RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist in supervising the staff, resources, operations, and outreach activities of the Children's Services department.
- Help plan, recommend, and carry out a program of services and activities for preschool and elementary age children and for educators, students, and other youth-services professionals.
- Develop the collection for the immediate use of the department and as a resource collection for all agencies in the system.
- Provide a superlative standard of professional librarianship as an advocate in the community for the welfare, rights, and interests of children.
- Participate in planning, organization, development, presentation, and evaluation of children's services on a system-wide basis.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- ALA-accredited master of library science degree with two-three years of increasing responsibility for services to children.
- Supervisory experience. Valid driver's license.
- Extensive knowledge of children's literature and current issues and trends in library services to children.
- Familiarity with automated systems, Internet, and a variety of computer programs.
- Strong interpersonal, communications and management skills to enable effective interaction with children and adults of varied backgrounds.
- Strong programming skills. Ability to act as an advocate for children's needs to library administrators, staff, and the public.
- Problem-solving ability sufficient to maintain a coordinated, cooperative working relationship with agency managers, children's specialists, and other staff. Strong, positive, proactive service philosophy.
- Cooperative spirit, reliability, enthusiasm, friendliness, energy, resourcefulness, initiative, tact, good judgment, and a sense of humor are essential.
Schedule will include a variety of day, evening and weekend hours.
PREFERRED SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Bilingual ability in Spanish or an Asian language is desirable but not required.
COMPENSATION:
Salary range minimum is $37,960/year. Health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability plans. Cumulative sick leave. Library-paid retirement fund. Personal business leave. Four weeks vacation. Deferred compensation plan (457). Federal credit union. Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Variety of voluntary insurance plans, including long term care. Flexible spending account. Free parking. Relocation allowance.
APPLICATION:
To complete an application for this position, please visit our website: http://www.acpl.info/hr/. Applications/resumes for this position will be accepted for consideration through 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 20, 2011.
