Pay Range: $30.80/hr. - $34.64/hr
Job Posting Closing on: Thursday October 31, 2024
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
It’s an exciting time to join the Fort Worth Public Library! We have a brand new strategic plan and an exciting new vision to build a community of learners, dreamers, and doers. Find out more online.
The Library is seeking an outgoing, energetic Public Education Specialist with strong interpersonal skills to join the centralized Education and Outreach team. The successful candidate will have a work history that includes extensive experience working with educators, parents, and community partners with shared values and mission. The right candidate for this job will have extensive knowledge of the Texas education system, community partnership development, professional development, presentation design, and best practices for serving the community. They will also be adept at public speaking, comfortable with technology, possess excellent time management and communication skills, and enjoy working with community members of all ages, backgrounds, dispositions, and abilities.
All applicants must submit a cover letter, and resume to be considered.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Education, Public Administration, or Social Sciences.
- At least two years of experience working in a library, education, or related field.
- Previous experience developing and presenting programs, workshops, and classes.
- Possession of, or the ability to obtain, reliable transportation during working hours.
- Ability to work at/travel to various locations.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Education, Public Administration, or Social Sciences
- Experience working with educators, students, parents, and community organizations.
- Knowledge of early literacy stages and skills development.
- Ability to speak, write, and understand Spanish.
The Public Education Specialist’s job responsibilities include:
- Conceptualize, plan, coordinate, implement, and evaluate professional development for educators throughout the Fort Worth community and library system.
- Design and implement innovative and engaging curricula for parents, guardians, and caregivers in the Fort Worth Community.
- Develop and sustain partnerships with local community organizations to provide library services and programs.
- Conduct community outreach, to promote Library materials, programs, and other special events, including processing new and existing library cardholder accounts.
- Identify informational and educational needs in the community, and plan, develop, and deliver presentations to meet those needs.
- Review proposals submitted by outside organizations to evaluate whether or not their programs align with the Library’s partnership guidelines and the Library’s Mission Statement.
- Utilize outcome-based planning and evaluation for education and outreach services.
- Facilitate presentations by the Library to outside organizations, community groups, and educators.
- Collect and submit statistical data and prepare reports.
- Actively support ongoing community initiatives.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Working Conditions and Physical Demand
While performing the essential functions of this job the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch, and lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. While performing the essential functions of this job the employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Conditions of Employment
The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.