Youth Services Coordinator, Providence Community Library, Providence RI

Posted May 9, 2014

Youth Services Coordinator

Providence Community Library, Providence, RI

 

Salary:     $55,000.00 – $60,000.00

Status:      Full-time with Benefits

Posted:     May 9, 2014

Deadline: Resumes accepted until the position is filled.

This professional librarian position supervises youth services (children and YA) throughout the Providence Community Library system, reporting to the Executive Director, and working with the PCL Program Coordinator to collaborate with other youth based organizations such as Ready 2 Learn, PASA, RIASPA and the Providence Public School Department. This librarian maintains an up-to-date knowledge of all areas in youth services including outreach services and advises on best practices. Candidates should have good knowledge of children and YA collection development practices and methods, good knowledge of the vendors of children’s publications and materials, be detail oriented, and have experience in coordinating children and YA services, programs and/or events. 

 

Statement of Duties:

 

Will expand the Summer Reading Program and develop other afterschool programs in alignment with the PPSD core curriculum to support the City of Providence in their goal to have PPSD students reading at grade level.

 

Will attend all PCL children’s and YA services committee meetings.

 

Develop and facilitate system-wide author visits, family and children and YA programming, and Summer Reading Program cooperatively with OLIS, PPSD, and other agencies, serving as coordinator for PCL. Write and monitor contracts as needed for program purposes.

In conjunction with webmaster and children’s services staff, work to maintain web presence for youth services on PCL website, including programming schedules, announcements of programs, booklists and aids to finding Internet information.

 

Prepare or assign preparation of promotional flyers, posters, calendars, public service announcements, book lists and displays.

Organize professional development for children’s services staff and conduct outreach to offer development opportunities to teachers and other youth services providers.

With children’s services staff, review, revise, and recommend children’s services policies and procedures to library administration.

Participate in planning and implementation of cooperative resource sharing and children’s programming projects with libraries from local, state, and national jurisdictions.

Plans and implements educational and outreach programs for children, youth, and their caregivers; evaluates program outcomes and writes reports as needed.

Attend appropriate Children and YA meetings sponsored by OLIS, and other professional meetings and participates in their activities to keep children’s services staff informed of current trends and developments affecting the provision of children’s services in libraries.

 

 

Competencies:

The candidate will

·         have excellent people skills – professional, personable, and with a sense of humor – in order to be effective at outreach and developing relationships with PPSD and other partner collaborators.

·         have a good understanding of the issues surrounding youth literacy, and be familiar or familiarize themselves with PPSD’s student testing and school achievement data.

·         be highly computer literate, and experienced in structuring online information sharing through various social media and software products.

·         be a strong public speaker and advocate for our youth literacy work.

·         be open to new ideas and initiatives, on both the local and national level.

·         Think creatively, and be able to accommodate different working styles.

·         be able to observe, analyze and recommend best practices to promote strong programming, especially relating to the summer reading program.

 

Requirements:

The successful candidate will have an ALA accredited MLS/MLIS and 3-5 years of professional library experience which includes supervisory management experience, with at least two years in Youth services in a public library setting.

 

 

Resume to:

 

Maria Melvin, HR Specialist, [email protected], (401) 467-2700 x.1606.

 

 

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