Senior Librarian, San Mateo County Libraries
San Mateo County Libraries has several additional openings and we encourage you to apply and to share our current open recruitment with anyone you think would make a great SMCL Champion! More information about all the positions is available on our jobs page: http://www.smcl.org/node/5
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Apply for a Senior Librarian position with San Mateo County Libraries (SMCL) and join us in igniting growth through transformative experiences.
San Mateo County Libraries are an invaluable community resource, an amazing family, a springboard for opportunities, and our staff are what makes it so special. We're champions of learning, sharing, and exploration -- of open minds, new ideas, and bright futures. It's our mission and our passion to strengthen our community by creating an inclusive sense of place and an environment for learning. We seek enthusiastic team players, creative risk takers, and flexible individuals who proactively search for new opportunities to make public library services relevant to all members of the community. The Senior Librarian position is an opportunity for skilled librarians to gain supervisory experience and move forward in their careers. Join the San Mateo County Libraries team and become a champion of what libraries can be and do in their communities.
The Senior Librarian is the front-line supervisory level in the librarian series. It is distinguished from the Library Branch Manager in that the latter is responsible for higher-level management activities (planning, goal-setting, budgeting, representing the Library, etc.). It is distinguished from the Librarian I/II position in that the Senior Librarian directly supervises staff and directs the activities of a community library/division.
Under general direction, the Senior Librarian will:
Oversee the day-to-day operations of an assigned library/division and supervise staff
Provide excellent customer service, develop innovative, relevant community programs and outreach, manage collections, and coach staff to do the same
Take the lead on complex and specialized assignments within their library/division, as well as system wide
Perform related duties as assigned
The ideal candidate will be:
able to work regularly scheduled evening and weekend shifts
excited about new projects and challenges and energized by working in a rapidly changing environment
a positive, enthusiastic leader with strong interpersonal skills
focused on professional growth and development
Because of the diversity of the communities served, the Library strongly encourages individuals with fluent bilingual language skills to apply, especially those with Spanish-English, Mandarin-English, and/or Cantonese-English language skills. Bilingual skills are preferred, but not required, for this position.
Current vacancies are at the Woodside Library, Portola Valley Library, and San Carlos Library. Visit www.smcl.org to learn more about San Mateo County Libraries.
SAN MATEO COUNTY LIBRARY
The San Mateo County Library is a Joint Powers Authority comprised of the cities of Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Millbrae, Pacifica, Portola Valley, San Carlos, Woodside, and the unincorporated areas of San Mateo County. SMCL is a high performing organization. Named a four star library by Library Journal for the sixth consecutive year, SMCL ranked 2nd in California among similar peer libraries. SMCL is committed to providing quality public service. To achieve this we value diversity among staff and encourage each employee to take personal responsibility and make individual contributions. In addition to a broad range of digital content and services the Library includes twelve community libraries, bookmobile service, and a literacy program. Serving a population of 270,000 residents, SMCL circulated over 3.7 million items to 2.2 million visitors last year. For more information about San Mateo County Library, please visit www.smcl.org.
NOTE: The eligible list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill future extra-help, term, unclassified, and regular classified vacancies.
IMPORTANT: Applications for this position will only be accepted online. If you are currently on the County's website, you may click the 'Apply' button above. If you are not on the County's website, please go to http://jobs.smcgov.org to apply.
~ TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE ~
Final Filing Date: May 19, 2016 at 11:59 p.m.
Application Screening: June 1, 2015
Panel Interview: June 13 and/or 14, 2016