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Job Title: Administrative Support Agent, Class I (Library Agent - Periodicals)

Job category: Support

Department: Academic Sector

Services: Learning Commons

Immediate Supervisor: Caroline Fodor

Position status: Regular, Full-time

Contract length: Permanent

Work location: Cégep Vanier

Work schedule: Please see job description

External posting start date: March 5, 2026

External posting end date & time: March 18, 2026 at 17h00

Salary scale: $24.99 - $27.95

Expected start date: April 13, 2026

Job Description:

Reporting to the Learning Commons Coordinator, the Library Agent ensures constant front-line services to students, teachers, staff and outside visitors, and accomplishes clerical and administrative tasks in the Library.

More specifically, but not limited to, the Library Agent with Library-wide responsibilities

• Greets students, teachers, staff and outside visitors, provides information related to the library, its services and its functioning and refers more complex questions to the appropriate resources;
• Assists patrons throughout the library;
• Carries out tasks for the Library, including: o Loans physical materials, resources, and group study rooms to patrons; o Shelf reading and shelving returned books and other materials; o Physically organizes the Library collection, books and/or other; o Performs regular walkthroughs of the Library spaces; o Ensures that the regulations of the library spaces are respected by patrons; o Collects returned books from the Library's various book drop-off points (when needed); o Opening or closing of the Library.
• Produces and keeps up to date procedures related to: o Library closing; o Organizing the collection of periodicals; o Other areas of responsibility related to their position.
• In collaboration with the Collections Librarian, organizes, offers suggestions, and assists with the ongoing development of the Library's collection of periodicals;
• Assists the Coordinator of the Learning Commons in ensuring that events held on F500 go smoothly. This includes: o Meeting with the organizers to discuss logistical considerations. o Ensuring that the event set-up conforms to the plan that was agreed upon, especially regarding security and accessibility.
• Stays up to date on College-related emergency and evacuation procedures while playing an active role in coordinating the safe movement of students when a situation requires it;
• Contributes to Learning Commons team-wide mandates and special projects.

Other related duties which fall within the scope of the classification of this position may be assigned.

Schedule: Monday to Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (35 hours per week)

Classification: Agente ou agent de soutien en administratif, classe I (Administrative Support Agent, Class I).

Qualifications:

• Diploma of vocational studies (DEP) with an appropriate specialty or a secondary school diploma (DES) or an attestation recognized as equivalent;
• At least one (1) year of pertinent experience.

Conditions related to the specific position:

• Excellent English oral and written communication skills ( to be tested );
• Functional French oral and written communication skills ( to be tested );
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel ( to be tested );
• Knowledge of library and office practices and procedures, an asset;
• Strong interpersonal communication competencies;
• Demonstrated ability to provide student-centered frontline service;
• Ability to lift and carry books, climb stepladders to reach high stacks, and bend low to shelve books on bottom shelves (light duties physical work).

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Primary Address

821 avenue Ste-Croix
Montréal, Québec, H4L 3X9