Project Manager/Librarian, Hedgelan Consulting, Beltsville, MD
Posted November 9, 2018
Role: Project Manager/Librarian
Location: Beltsville, MD
Primary responsibilities (Include but not limited to):
Full-time position requires 40 hours per week.
- Provide on-site management and leadership of contract for collection maintenance and document delivery services
- Responsible for contract performance, meeting performance standards, accurate reporting of statistics
- Supervise seven full-time staff to ensure efficient operation of contract
- Assess, manage, and improve workflow, adjusting to changes in technology, customer’s priorities, and fluctuating work volumes
- Liaison with COR and designees
- Interface with company management and subcontractor regarding staffing, contract performance, and operations issues
- Coordinate collection management activities, including ongoing collection cleaning and shifting, with the COR and designees
- Prepare monthly narrative and statistical reports
- Search and identify sources for difficult-to-find items in a wide range of disciplines and in all languages
- Review and resolve interlibrary lending and borrowing problem requests
- Monitor and report and/or resolve problems with interlibrary loan/document delivery systems
- Respond to customer emails and phone calls
- Oversee and review collection maintenance activities such as weeding, rehousing, and re-labeling collection materials
Minimum Education/Experience Requirements:
- ALA-accredited master’s degree in library or information science
- Significant experience working in resource sharing/interlibrary loan/document delivery
- Knowledge of interlibrary loan processes, best practices, and management
- Experience with library systems (e.g., OCLC WorldShare, Relais, Voyager, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot technology, systems, and hardware problems
- Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritize, coordinate, and implement projects
- Knowledge and experience handling and maintaining a major research collection which includes material that is rare, old, and/or in poor condition
- Strong commitment to customer service
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to contribute and collaborate effectively as a member of a team as well as lead a team
- Knowledge of US copyright law as it applies to library services
- Supervisory/leadership experience
- Project management experience
Working Conditions
- Work performed at a federal research library in Beltsville, MD
- Working schedule 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Monday-Friday
- No travel required
- Lift and carry 25 pounds
- Use library stools and ladders and retrieve or shelve material above head
- Push book trucks with material weighing up to 200 pounds
Employment Requirements:
- Must be able to pass a criminal background investigation
- Must successfully complete a pre-employment drug test and comply with all requirements of the company substance abuse policy.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can apply by sending their resume to [email protected]
Company Overview:
Hedgelan Consulting is technical, administrative and professional consulting firm, providing the Federal Government with a variety of services and support. Offerings include administrative staffing support, records management, workforce development, including succession planning, information technology support, and acquisitions support.
Located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, the company is a woman-owned, small-disadvantaged business with HUBZone certification.