Civil Service Positions (Full-time and Permanent Part-Time)
Go to the
City of Oakland Career Opportunities web page for opportunities to apply for regular full-time and permanent part-time positions at the Library and in other City departments. For these, you will need to follow the directions on the city web pages. Applications result in being ranked and placed on an active list of candidates, if you are qualified. This list remains active for a certain amount of time, depending on circumstances, and when openings occur during that period, you may be called to interview for that specific position. For more information about how the civil service jobs work, look at the City's
Employment Information Pamphlet.
We are currently recruiting for City of Oakland permanent civil service professional librarians and other paraprofessional positions. Please check Current Openings for details.
Also Available: Non-Civil Service positions (Temporary Part-time positions)
These include non-civil service, non-benefited, temporary part-time positions in a variety of job classifications. We accept application materials throughout the year for the following part-time positions: Teen Mentors, Library Aide, Library Aide (includes the PASS! Homework Assistance program), Library Assistant, Library Assistant (includes the PASS! Homework Assistance program), Literacy Assistant, Librarian I & Librarian II.
The City of Oakland applications and the Oakland Public Library Supplemental Questionnaires for temporary part-time, at-will, and non-benefited employment are available outside of the Financial & Administrative Services Office on the 2nd floor of the Main Library. The Main Library is located at 125 14th Street, Oakland, CA. 94612. Applications can be deposited in the slot on the wall or in the Financial & Administrative Services Office during the hours of 8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday. Temporary part-time application materials can also be obtained from any of our 15-neighborhood branches throughout the city of Oakland. For more information, please contact our Human Resources Division of the Oakland Public Library at 510-238-3283.
Please be advised that you must complete both a City of Oakland Application and an Oakland Public Library Supplemental Questionnaire in order to be considered for temporary part-time employment with the Oakland Public Library.
For the City of Oakland Application, you can access a version in PDF, Read-only Microsoft Word or Interactive Microsoft Word. If you have difficulty downloading any of these documents with the "Open" function of your browsing software, try using the "Save" function.
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Print both documents and return them by mail or in person as described above.
PLEASE NOTE: No application materials are accepted via e-mail.
For more information
Contact Library Human Resources Manager Crystal Ramie-Adams at cramie@oaklandnet.com or at (510) 238-6716.
City Application Forms
The City of Oakland Job Application is available at the City of Oakland Career Opportunities web page . Scroll down and click on the "How to Apply" link.
There you can download a read-only Word document to print and fill out and return it by mail or in person as described above. An Interactive Copy of the Job Application is also available to download to your desktop. This form can be completed on-line, then printed and returned by mail or in person as described above.
PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL UNLESS POSITION DESCRIPTION SPECIFIES.
The City of Oakland is an EEO/AA/ADA Employer
