Library District Administrative Headquarters Manager

Position Title: District Administrative Headquarters Manager.

Hours & Compensation: Full time hourly at 40 hours per week with benefits. Some nights and weekends required. Salary starting range: $65,000-75,000 depending on qualifications and experience. Benefits include Health Insurance including vision and dental, 401A with match with 457 option, long term disability, paid life insurance, and mobile phone use reimbursement.

Qualifications: MLIS degree required. Three years prior public library experience required. Supervisory experience preferred. Youth Services background preferred.

Nature of Work: Van Buren District Library is seeking an experienced, dynamic, outgoing, librarian leader ready to inspire excellence as our new District Administrative Headquarters Manager. The District Administrative Headquarters, Webster Memorial Library, in Decatur, MI, is situated between Kalamazoo and the lakeshore region of southwest Michigan. Decatur is a rural area with many farms, parks, and places to camp. Van Buren District Library serves 44,230 residents from its seven branch locations. Webster Memorial Library is both a functioning branch serving the Decatur community, and the administrative headquarters of the Library District, serving as the hub of the District’s centralized functions such as administration, interlibrary loan, technical services, local history, and interbranch delivery services.

The District Administrative Headquarters Manager is a position of responsibility, requiring a person willing to perform a wide variety of duties. The District Administrative Headquarters Manager must have an understanding of rural community library service and be effective in developing good public relationships. The District Administrative Headquarters Manager serves on a full-time basis, which includes some evening and Saturday hours. These hours should reflect the best interests of Webster Memorial Library and the Library District. The District Administrative Headquarters Manager is responsible to the Executive Director. It should be recognized that many, if not all staff members serve in multiple, often unrelated roles. This is standard practice at VBDL.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as the branch manager of the Library District’s administrative headquarters, Webster Memorial Library. Managerial duties include: hiring, scheduling, setting expectations, conducting evaluations, and applying appropriate corrective actions.
• Assists branch managers with administrative duties at the discretion of the Executive Director. These duties include managerial and disciplinary situations including hiring, human resources, and arranging for substitutes.
• Facilitate or participate in a wide array of Library District staff committees including the Programming Committee, the PR Committee, and the Spanish Committee, to name a few.
• Responsible for community outreach such as serving as liaison for local officials, the local Library Friends group, local schools, and other community organizations, in collaboration with the District Program, Technology Instruction, & PR Librarian, reporting any questions or concerns to the Executive Director.
• Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• MLIS or its equivalent from an ALA accredited school. Three years public library experience required; Youth Services background preferred; supervisory experience preferred.
• Ability to effectively manage library staff, including setting expectations, conducting periodic evaluations, and applying the appropriate corrective action when necessary.
• Intermediate skill with standard library tasks and technology including ILS systems, PC technology, standard software packages such as Microsoft Office, online platforms such as Google Workspace, Libby, and hoopla.
• Ability to work some evening and weekend hours
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with associates, supervisors, local officials, and the public.
• Ability to read fine print with or without corrective lenses, to lift up to 30 pounds, bend, twist, crouch, kneel and refile library materials up to 90 inches in height.

The duties and responsibilities for this position, including essential job functions and responsibilities, supplement Van Buren District Library Personnel Policies and work rules applicable to all employees and may change or increase by practice or policy, as deemed necessary by the library. The library reserves the right to assign work outside of an employee’s regular job assignment. The library also reserves the right to change an employee’s regular job assignment, work location, or job description at any time.