Library Staff Member with Focus on Reading Promotion and "Intercultural Library" 55%

About the job

Your new role

You actively engage in reading promotion by organizing storytelling sessions, supporting storytellers, and maintaining contact with them. With the formats you design for reading animation and literature mediation, you make an important contribution to our core mission. Together with the main person responsible, you manage the media department "Intercultural Library." In addition, you take responsibility for one to two other media departments. Additionally, you regularly work in public service and take on a Saturday shift once a month.

This position is suitable for you if you

• have training and professional experience in library science.
• enjoy working with children and young people.
• are enthusiastic about reading promotion and ideally already have experience in related offerings.
• are proactive and like to contribute to the development of a modern and contemporary library.
• are a team player and have good communication skills.

Good reasons to work for the City of St. Gallen:

The operation

The St. Gallen City Library Katharinen in the heart of St. Gallen is a contact point for children and young people as well as for caregivers such as parents and teachers. Our diverse media offerings include books, DVDs, audio plays, Tonies, comics, mangas, magazines, and other exciting media. A central concern for us is the promotion of language and reading skills, especially fostering the joy of reading. With a varied program of events for small and large library customers, we create meeting spaces and enable everyone easy and open access to media and information.

The St. Gallen City Library is a department of the "Children Youth Family" service. The service belongs to the Directorate of Education and Leisure.

Our corporate culture

With us, you contribute together with the city library team to a livable city and the well-being of our population, focusing on children and young people. Equal opportunities for all employees are important to us. We challenge and support our employees according to their individual abilities and resources.

What we offer

You can expect a versatile and exciting area of responsibility with attractive conditions that support you in balancing work, family, and other areas of life. An appreciative working atmosphere, mutual trust, and respectful interaction are a matter of course for us.

Our selection process

Have we sparked your interest? Then we look forward to your application. Susanne Galliker, site manager, City Library Katharinen, phone 058 229 09 83, will be happy to answer your questions about the position. Please submit your complete dossier online.

We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.