Librarian III

Performs difficult professional work in the Public Library as a Division Manager for the Children’s Services Division; does related work as required.  

Work is performed under the general supervision of the Library Director. Supervision is exercised over subordinate professional and paraprofessional personnel in the Children’s Services Division.

• Supervises all activities of the Children’s Services Division. 
• Supervises all staff in the Children’s Services Division including scheduling and planning tasks, evaluating work performance, providing appropriate counsel, and maintaining various records. 
• Develops objectives, policies, procedures, and plans for the Children’s Services Division including evaluating needs and resources, obtaining appropriate staff input, making decisions, and preparing written information in appropriate format. 
• Plans for the future of the library and division by participating with the director and other internal managers in strategic planning.
• Works with the Library Director to ensure that objectives, policies, procedures, and plans support the library's mission, goals, and objectives. 
• Prepares and submits the Divisional budget to the Library Director during the library budget preparation process which involves projecting future needs and setting financial priorities for the division. 
• Manages contracts and agreements with vendors of print and digital materials and determines costs and budgets for these special collections.
• Handles divisional hiring procedures as directed by the city Human Resources Department, including selection of applicants, and interviewing and hiring. 
• Establishes policy, procedure, and customer service approach for the Public Service desk in Children’s Services
• Provides for the training needs of the Children’s Services staff by preparing written and oral training presentations as necessary, conducts staff training or delegates training to others as appropriate, and participates in presentations or evaluations of training sessions as necessary.
•  Oversees the selection of materials for the print and digital collections maintained by the Children’s Services Division. Trains and monitors the work of the selectors. 
• Ensures that library materials and intellectual freedom policies are understood and followed for the collections managed by Children’s Services.  Follows the Library Materials Selection policy established by the Library Board.
• Maintains a financial tracking system for all divisional expenditures. 
• Supervises and reviews the collection development tasks assigned to others. 
• Develops and supports programming using divisional resources.
• Works to develop partnerships with local organizations and groups to enhance divisional services to the community. 
• Supervises and advises a unit supervisor in their assignments and duties. 
• Serves as a member of the Library Management Team.   
• Reviews and approves division time sheets.
• Writes and gives oral reports, maintains and reports on divisional statistics and surveys, discusses plans and divisional activities, discusses issues and concerns, makes recommendations and collaborates on services with Library Director.
• Collaborates with division managers, library teams, other city departments and community organizations and businesses in planning and conducting programs, projects and events.
• Conducts difficult reference work.
• Maintains membership in professional organizations, participates in professional conferences and meetings, and keeps informed and current in the fields of Library Science, Children’s Library Services, and Management and Leadership.
• Ensures that all work is performed in accordance with OSHA and City Safety Standards and Policies.

• Formal Education
  • Completion of a master’s program in library science from an American Library Association accredited library school.
• Experience
  • A minimum of three years’ experience in children’s services in a public library.
  • A minimum of three years’ successful supervisory experience and budget management experience. 
  • A broad knowledge of children’s literature and a minimum of three years’ experience with collection development.
• Applicant must upload both a Cover Letter and Resume with this application for it to be considered complete.
• Valid North Carolina Driver’s License

Preferred Skills
Children’s Services handles collection development and manages fiction and non-fiction children’s literature. The manager must have a broad knowledge of children’s literature.  Must have experience in Readers’ Advisory and the use of Readers’ Advisory tools and resources. The Children’s Division provides diverse programming for children from birth through middle school. The manager must be able to create and oversee ongoing and new programming, as well as recruiting community and contract performers to provide children’s programs. Must have experience tracking budget expenditures and staying within the divisional budget. The manager must understand the importance of customer service and the library’s goals and expectations in customer service. Must be able to communicate clearly and effectively with the library director, assistant director, library management team, library staff, staff in other city departments, and with the public. Must be comfortable speaking to groups and  also dealing with face-to-face customer issues about policies and procedures. 
Physical Requirements
Speaking and/or Hearing: (Talking – Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word). (Hearing – Perceiving nature of sounds by ear).

• This is a supervisory position and requires communication with various groups, so it is necessary for this person to be able to communicate with people in person and over the telephone.

Visual Abilities – The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye. Recommended guidelines for vision are:

• Acuity, far – Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more. Both eyes 20/25 – R 20/30 – L20/30 corrected 
• Acuity, near – Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less. Both eyes 20/25 corrected
• Depth Perception – Three-dimensional vision. Ability to judge distance and space relationships to see objects where and as they are.   Depth perception – 4
• Field of Vision – Area that can be seen up and down or to right or left while eyes are fixed on a given point.
• Accommodation – Adjustment of lens of eye to bring an object into sharp focus. This item is especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from eye.
• All five aspects are judged to be important in carrying out the essential functions of this job.

Physical Strength – degree of physical demands typically associated with this position include:

• Light to Medium Work: Exerting up to 30 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to carry and/or move books and other materials. Work will require walking and standing; however, the worker does sit a significant portion of the time. 
• Reaching, Handling, and Fingering: (Reaching – Extending the hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction, but normally to the front or side.) (Handling – Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands (fingering not involved). (Fingering – Picking, pinching, or otherwise working with fingers primarily (rather than the whole hand or arm as in handling). For example, employee must reach to answer telephone, work with computer equipment, etc. Handles books, materials, cards, various forms, documents, files, pencils, pens, etc. requiring use of hands and fingers

Mental Activity/Requirements
Reasoning

• Ability to apply principles of logical thinking to perform tasks and reply to requests made by supervisor or other employees, to comprehend and respond to a variety of situations in an expedient manner; to relate and communicate with other staff members. Must interpret information so good judgment is essential.

Math

• Using Arithmetic:  Ability to use arithmetic to the extent used in adding and subtracting columns of figures and figuring percentages and prices. 

Language

• Read: Ability to read books, manuals, instructions, directions, computer-displayed information, and other documents relating to the job; to sort file and alphabetize.
• Write: Ability to transcribe data from bibliographic records and holdings records; ability to present ideas grammatically and effectively in a written format.
• Speak: Ability to be conversant in voice and diction to participate in discussions with supervisor, other employees, and the public in person and by telephone.

Training

• On-the-job training approximately six weeks. 

Environmental Conditions
Physical Surroundings

• The worker is subject to Inside Environmental Conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. 

Environmental Conditions (Hazards)

• No environmental hazards indicated for this position.

Machinery/Tools/Work Aids/Other Equipment

• Computer, printers, scanner, photocopier, calculator, stapler, pen, pencils, scissors, rotary trimmer, books, laminator, Personnel Resolution, book carts, files, telephone, and directory.
• Children’s Services handles collection development and management fiction and non-fiction children’s literature. The manager must have a broad knowledge of children’s literature.  Must have experience in Readers’ Advisory and the use of Readers’ Advisory tools and resources. The Children’s Division provides diverse programming for children from birth through middle school. The manager must be able to create and oversee ongoing and new programming, as well as recruiting community and contract performers to provide children’s programs. Must have experience tracking budget expenditures and staying within the divisional budget. The manager must understand the importance of customer service and the library’s goals and expectations in customer service. Must be able to communicate clearly and effectively with the library director, assistant director, library management team, library staff, staff in other city departments, and with the public. Must be comfortable speaking to groups and  also dealing with face-to-face customer issues about policies and procedures. 

Our Commitments
The City of High Point is committed to be an Equal Opportunity Employer which celebrates diversity and seeks to attract and retain the best qualified partners in service to the Citizens of the City of High Point. The City of High Point is an at-will employer and employees may be terminated or may terminate their employment at any time with or without reason for any reason not prohibited by law.

The City of High Point is committed to classifying and compensating its employees fairly and equitably for the work they do weighed with both the internal capabilities and the external market. While the job description is not intended to and does not create a contract of employment, we are excited to use this “living document” as a guide for managing performance and positions to ensure job descriptions are reflective of the current work required by the incumbent or expected by any candidate to whom an offer of employment is extended.

The City of High Point is committed to providing a safe, comfortable working environment to all employees. To that end, we are proud to comply with all Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements, as well as make reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees as we are able in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Candidates selected for employment must undergo (a.) a physical to determine whether they will be able to safely complete the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation (b.) a drug screening, in accordance with the City’s drug and alcohol policy and (c.) a background screening to determine whether there is any current, pending or previous charge, conviction or other infraction deemed incompatible with service in the capacity for which the candidate is being hired. Successful results from all three of these conditions will result in an offer of employment.

Salary : $50,282 - $68,245