What are the responsibilities and job description for the Library Associate position at The George Washington University?
Posting Details
I. Job Overview
Job Description Summary:
The Library Associate position serves as a bridge between the library administration and library users by ensuring that information about buildings and services is always accurate, relevant, and user-friendly. Reporting to the Associate Dean for Student Success and Scholarly Technology, the Library Associate II is responsible for outreach to the GW community, including undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. This position is part of the Libraries and Academic Innovation ( LAI ) organization, working to connect LAI departments and staff to library users to ensure positive student and faculty experiences in using LAI services.
The Library Associate
Minimum Qualifications
Qualified candidates will hold a Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Additional Required Licenses/Certifications/Posting Specific Minimum Qualifications:
GW Staff Approach to Pay
How is pay for new employees determined at GW?
Healthcare Benefits
GW offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance, time off & leave, retirement savings, tuition, well-being and various voluntary benefits. For program details and eligibility, please visit https://hr.gwu.edu/benefits-programs.
II. JOB DETAILS
Campus Location: Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C.
College/School/Department: University Libraries
Family Libraries
Sub-Family Library Services - Staff
Stream Individual Contributor
Level Level 1
Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time
Hours Per Week: 40
Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Will this job require the employee to work on site? Yes
Employee Onsite Status Hybrid
Telework: Yes
Required Background Check: Criminal History Screening, Education/Degree/Certifications Verification, Social Security Number Trace, and Sex Offender Registry Search
Special Instructions To Applicants
Employer will not sponsor for employment Visa status
Internal Applicants Only? No
Posting Number: S013788
Job Open Date: 07/07/2025
Job Close Date
If temporary, grant funded, Sponsored Project funded or limited term appointment, position funded until:
Background Screening Successful Completion of a Background Screening will be required as a condition of hire.
EEO Statement
The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
I. Job Overview
Job Description Summary:
The Library Associate position serves as a bridge between the library administration and library users by ensuring that information about buildings and services is always accurate, relevant, and user-friendly. Reporting to the Associate Dean for Student Success and Scholarly Technology, the Library Associate II is responsible for outreach to the GW community, including undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. This position is part of the Libraries and Academic Innovation ( LAI ) organization, working to connect LAI departments and staff to library users to ensure positive student and faculty experiences in using LAI services.
The Library Associate
- Is responsible for maintaining current, accurate, relevant, and user-friendly content on all LAI websites, including library@gwu.edu and academiccommons@gwu.edu.
- Serves as a liaison to understand user needs for LAI’s information and the various units in LAI who maintain that information. Ensures the quality, usability, and accessibility of LAI websites by using SiteImprove (or other tool(s), conducting thorough regression testing, collaborating with teams in LAI to ensure that their information is up to date, and organizing and conducting all aspects of regular usability testing for LAI online environments.
- Answers inquiries from the LAI community via multiple channels, including email, and proactively provides information about LAI services via orientations and outreach activities.
- Oversees LAI social media accounts, including managing the @gelmanlibrary account, approving and monitoring all other LAI accounts, training the managers of other social media accounts on GW standards and best practices. Stays coordinated with GW Communications on all social media postings.
- Designs, edits, and delivers regular internal communications through channels such as a newsletter to ensure librarians and staff are fully informed of policies and events.
- Ensures that building signage, including digital signage, is always correct, updated, and meets the needs of users.
- Develops written and visual content for LAI internal newsletters, programs, InfoMails, website, presentations and other deliverables for print, digital and social platforms.
- Coordinates an extensive workshop program, including accepting workshop proposals, scheduling the workshops, making sure workshops are accurately added to the website, and assisting workshop presenters with questions or problems.
- Coordinates faculty outreach activities to include contacting departments, scheduling, and reminding teams who are working on the outreach.
- Serves as the on-site contact for GW Events for events held in the Gelman Library building, coordinates room scheduling with GW Events, and ensures compliance with all events policies and guidelines.
Minimum Qualifications
Qualified candidates will hold a Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Additional Required Licenses/Certifications/Posting Specific Minimum Qualifications:
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to think through projects and timelines. Able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines
- Previous experience with updating information on websites
- Previous professional experience in a higher education or library environment
- Strong computer and software skills to include use of content management software to edit online content, use of google documents and folders, and various social media channels.
- Familiarity with Adobe InDesign and Illustrator or desire to learn
- Demonstrated experience with graphic design to support library outreach activities.
- Experience using Drupal or another content management system and ability to train library staff to add/edit content.
- Previous experience organizing, conducting, and facilitating usability testing with library website users
GW Staff Approach to Pay
How is pay for new employees determined at GW?
Healthcare Benefits
GW offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance, time off & leave, retirement savings, tuition, well-being and various voluntary benefits. For program details and eligibility, please visit https://hr.gwu.edu/benefits-programs.
II. JOB DETAILS
Campus Location: Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C.
College/School/Department: University Libraries
Family Libraries
Sub-Family Library Services - Staff
Stream Individual Contributor
Level Level 1
Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time
Hours Per Week: 40
Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Will this job require the employee to work on site? Yes
Employee Onsite Status Hybrid
Telework: Yes
Required Background Check: Criminal History Screening, Education/Degree/Certifications Verification, Social Security Number Trace, and Sex Offender Registry Search
Special Instructions To Applicants
Employer will not sponsor for employment Visa status
Internal Applicants Only? No
Posting Number: S013788
Job Open Date: 07/07/2025
Job Close Date
If temporary, grant funded, Sponsored Project funded or limited term appointment, position funded until:
Background Screening Successful Completion of a Background Screening will be required as a condition of hire.
EEO Statement
The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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