Library Director, Newmarket Public Library, Newmarket, NH

Posted January 9, 2019

The Newmarket Public Library Board of Trustees is seeking a Library Director who is experienced, enthusiastic, innovative, and very public service orientated. The Director oversees a staff of seven part-time employees, a collection of approximately 39,000 book and media items, and an annual budget of 315,183.

 

Duties:

The Library Director reports to the Board of Trustees and plans, implements, and manages all services to the public; including library operations, personnel selection and supervision, collection development, establishing new programming that is innovative, creative and responsive to the needs of the community, policy management, annual budget preparation and fiscal management of the library facility.

 

Qualifications:  

Applicants must have an ALA-accredited Master’s Degree in Library Science, strong communication skills and minimum of three years of increasingly advanced public library administrative and supervisory experience.

 

The candidate should be well organized, have excellent written and verbal skills, be current with the lastest technological resources; preferably have experience with The Library Corporation’s automation system; have the ability to oversee the library’s website; have the ability to establish working relationships with town officials, community leaders and boards, and the general public to provide a community-centered library for the town of Newmarket.

 

To view the job description, go to the library website http://newmarketlibrary.org/index.html. 

Deadline:  

Applications need to be received by January 23, 2019

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resumé and three professional references to:

Mary Mahoney, Chair, Board of Trustees

Newmarket Public Library

1 Elm Street

Newmarket, NH  03857

                      Newmarket is an equal opportunity employer.