LIBRARIAN II - Adult Services Supervisor

Essential Duties

• Demonstrates a solid commitment to customer service with patrons and with coworkers to create an environment that is welcoming to all.
• Develops and maintains community relationships to enhance library services to users of all ages and abilities.
• Plans, implements, and directs innovative, diverse, and collaborative programs and services for adults in conjunction with the Adult Services team.
• Responsible for the hiring, training, and supervising of all Adult Services Staff and is a key member of the Library’s leadership team.
• Sets, interprets, and upholds departmental goals and objectives, policies, and procedures.
• Works with the Collection Development Coordinator to direct collection development for adult services; guides fellow staff in selection guidelines; assists with collection maintenance and weeding.
• Provides general and in-depth reference services at the public service desk.
• Reads widely in order to provide appropriate reader’s advisory; stays attuned to popular trends in adult literature to keep the collection vibrant and locally relevant.
• Compiles statistics on attendance of all programs throughout the year, including summer reading, for the annual state report.
• Conducts outcome measures to gauge program impact.
• Action-oriented: takes on new opportunities, anticipates challenges, and provides proactive solutions with a sense of urgency, energy, and enthusiasm.
• Attends professional library conferences, webinars, seminars, and network committees; reads professional literature; attends and contributes to library staff meetings; represents the Library at City meetings.
• Works collaboratively and cooperatively with other Library and City departments on special projects, events, and outreach efforts.
• Must possess strong technology skills, including the ability to troubleshoot basic computer and printer issues, provide help with copying/scanning/faxing, as well as using technology to create and edit virtual programs.
• Responds to legal research requests and instructs patrons in the use of legal materials.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education and Experience: Master's degree in Library Science (MLS) or Library and Information Science (MLIS) from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited library school required; minimum 3-5 years of professional library experience working with adults, preferably in an urban setting; 3-5 years supervisory experience in a public library strongly preferred.
• Languages: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Reasoning: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse and telephone keyboard. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds.
• Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.