Regional Librarian Supervisor Pay Range: $36.21 - $47.06 per hour
Job Posting Closing on: Thursday June 27, 2024 Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
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Regional Librarian Manager job is available with the Fort Worth Public Library. Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Public Services, the Regional Librarian Supervisor plans, coordinates, and directs the general operations of one of three designated library regions in the system. This position directly supervises, coaches, and mentors library branch managers and oversees the performance and development of all staff in their designated region. The Regional Librarian Supervisor also serves on the Public Services Leadership Team and coordinates with the Library’s Executive Team to evaluate public services, staffing, and policies and procedures.
All applicants must submit a cover letter, and resume to be considered.
Minimum Qualifications: - Master’s degree from an ALA accredited college or university with major course work in library and information sciences and four years of responsible professional library experience, including two years of administrative and/or lead supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications: - Broad and comprehensive knowledge of current library theories and practices.
- Experience managing library facilities.
- Knowledge of management principles and practices including planning and goal setting, human resource management, decision making and implementation, and recruitment and retention.
- Experience hiring, developing, directing, and motivating staff in a collaborative team environment.
- Skill in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting critical deadlines, and following up on assignments with a minimum of direction.
The Regional Librarian Supervisor’s job responsibilities include: - Championing the Library’s strategic goals and initiatives with the system’s mission, vision and core values in mind.
- Executing short and long-term objectives within the context of the Library’s strategic and tactical plans.
- Directing and evaluating operations to promote continuous improvement for all assigned libraries within a designated region; setting priorities, applying established policies and procedures, and delegating responsibilities.
- Carrying out supervisory responsibility in accordance with policies, procedures and applicable laws including scheduling, managing and approving payroll, approving leave requests for direct reports; planning, assigning and directing work; communicating with staff; monitoring and appraising performance; managing personnel issues; addressing complaints and resolving problems; training staff as necessary.
- Assisting in succession planning; providing coaching and mentoring for direct reports and indirect reports.
- Monitoring direct reports’ adherence to budget.
- Preparing reports, monitoring statistical data, and evaluating trends.
- Promoting libraries within assigned region by developing working relationships with community partners and stakeholders; may serve as the system’s representative to community coalition groups, civic organizations, and library associations.
- Making presentations to staff and decision-making groups, as assigned or required.
Working Conditions and
Physical Demand While performing the essential functions of this job, positions in this class typically exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly having to move objects. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Conditions of Employment The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
