Job Description

About the Company

Are you an emerging leader in the library industry looking to take your next step in your career? Then this opportunity is for you! Manassas Park City Library is hiring a Library Director!

The Director of Libraries supports the LS&S mission, vision, and values through exceptional leadership and dedicated customer focus. The Library Director ensures contract requirements are met in a single-location library system. The Library Director 1 will build and lead a team who are committed to creating a thriving library in the heart of their community. The Library Director 1 will be responsible for establishing, maintaining and nurturing communications with local official(s) and managing the customer relationship in partnership with the VP of Library Operations.

About the Role

• Manages with integrity, honesty, and knowledge to promote the culture, values, and mission of LS&S and creates thriving libraries in the heart of our communities
• Evaluate library environments and key operational indicators to identify problems, concerns, and opportunities for improvement.
• Reports to the VP of Library Operations and prepares a written agenda before the weekly ZOOM meeting.
• Coaches’ library staff to help achieve operational goals
• Monitors and manages staffing levels
• Develops the library team to deliver excellent customer service and patron experiences
• Evaluates and supports the performance of library staff
• Implements action plans that meet operational and organizational objectives
• Keeps current with library trends, issues, and technology as well as political, economic, and demographic problems that may affect library services and advanced programming
• Plans and executes local, regional, and company initiatives to achieve both operational excellence and business results; follows up consistently to ensure accountability to plans
• Utilizes existing tools and best practices to ensure effective library operations
• Utilizes and helps Library staff utilize management information tools and analyzes financial reports and other library-related data (usage, demographics, trends, etc.) to identify and address library system trends and issues
• Oversee the selection, acquisition, and processing of library materials to meet public needs within the structure of library selection policies and budgetary limitations
• Responsible for the local operations, communications with the customer relationship (city/county officials, governing boards, library boards)
• Regularly solicit client, other stakeholder, and patron feedback to understand client needs and the needs of the local community
• Establish a positive, healthy, and safe work environment by all appropriate legislation and regulations
• Oversee the implementation of the human resources policies, procedures, and practices
• Know, understand, and administer the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights, Freedom to Read Statement, and Freedom to View Statement, recognizing that freedom of access is a fundamental tenet of a public library. In addition to these freedoms, support the client's discretion of materials available at your local library(ies)
• Follow all legal and policy requirements related to patron privacy and custodianship of patron records
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• MLIS degree is required
• One year of supervisory experience required; additional management experience a plus
• Experience analyzing and applying financial reports and library-related data (usage, demographics, trends, etc.)
• Basic understanding of programming and financial management
• Experience in a role that requires frequent interaction with patrons, fulfilling the requests of patrons, and responsibility for addressing patron issues, questions, and suggestions

Required Skills

• Adaptability
• Ethical conduct with integrity and honesty
• Build Relationships
• Communicate Effectively
• Creativity/Innovation
• Focus on Client Needs
• Foster Teamwork
• Lead
• Make Decisions
• Organize
• Plan
• Solve Problems
• Think Strategically

Preferred Skills

• Experience in a role that requires frequent interaction with patrons, fulfilling the requests of patrons, and responsibility for addressing patron issues, questions, and suggestions

Pay range and compensation package - Salary: $75,000 - $85,000

Equal Opportunity Statement - Include a statement on commitment to diversity and inclusivity.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to move from place to place within the location; lift, push/pull, hold/carry of items weighing up to (25) pounds and occasional up to (35) pounds such as files, books, stacks of paper, and other materials.
• Ability to sit for long periods and focus on projects such as computer screens or detailed paperwork.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental, & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary, & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Tuition Assistance & Loan Reimbursement
• Wellness Resources
• Status: Full Time, Exempt

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