Librarian with Focus on Children and Youth, Danderyd Municipality

Danderyds kommun · Full-time

Vendevägen 7, Djursholm, Sweden

Do you want to help develop services for children and young people at the Libraries in Danderyd? Do you have a strong interest in working with children and youth? Do you have the ability to create engaging activities for these target groups? Then you are the person we are looking for! We are now seeking an engaged and organized coordinator for the municipality's four libraries with a focus on our services for children and youth. The Libraries in Danderyd consist of four libraries: Danderyds Library in Danderyd Center (formerly Mörby Center), Djursholms Library, Enebyberg Library, and Stocksund Library. We work together to create relevant, inclusive, and inspiring library services based on: • The Culture and Leisure Committee's operational plan • The Library Plan 2025–2030 • The Convention on the Rights of the Child • Danderyd Municipality's Children and Youth Strategy Our library plan has three priority areas: Promoting reading and cultural experiences, knowledge and information, and accessible meeting places with a focus on participation, accessibility, and safety. 1 position(s). WORK TASKS As a library employee in Danderyd Municipality, you work to ensure that the library is accessible and welcoming to everyone you meet. We offer a broad range of services for children, youth, and adults. Your work tasks include staffing the information desk, providing reading guidance, working in digital environments, and handling book displays and other media management. You work closely with your colleagues and together you develop library services. As an employee, you have different focus areas, such as program activities, children and youth, or book acquisitions. The focus area for this position involves having a special focus on and a coordinating role for services for children and youth. We want to strengthen our work with this target group and we are looking for you with the right experience and good ideas to further develop the services. You will join an engaged and competent work team characterized by work enjoyment, where you work broadly with multiple age groups rather than with a specific age group. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you who have: • A degree in Library and Information Science, or other education that the employer deems equivalent • Several years of documented experience working with children and/or youth, preferably in a library setting • Excellent knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written • Experience conducting library tours, book talks, and programs for youth and children It is advantageous if you have good knowledge of children's and young adult literature. We are looking for someone who is confident and stable and enjoys a relationship-building role. You also need to be organized and able to maintain a good overview of the operations. You have great dedication to your work and enjoy collaborating. You also need to be able to work independently, take responsibility, and contribute new ideas to the services. We place great emphasis on personal competencies. The person offered this position must provide a valid criminal record extract before an employment agreement can be established. Such an extract can be ordered at www.polisen.se. Warmly welcome to apply by October 8. Salary form: Monthly salary. Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start date: By agreement. Trial employment may be applied. Work hours: Evening and weekend work according to schedule. Do you want to help make Sweden's best municipality even better? Danderyd Municipality offers community, development, and participation at work. We make a difference and create value in everyday life in dialogue with everyone who lives, works, and operates here. Through proximity and short decision-making paths, you have the opportunity to take responsibility and work with both parts and the whole in your profession. Here we grow together with engaged residents, businesses, and competent colleagues in the beautiful surroundings of the garden city. Take the step toward a developing and sustainable working life in a well-sized municipality close to everything. Visit https://www.danderyd.se/ovriga-verksamheter/jobba/ to learn more about the municipality's mission and future development. There you will also find information about our benefits and our recruitment process. To ensure quality in Danderyd Municipality's recruitment process and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask that you submit your application digitally as described above. Educational certificates/credentials and other documents should be brought with you at a possible interview. Warmly welcome with your application! We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this job posting.