# Storytime Specialist

**Company**: Salt Lake City Public Library
**Location**: Salt Lake City, UT
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $31.36/hour
**Category**: Education

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## Description

The Storytime Specialist designs and delivers storytimes across the system, with an emphasis on multilingual storytime expansion and delivery. The role involves owning a portfolio of programs from first rough idea through delivery and evaluation, bringing genuine subject expertise, and directing the work of volunteers in their programs.

Responsibilities:

- Design and deliver multilingual age-appropriate storytime programs and outreach for young children and their families.

- Conduct rapid prototyping at the direction of the Storytime Manager.

- Maintain advanced knowledge of early literacy, early childhood development, and multilingual programming practices.

- Create a safe, inclusive space where participants feel they belong.

- Foster good working relationships with diverse people including staff, participants, volunteers, vendors, and community partners.

- Cultivate active partnerships with diverse community members, cultural organizations, language specialists, and neighborhood groups.

- Design and deliver storytime programs in parks, plazas, and other public spaces across the city.

- Direct the day-to-day work of volunteers in programs and mentor staff.

- Support the Storytime Manager with the curation and maintenance of multilingual storytime kits, early literacy props, and resource collections.

- Collect attendance, outcome, and participant feedback to improve the next program.

Requirements:

- Completion of a Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education, Library and Information Science, Child Development, or a related field.

- 1 year of experience leading and mentoring other experts in literacy programming aimed at children.

- Fluency or advanced proficiency in Spanish.

- Demonstrated knowledge of early literacy development and early childhood development principles.

- Enthusiasm for teaching people of all ages and a genuine pull toward working with the public.

- Comfort learning by doing and trying new ideas quickly.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Experience taking a leadership role on a workgroup, task force, or project.

- Experience mentoring other employees or volunteers.

- Intermediate knowledge of operating a computer and common software applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience designing programs with clear learning goals.

- Experience delivering programs in a public library, museum, school, or community setting.

- Experience delivering programs in parks, plazas, or other public spaces.

- Desire to serve all age ranges: children, teens, and adults.

- Other language skills.

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## Skills

### Required
- early literacy development
- early childhood development
- multilingual programming
- Spanish
- leadership
- mentoring
- communication

### Nice to have
- program design
- public library experience
- park and plaza experience
- additional language skills

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