Join Our Staff
Oshkosh Public Library is an Equal Employment Opportunities employer. We are looking for team members that will excel in the following areas:
Teamwork: Applicants are skilled in interactions with others. They are cooperative, positive and considered a contributor to the team. They will participate and be involved in City wide activities, meetings, and/or groups.
Customer Service: Applicants are dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal/external customers. They will act with the customer in mind.
Knowledge/ Skills/ Work Quality: Applicants are proficient in the knowledge/ skills needed to perform the current job and have the ability to apply that knowledge to the current job consistently.
Safety/ Respect for Property: Applicants are proficient in understanding safety procedures/ practices and will consistently apply this knowledge. They will use and maintain City owned property appropriately.
Productivity: Applicants will remain productive and utilize time wisely. They will be able to implement and adhere to established deadlines. They will be punctual and regular in attendance.
Communication: Applicants have effective, positive, clear and concise communication skills (e.g. does not participate in rumors or triangulation). They select proper mode(s) of communication. They share information appropriately with subordinates, peers and manager(s).
Problem Solving/ Decision Making: Applicants understand their authority to make decisions and/or to solve problems and know when someone up the chain of command needs to be involved. They will make sound and timely decisions. They have the ability to work independently.
What We Offer
Regular Part-Time employees (employees regularly scheduled to work every week of a calendar year and accumulating 1,200 hours per year) and Regular Full-Time employees are granted several fringe benefits prorated based on the number of hours worked.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Dental, Health, & Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Floating Holidays
- Paid Vacation (*Also granted to Part-Time employees working less that 1,200 hours per year on a prorated basis)
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Funeral Leave
Always Accepting Applications
Oshkosh Public Library is always accepting applications for the Library Page position. Applicants must be 16 years old. This is an entry level, 11-hour per week position. Applications are kept on file for 6 months and are reviewed only at the time that a position becomes available, so please do not call the library to check on the status of your application.
- Shelving library materials.
- Discharging bookdrops and in-house returns.
- Handling incoming materials from other libraries.
- Checking out and discharging reading collections for area nursing homes and day cares.
- Preparing, repairing or reconditioning library materials.
- Assisting with routine interlibrary loan procedures.