Department: Children’s and Young Adult Services at Monroe Free Library
Reports to: Executive Director
Position Definition:
Under the direction of the Executive Director, supervises the successful
operation of the Children’s and Young Adult Departments. Responsible for collection
development and programming.
Position Duties:
- Responsible for recruitment, selection, training and evaluation of Children’s and Young Adult department staff.
- Assign duties, schedules, etc. to staff.
- Develops the collection by researching, selecting, ordering, and determining the location of items (books, audio tapes, periodicals, etc.) for the Children’s and Young Adult reference, fiction and non-fiction collections.
- Oversee the maintenance of existing collection by shelving, weeding, generating signage and promotion of new materials.
- Plans, develops, and conducts new programming for children and young adults throughout the year and maintains established programs.
- Provides reader’s advisory.
- Provides a Reading Program during summer months to include use of a theme via decorations and activities, scheduling of reading appointments, scheduling and providing entertainment.
- Generates promotional materials in conjunction with the Head of Marketing, i.e., brochures, flyers, and press releases to advertise programming and other activities.
- Writes monthly Children’s Department report to the Director.
- Purchases and oversees the assembly of furniture, equipment and fixtures for the Children’s and Young Adult Departments.
- Purchases supplies and prizes for programming and general use.
- Represents the Library through Outreach Programming such as school visits and promotional visits to local stores.
- Represents the Library at community events that involve children. May be called upon to do public speaking, run programs.
- Represent the Library at user’s group meetings for children and young adults.
- Attends in service and training sessions, as required.
- Participates in library-wide planning and decision-making as a member of the library management team to improve the quality of library services.
- Attends staff meetings. Responsible for informing staff of children’s issues and information.
- Oversees and works at Children’s Help desk.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in library science from a program accredited by the American Library Association & minimum of two (2) years’ public library experience working with youth. Or Five years of experience working with youth in a public library.
Physical:
Must be able to lift a minimum of 30 lbs, stand for at least 1 hour, have a driver’s
license and vehicle.
Schedule:
Full time – 35 hours/week, includes night and Saturday rotation.
Salary & Benefits:
The salary for this position is $68,000-$70,000 (commensurate with experience), plus full benefits, 401K match, paid vacation, person time and sick time.
Note:
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He/she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his/her supervisor.
Applications can be emailed to Amanda at aprimiano@rcls.org