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Careers at PPL
Portland Public Library is an equal-opportunity employer dedicated to providing everyone with safe and free access to educational and cultural resources. PPL is Maine’s most visited cultural institution and is a valued community asset, serving residents and visitors for over 150 years.
PPL offers free shared resources – books, film, history, big ideas – in a welcoming environment to foster meaningful connection and positive change in our dynamic City. PPL believes we are stronger the more fully we align our work and our resources toward equity, accessibility, inclusion, and representation of diverse experiences and perspectives. To succeed as a Library team member requires commitment to curiosity, inclusiveness, collaboration, and creativity. We enthusiastically invite you to apply.
PPL is committed to hiring and maintaining a diverse workforce of highly qualified staff to ensure broad perspectives, promote equity and inclusion, and connect to our wide community. Applicants with racially, ethnically, or culturally diverse identities or backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Current Job Openings
DIRECTOR OF ADULT SERVICES
Portland Public Library (PPL) is currently seeking a Director of Adult Services. This position is responsible for the strategy and development of the library’s Adult Services. The position ensures that the library provides a wide range of high-quality services and full access for users to library materials and services they want and need.
Reporting to the Associate Director, this position is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating system-wide research and information services, which includes reference, reader’s advisory, collection development, and programs for adult audiences. Sets standards for reference staff, provides system-wide direction, coordinates implementation of services, and develops related policies and protocols.
This is a full-time, 37.5 hours per week onsite position, normally scheduled for Monday through Friday. Pay commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance (among other voluntary benefits), retirement options (in lieu of Social Security), and paid leave. This position is non-union.
Application Details
To apply, please send your resume, letter of interest, and three professional references via email to careers@portlib.org or via mail to:
Human Resources
Portland Public Library
5 Monument Square
Portland ME 04101
SENIOR LIBRARY ASSOCIATE (ADULT SERVICES)
Portland Public Library (PPL) is currently seeking a Senior Library Associate in Adult Services. This position is an integral member of desk services at the Downtown Library, providing customer service and support to library patrons in Reader’s Advisory and the Portland Room Special Collections & Archives. The position also provides collection management support for Adult Fiction and Nonfiction as assigned by the Literature and Language Librarian and Adult Services Director. This multi-faceted position has a unique role in and perspective of the library’s services and approach, working with a broad cross-section of library users and resources.
This is a union-represented, full-time, 37.5 hours per week onsite position. The schedule alternates between Monday-Friday one month and Tuesday-Saturday the next. Pay begins at $21.82/hr. Excellent benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement options (in lieu of Social Security), and paid leave.
Application Details
To apply, please send your resume, letter of interest, and three professional references via email to careers@portlib.org or via mail to:
Human Resources
Portland Public Library
5 Monument Square
Portland ME 04101
LIBRARY ASSOCIATE (ADULT SERVICES)
Portland Public Library (PPL) is currently seeking a Library Associate for Adult Services. Reporting to the Adult Services Director, this position is an integral member of desk services at the Downtown Library, providing customer service and support to library patrons in Reader’s Advisory and the Portland Room Special Collections & Archives. The position also provides collection management support for adult collections as assigned by the Adult Services Director. This multi-faceted position has a unique role in and perspective of the library’s services and approach, working with a broad cross-section of library users and resources.
This is a union-represented, part-time, 20 hours per week onsite position, normally scheduled to work, Thursday through Saturday. Pay begins at $20.77/hr. Excellent benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement options (in lieu of Social Security), and paid leave.
Application Details
To apply, please send your resume, letter of interest, and three professional references via email to careers@portlib.org or via mail to:
Human Resources
Portland Public Library
5 Monument Square
Portland ME 04101
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