Human Resources

About the Role:

Do you thrive working in an active and collaborative academic environment? Do you enjoy daily interaction with students, faculty, and staff? Do you love libraries, their unique spaces, and missions of connecting people to knowledge?

You will work as part of a team to support the daily operations at Rolvaag Library and create a welcoming and stimulating space in which our campus community can gather and learn. You will participate in delivering a variety of student-facing services: helping users locate physical and electronic material, checking materials in and out, processing and organizing course reserves, and faciliating the delivery of resource sharing (Interlibrary Loan) materials from other libraries. Additionally, you will monitor and manage the library’s physical space, liaising with Facilities as needed, updating and improving signage, and ensuring a welcoming, inclusive environment. This position also plays a critical role in training and building supportive relationships with our team of 40-50 student employees in Rolvaag and Halvorson Music Library.

Ideally, you will bring experience in working with college students and an aptitude for organization and problem-solving. You will also possess the confidence and curiosity to explore new workflows and services, and are comfortable seeking out expertise from a network of colleagues and collaborators.

What You’ll Do: 

• Provide daily direction, motivation, and support to a dynamic team of student workers.
• Interact with students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors both in-person and online, providing assistance locating materials, using public equipment, searching online resources, and making referrals.
• Collaborate with Library and IT colleagues at both Halvorson Music Library and Rolvaag Memorial Library to deliver a training program for public services student employees that progressively builds upon skills and knowledge over the course of their employment.
• Create training tools for student employees consisting of written documentation, screencasts, and interactive tools.
• Facilitate space planning and management efforts in Rolvaag Library.

Who You Are:

A successful candidate must have...

Associate’s degree and 1+ year of customer service

It will be helpful if you have...

Bachelor’s degree; 1+ years of experience working in a library or academic setting; 1+ years of experience with equipment, tools, and software used in media production and graphic design

What you should bring…

• Enjoy daily, in-person interaction with an energetic team of students, staff colleagues, and faculty
• Self-motivated and thrive off of finding creative solutions to organizational and technological challenges
• Flexible and can quickly redirect your focus/attention in response to changing needs in a busy, student-centered department
• Highly organized and self-directed

If you like new challenges and might enjoy working in a library at the heart of our campus community, apply to join the St. Olaf Libraries.

Who We Are:

At St. Olaf College we are dedicated to creating an inclusive and globally engaged community. We believe in fostering different identities, beliefs, and traditions because our differences make us stronger. St. Olaf strives to promote cultural diversity and multicultural understanding and create a campus where individuals of all backgrounds feel accepted and supported. We encourage applications from candidates committed to the enrichment of our diverse community. 

One of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges, St. Olaf serves 3,000 students, ranks #1 among U.S. colleges for the number of students studying abroad, and celebrates carbon-free electrical power.  Its mission is to challenge students to excel in the liberal arts, examine faith and values, and explore meaningful vocation in an inclusive, globally engaged community nourished by Lutheran tradition.  The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, restored, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of the Twin Cities.

St. Olaf College offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 9% company retirement match, company monthly contributions to a retirement healthcare account, company contributions to eligible employee’s health savings account, significant tuition discount (up to 80% off) at ACM and ELCA colleges and universities for employee’s children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of benefit offerings, see the summary of the benefits program here:  https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/

A summary of the flexible work policy: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/

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St. Olaf College requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (medical and religious exemptions may apply). To be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, you need to have received the COVID-19 vaccination dose(s), plus a COVID-19 booster before your start date, or within two weeks of eligibility for a booster.