Marriott Library Jobs

Academic Librarian

We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those who may not have followed a traditional educational or professional path. We are interested in identifying and interviewing candidates with experience and expertise that will contribute to advancing our mission to provide everyone with access to information resources and educational opportunities.

Head of Teaching, Research, and Outreach

Are you interested in a leadership role that offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of teaching, research, and outreach? The J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah seeks a Head of Teaching, Research, & Outreach to lead engagement with the academic programs serving 12 colleges and schools and related disciplinary and interdisciplinary programs across the University of Utah. The ideal candidate will be a pragmatic leader committed to building partnerships, enhancing academic and community engagement, and conducting needs assessments to understand the research, teaching, and learning needs to support the research enterprise and student success initiatives. Reporting to the Associate Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication, the position provides leadership for teaching, academic and community engagement, collection building, research support, and student success. As a member of the Dean’s Cabinet, the position contributes to divisional and library-wide planning and assessment, and collaborates with peers internally and externally.

Relocation to the Salt Lake City, Utah area is required and will be financially supported by house hunting and moving allowances. This position is currently designed as a hybrid of on-campus and local remote work. The telecommuting arrangement will be based on the position’s needs and authorized at the discretion of the Associate Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication.

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Benefited Staff Positions

Workforce Operations Coordinator

At the J. Willard Marriott Library, our mission is to inspire the creation, discovery, and use of knowledge for Utah and the world. We are the flagship academic library for the Utah State System of Higher Education and located in the heart of the University of Utah campus.

We are seeking someone who is highly organized, detail oriented, and has excellent communication skills to join the Library HR Team. We serve approximately 40 faculty, 120 staff, and 100 student employees. If you are interested in HR, student affairs, higher education administration, libraries/museums, and/or nonprofit management as a career, this may be a great opportunity to enter or develop in any of those fields. In this role you would get broad exposure to the administrative functioning of a complex academic unit. As the Workforce Operations Coordinator, you will be responsible for all activities related to student employment, including recruitment, onboarding, and retention. You will be the first point of contact for our student employees. As such, it is important for you to build a good rapport with our students, help them feel welcomed as employees of the library, and communicate our commitment to their success as employees of the library and students at the university.

As a member of the Library HR team, you will assist in other responsibilities, including the recruitment of benefited staff and faculty, onboarding new employees, serving as the primary payroll reporter, and collaborating on special projects such as data collection/analysis and revamping procedures.

To be successful in this position, you will need to carry out these responsibilities in a well-structured manner paying attention to small, but important details. In addition, you will need to demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with different audiences and problem-solve complicated situations as they arise. This position requires someone who can handle sensitive matters with sound judgment, tact, and diplomacy; you will be expected to maintain confidentiality with private information such as student records, employee pay details, and other personnel issues.

This position is currently designed as a hybrid of on-campus and remote work. Specific telecommuting arrangements will be based on the needs of the position and authorized at the discretion of the supervisor.

The University will not sponsor a work visa for this position.

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Shipping & Receiving Supervisor

Working with the Access, Information, and Building Services team, the Shipping and Receiving Supervisor is responsible for supervising the library’s Shipping & Receiving operation. Responsibilities include but are not limited to collection, processing, tracking, and delivery of incoming and outgoing mail, packages, and equipment for the J. Willard Marriott Library. Shipping & Receiving handles up to 20,000 packages annually. Working with supply chain vendors, the supervisor pursues the most cost effective and efficient shipping solutions for a wide range of materials to support all library programs. The supervisor is responsible for updating training materials and documentation as processes and vendor interfaces change.

This position is required to work on campus full-time. Telecommuting will only be authorized for occasional/exceptional circumstances.

We seek qualified applicants who bring perspectives and experiences that will enrich and strengthen our organization and enhance our commitment to access and belonging. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those who may not have followed a traditional educational or professional path.

The University will not sponsor a work visa for this position.

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Student Positions

Please note: For the Marriott Library to be able to appropriately monitor hours worked, part-time employees are generally asked to restrict their work with the University of Utah to Library employment only, unless an exception is granted. Please contact Carson McCall for questions about this policy.

Interlibrary Loan/ Document Delivery Assistant 

Interlibrary Loan is a service whereby a user of one library can borrow books or receive articles from materials that are owned by another library. Document Delivery is a service that provides Marriott Library patrons PDF files of articles owned by our library. The employee in this position will process incoming Interlibrary Loan article requests from other libraries. After ownership of the articles is verified and retrieved from the library stacks or subscribed electronic resources, the employee will scan/download and deliver the requested materials electronically to the requesting libraries.

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Shipping & Receiving Assistant

Join the J. Willard Marriott Library as a Shipping & Receiving Assistant and support the day-to-day operations of our shipping department. In this role, you’ll work closely with the Shipping & Receiving Supervisor to ensure timely handling of incoming and outgoing materials and help maintain efficient dock operations.

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Internships and Other Opportunities