[LIBJOBS] Assistant Director Public Library St. Charles County Missouri

 

Assistant Director

General Administrative Office

77 Boone Hills Drive, St Peters, MO 63376

Status: Full Time, 40+ hours per week

Schedule: Monday-Friday, evenings and weekends as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and direct overall operations of the branch libraries; ensures general operation of the libraries are aligned with the District's mission and core values.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with staff, volunteers, other community agencies and the public.
• Development of policies and procedures relative to the delivery of services to the public through our branches.
• Work closely with branch managers to ensure customer service issues are resolved in a timely and consistent manner.
• Offer policy interpretation to the branches for providing consistent service standards.
• Serve as the Administrator in Charge of daily operations in the Director's absence.
• Assist the Director with long range planning; including assessment and development of programs, services, and facilities.
• Attend library board meetings and provide periodic reports as requested.

Requirements:

MLS from an ALA accredited program, MBA, or MPA. Eight years professional experience with a minimum of four years in an administrative capacity.

Skills

• Ability to instill the importance of using the District's mission, vision, and values as the basis for all decisions in the branches and departments.
• Ability to engage various library constituencies to assess their interests and needs for future development and implementation of library programs and services.
• Ability to think analytically and to develop new or revised systems, procedures, and work flow.
• Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment.
• Ability to prepare comprehensive reports and present ideas clearly and concisely in written and oral form.
• Ability to make administrative decisions, interpret policies, and supervise staff.

Physical Requirements:

• Sufficient personal mobility to monitor, supervise, and perform assigned library operations, and to attend meetings at various locations.
• Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing to communicate well with employees and customers.
• Sufficient vision to produce and review a wide variety of library materials, written correspondence, reports and related materials in both electronic and hard copy form.

Benefits & Salary: Strong benefit package including healthcare insurance and LAGERS retirement plan.

Salary Track: K-L. $73,680 to $89,616 for Masters Degree. Candidates with second Masters Degree are eligible for higher earnings with Director's approval.

Deadline: Sunday, March 24, 2013

All applications should include a resume, cover letter, contact information for two professional references and SCCCLD application.

APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK OR ON OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.YOURANSWERPLACE.ORG. Applications can be submitted to the Branches during normal business hours or emailed to HR@stchlibrary.org. We appreciate your interest in the Library District, but due to the high volume of responses, we may only be able to contact those applicants that we wish to interview.

 

 

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Jim Brown, MLS, MPA

Director
Saint Charles City-County Library District
77 Boone Hills Drive, Box 529
Saint Peters, MO 63376-0529

Voice: 636-441-2300 ext. 1591
Fax: 636-441-3132

jbrown@stchlibrary.org

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