Library Director, East Longmeadow Public Library, East Longmeadow, MA
Posted December 4, 2015
Full/Part Time: Full Time (37.5 hours/week)
Duties/Description: Due to an anticipated retirement, the East Longmeadow Public Library is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Library Director. The Director provides leadership and direction to seven full-time and twelve part-time unionized staff in a busy, customer service-oriented library serving a suburban community of 16,000 in the Springfield, Massachusetts area. The library has a physical collection of over 70,000 volumes, an annual circulation of over 200,000 items, and provides a wide variety of successful and engaging children’s programs throughout the year. Our active Friends of the Library group also supports the library’s regular schedule of popular teen and adult events during the year.
The Director is responsible for the daily management and operation of the library, as well as its program of services to the community, in accordance with the policies established by the Board of Library Trustees. The Director works in close cooperation with the Board, serving both as its advisor and as an active participant in policy and budget development, goal setting, planning and evaluation. In turn, the Board delegates to the Director full authority in such areas as budget management, personnel administration, selection and supervision, and collection development. The Director is directly accountable to a six-member, elected Board of Library Trustees, but also works closely with other town departments in order to provide quality service to the town.
Qualifications: Master’s in Library Science from an A.L.A. accredited institution, including a Certificate of Professional Librarianship issued by the MA Board of Library Commissioners; a minimum of six (6) or more years of progressively responsible public library experience, including three (3) or more years of proven budgetary and personnel management experience. Also required are excellent skills in supervision, organization, planning, facility management, as well as an interest in the continued development of existing and emerging library technologies. The ideal candidate should possess a strong, yet flexible, leadership style, exercised with tact, along with excellent oral and written communication skills, and the ability to advocate for the library in a public setting. Previous experience as a Director in a public library is highly desirable.
Selected candidate also must successfully pass a CORI and pre-employment physical prior to employment with the town.
Salary: $62,000 – $75,000 commensurate with experience; full town benefits package.
Closing Date: February 1, 2016.
Send: Qualified applicants should submit a letter of interest, resume, and contact information of three (3) professional references to: Chair, Library Director Search Committee; mail: c/o East Longmeadow Public Library, 60 Center Square, East Longmeadow, MA 01028, or e-mail as WORD or PDF documents to: [email protected]