Posted 8 days ago
Page - On-Site
@ Burlington Public Library
Burlington, Ontario
Overview
Burlington Public Library is hiring one part-time Page at its Aldershot branch, reporting to the Branch Manager. The work covers sorting, shelving and maintaining library materials and spaces, plus directional customer service. The role is 8 to 16 hours per week at minimum wage, and schedules include regular evenings and weekends.
Responsibilities:
- Sort and shelve library materials
- Maintain shelves through shelf reading and shifting items
- Keep library spaces clear, clean and straight
- Provide directional customer service and referrals
- Handle materials, check in items and perform photocopying and packing
Requirements summary:
- Completion of Grade 8
- Customer-first and professional demeanour
- Attention to detail and good judgment
- Ability to lift and move up to 50 lbs
- Ability to stand and bend for extended periods
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · jazzhr
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-29
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-30
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-30
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Customer service |
| Hours per week | 12 |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · lift 50 lb · computer low |
| Education | High school (required) |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
Burlington Public Library
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 2 |
Location: We currently have 1 position at Aldershot branch
Department: Customer Experience
Reports to: Branch Manager
Classification: Part Time
Hours per Week: 8-16 hours
Salary Range: Minimum Wage
Posted: October 30, 2026
Closes: November 6, 2026, at 4:00 PM EST
**This job posting is for an existing vacancy.
About the Library
Everyone at Burlington Public Library, no matter what your role, works together for the betterment of the people, the community, and the organization we serve.
We bring our best selves to work, delight in helping others, and have an abiding passion for service excellence. Each of us excels in the personal qualities and skills that are essential to our work and the BPL Team.
Qualifications:
Education: Completion of Grade 8
Overall Purpose:
As a member of the Customer Experience team, reporting to the manager and working under the direction of the Branch Operations Lead, this position models BPL’s values in all interactions, provides timely access to library materials through sorting, shelving, and maintaining library shelves and spaces.
Key Accountabilities:
- Sort and shelve library materials.
- Maintain library shelves by shelf reading and shifting items.
- Maintain library spaces by clearing, cleaning, and straightening.
- Search and scanning for material from assigned lists.
- Provide directional customer service and referral to other library staff.
- Perform materials handling tasks, including checking in material as directed.
- Additional duties including photocopying of materials, labeling, packing and unpacking boxes, cleaning and inspecting library materials and equipment.
- Perform additional position-related accountabilities assigned by management.
Internal:
- Staff at the Library; Branch Operations Leads, Customer Experience Managers, Pages, Customer & Programming Associates, Librarians, Programmers, Clerks.
- Customers
Behavioural:
- Model BPL’s values during all interactions and communications
- Communicate in a professional manner which is consistent and aligned with BPL’s Voice document
- Customer-first orientation and centricity
- Collaborative and solution-focused approach to problem solving and teamwork
- Participate in continuous learning and creativity
- Understand and appreciate celebrate diversity and inclusion in BPL’s collections and services
- Demonstrates resiliency and adaptability in resolving issues and switching tasks
- Demonstrates good judgment, accuracy, and has attention to detail
- Understands accountability
- Knowledge of BPL’s vision, mission, values, and strategic plan.
- Knowledge of policies, processes, procedures, and systems within BPL
- Knowledge of library Customer Experience Philosophy and Customer Experience Standards
- Most work is completed in public library spaces, while customers are present, with little exposure to noise, dirt, or external elements.
- Physical work such as moving, changing, and setting up for programs for community spaces; shelving, shifting, packing and unpacking boxes.
- There is minimal computer use and contact by email and MS Teams.
- BPL is a 7 days per week service and schedules include regular evenings and weekends.
- Normal physical activity such as periodic standing, walking, sitting and the use of basic motor skills.
- Some continuous physical exertion required such as moving, changing, and setting up for programs or community spaces; shelving, shifting, packing and unpacking boxes.
- Ability to move materials and supplies (up to 50lbs)
- Ability to stand for extended periods of time
- Ability to bend and stretch to reach high and low shelves
- Maintain a positive, professional, and diplomatic demeanor at all times
- Moderate focus while sorting, shelving, and maintaining collections.
As an employer, we have high expectations of the people we hire, and we are genuinely invested in the well-being, development, and work success of all employees.
Burlington Public Library is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive, and diverse workplace whereeveryone feels valued and supported. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
For more information about working at BPL, please visit www.bpl.on.ca/about/careers
If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Please contact Human Resources at [email protected]
If you have a disability that makes it difficult to apply using the online form, please call us at 905-639-3611 Ext. 1105.
We thank all applicants in advance and advise that we will contact only those selected for an interview.
Personal information on your resume is collected under the authority of the Public Libraries Act, R.S.O. 1990 and will be used to determine eligibility for employment.
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