Branch Manager III - Library Systems & Services Llc : Job Details

As a Branch Manager III, you will lead dedicated teams across three locations, ensuring exceptional library services that meet the unique needs of each community. They will encourage staff contributions and personal professional development while fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible work environment. Branch Manager III will lead a team of library professionals who are committed to creating a thriving library in the heart of their community as they support and build a strong partnership with library patrons and their local official(s), ensuring the library is a welcoming space for all, and contribute to the overall success of the Library.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• An individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily.
• Demonstrate a willingness to be flexible, versatile, and/or tolerant in a changing work environment while maintaining effectiveness and efficiency.
• Understand ethical behavior and business practices, and ensure that your behavior and the behavior of others are consistent with these standards and align with the organization's values.
• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others, both internally and externally, to achieve the organization's goals.
• Communicate Effectively: Speak, listen, and write clearly, thoroughly, and timely, using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.
• Develop new and unique ways to improve the library's operations and create new opportunities.
• Anticipate, understand, and respond to the needs of internal and external clients to meet or exceed their expectations within the organizational parameter.s
• Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Manage materials budget and oversee branch collection
• Oversee and help develop library community programming and outreach initiatives
• Positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the organization
• Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency, and risks, and make clear decisions that are timely and in the best interests of the organization
• Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress toward goals, and track details, data, information, and activities
• Determine strategies to move the organization forward, set goals, create and implement action plans, and evaluate the process and results
• Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem
• Assesses options and actions based on trends and conditions in the environment and the vision and values of the organization
• Know, understand, and administer the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, Freedom to Read Statement, and Freedom to View Statement, recognizing that freedom of access is a fundamental tenet of a public library; in addition to these freedoms, support client discretion of materials available at your local library(ies)
• Follow all legal and policy requirements for patron privacy and custodianship of patron records.
• Other duties as assigned

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• An MLIS is required; however, candidates currently enrolled in a program or their final year of study will also be considered.
• One year of supervisory experience is preferred.
• One year of progressively responsible library managerial experience and/or administrative functions of a library or equivalent knowledge is preferred.
• Experience in a role that requires frequent interaction with customers, fulfilling customers' requests, and responsibility for addressing customer issues, questions, and suggestions is preferred.
• Experience analyzing and applying financial reports and library-related data (usage, demographics, trends, etc.) is preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT

• Ability to sit for long periods and focus on projects such as computer screens or detailed paperwork.
• Occasionally lifting/pushing/pulling of items weighing up to twenty-five (25) pounds, such as files, books, and other materials.

BENEFITS

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Wellness Resources