plus three years of professional library experience.  Assignments as a Cataloger or Youth Services Librarian must have either an academic concentration or experience in that respective field.

License and/or Certificate

None required.

Ideal Candidate
In addition to the minimum qualifications, the ideal candidate will have:

• Recent, relevant public library experience;
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills to interact with peers, the public, and City employees;
• The ability to work collaboratively with all library users, staff and administration;
• Library programming and outreach;
• Knowledge of and ability to use current Library software; and
• Experience working with electronic databases of library materials.

Interested candidates must submit an online application and supplemental questionnaire at www.TorranceCA.Gov/Jobs. Application submissions will be accepted beginning Monday, August 4, 2025.  Applications will be accepted on a continuous basis until the positions are filled.  

First review of applications will be those received by Wednesday, August 13, 2025 by noon.
Interviews are tentatively scheduled for the week of August 18, 2025.

Please note that interviews for qualified candidates may be scheduled during the review period. Applicants are encouraged to submit their application early.

Only those candidates who best demonstrate that their training and experience meet the City’s needs will be invited to an interview.  

This is a temporary position that may last up to six months, but could end sooner based on department needs.

For questions, please contact Neyda Arechiga at NArechiga@TorranceCA.Gov. Performance of the essential duties of this position includes the following physical demands and/or working conditions:
Visit www.torranceca.gov to find out more information about our community.

Applicants with disabilities who require special testing arrangements must contact Human Resources prior to the examination date(s). 

As a condition of employment, candidates must pass a background check and a pre-employment medical examination. (If Safety Sensitive position, then will need to add DOT drug testing to this section as well)  (If promo position, do not need, as already a City employee.)

The provisions of this announcement do not constitute an expressed or implied contract, and any provisions contained in this announcement may be modified or revoked without notice.

Salary : $35 - $44