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REQUIREMENTS AND PREFERENCES
Broward County, Board of County Commissioners is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Library Regional Manager - Community Engagement in the Libraries Division. This position may be assigned to any location within the Libraries Division based on operational needs. The ideal candidate for this position will work in partnership with the Leadership Team to fulfill the Library's Strategic Plan by providing direction, oversight, and management and innovation efforts for essential Library programs and services.
The ideal candidate must also be able to demonstrate vision, strategic thinking, collaboration and inclusive leadership skills; have the ability to be flexible, adaptable, and creative; have the willingness to embrace and drive effective change initiatives; to be intellectually engaging with strong interpersonal, communication, and advocacy skills; to be able to influence others, negotiate successful resolutions, and engage in effective problem solving; be able to recognize and set priorities, and to use initiative and independent management decision-making; be able to organize, direct, motivate and evaluate public service management and oversee same for public service employees; and have the ability to mentor others and foster a team environment.
The purpose of this position is to manage division-wide operations of the Community Engagement section. The functions of this position include but are not limited to: managing the division-wide operations of Community Engagement section; initiating a cross-divisional approach with other members of the Leadership Team to explore and implement technology based services; developing and implementing community outreach plans, initiating collaborative and partnership relationships with organizations that provide services and programs to under-served groups, in collaboration with Library Regional Managers and Administration. These partner organizations should be in alignment with the mission of the Library and serve the Broward County community; collaborating with different social services and case managers to assist with outreach services and programmatic enhancement for exceptional populations such as senior citizens, persons experiencing homelessness, new Americans, Veterans, detainees, domestic violence victims and other groups with minimal knowledge of library services. The Community Engagement section also oversees Learning Services, Volunteers, Friends of the Library, Youth Services Administration, and Community Liaison sections; supervising staff, preparing leadership performance reviews, providing training and developing staff; visit branch libraries throughout Broward County to understand the needs of each community as it relates to library programming, learning services classes, youth services events and facilities; creating and analyzing statistical data, making recommendations for improvement, developing and implementing new processes and services that support division-wide initiatives; Developing and implementing impactful programs system-wide; prepares complex statistical reports for the Libraries and County Administration.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Requires a Master's degree from a college or university in Library Science, Library and Information Science, or field relevant to area of assignment. (Master's degree must be from a college or university accredited by the American Library Association depending upon area of assignment).
Requires five (5) years of professional library experience or experience relevant to area of assignment; including four (4) years of relevant supervisory experience.
Special Certifications and Licenses Required:
None.
Preferences:
- Master's Degree in Public Administration; Education; Information Technology; Social Work, or Business Administration
- Certificates in ALA Leadership; Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute; or Post Master Certificates in Librarianship
- Four (4) years experience designing large scale services for low-literacy, disadvantaged, marginalized, and special populations
- Four (4) years experience managing and/or developing a system-wide plan of service for adult programs and services
- Experience in Project Management and Partnerships
- Demonstrated Operational and logistical experience in new service delivery
- Experience in grant writing and implementation
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
General Description:
The purpose of this class within the organization is to perform highly responsible professional work at the administrative level of the library system.
This class works under administrative supervision, developing and implementing programs within organizational policies and reports major activities to executive level administrators through conferences and reports.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the job as necessary.
Manages overall planning and supervision of the provision of service in one or more branch libraries and programming activities in the region; supervises and evaluates a number of subordinate employees and serves as next in charge for staff they supervise; counsels staff and provides appropriate disciplinary actions to various staffing levels in accordance with corresponding collective bargaining agreements and county procedures.
Supervises subordinate employees in handling cluster customer complaints and concerns, and resolving customer complaints and concerns effectively and quickly; answers similar customer concerns referred by customer service.
Plans and implements regular cluster and section supervisors meetings, as well as regional Friends of the Library meetings; presents to meeting attendees information on library policies and services, and responds to their requests and concerns.
Oversees large programs and projects and works with library staff to support project initiatives; develops or assists in developing policies, procedures, and library plans of service.
Represents Broward County Library Division to customers, library partners, Friends of the Library and other library professionals and government agency personnel for the resolution of customer and staff concerns, development of partnerships and community contacts.
Serves as Library representative on Human Resources Division panels for qualifying/selecting candidates for library positions; participates in the interviewing, selection and training of staff for the library.
Maintains an active Friends of the Library group and serves as liaison to ensure adherence to proper procedures; works closely with the President and Board for the Friends of the Library.
Implements and monitors operation of special projects, programs, and grants; represents the library to the public, other divisions, government officials, state agencies, and non-profit groups.
Performs related work as assigned.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Physical Demands
Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.
Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations.
Unavoidable Hazards (Work Environment)
Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.
None.
SPECIAL INFORMATION
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance:
Broward County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The ADA requires Broward County to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.
Emergency Management Responsibilities:
During emergency conditions, all County employees are automatically considered emergency service workers. County employees are subject to being called to work in the event of a disaster, such as a hurricane, or other emergency situation and are expected to perform emergency service duties, as assigned.
County-wide Employee Responsibilities:
All Broward County employees must serve the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity in full accord with the letter and spirit of Broward County's Employee Code of Ethics, gift, and conflict of interest policies.
All Broward County employees must establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, co-workers, elected and appointed officials and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or gender identity and expression.