Deputy Director



Job Details

Deputy Director
Employer

Champaign Public Library

Salary

$87,882.80 - $112,205.18 Annually

Location

IL 61820, IL

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Number

092316

Department

Administration

Opening Date

09/23/2016

Closing Date

Continuous

Description

The Champaign Public Library is seeking an experienced, creative, forward-looking public library leader and manager. The Deputy Director will work closely with the Library Director and management team to provide the highest level of library service to our community.

Commitment to delivering extraordinary customer service, exciting programs, and appealing collections is highly desired, as are excellent communication skills, a talent for inspiring others, ability to work collaboratively, and a passion for making our library the best it can be.

Assists Library Director in overseeing and managing all library operations and services system-wide. Serves as Administrative Manager for Personnel, Adult Services, Children's Services, Circulation Services, Technical Services, Douglass Branch Library, and Security Services. Has in-charge duties in the absence of Library Director.

Distinguishing Features of the Class

Work involves responsibility for the supervision and effective operation of daily Library functions, for all personnel functions, and public service departments. The Deputy Director works with the Library Director in planning and implementing library services, planning budgets and proposing policies to the Library Board of Trustees.

Examples of Duties

• Recruits, interviews, and hires all staff except Library Director, pre-professionals, temporaries, and pages; helps orient and train employees as needed

• Collaborates with Library Directory in making recommendations to Library Board regarding finances, administration, problems, staffing, planning, and policies; attends monthly Board meetings

• Helps plan, prepare, and implement annual library budget for approval by the Library Board; helps monitor expenditures and operational costs throughout the year

• Helps Director oversee management of entire library system to ensure excellent customer service through effective staffing, collections development, technology applications, facilities maintenance and improvements, finances, marketing, workplace safety and security, and short/long-range planning

• Interacts and communicates effectively with customers, staff, Library Board, Library Foundation, Douglass Branch Advisory Committee, and Friends of the Library; models customer service expectations and leadership skills; promotes open communication.

• Assumes leadership of library system in Library Director's absence

• Participates in library programming and community activities and provides positive image of the library

Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of public library practices, management techniques, collection development, and technology applications

• Extensive knowledge of personnel management and public library budgetary practices and responsibilities

• Proven leadership and management skills that foster teamwork, effective communication, and high morale

• Ability to plan, implement, and evaluate effective library services, strategies, and facilities

• Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and facilitation skills

• Evidence of past community involvement

• Strong commitment to public service

• Ability to interact harmoniously and communicate well with staff and customers

• Excellent communication skills, oral and written, and public-speaking/presentation skills

• Excellent computer, word-processing and Internet skills

• Satisfactory criminal background check and pre-employment drug screening

Acceptable Experience and Training

• MLS from an ALA accredited library school

• Five years of increasingly responsible public library experience including supervisory experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with strategic planning

• Knowledge of HR laws and regulations

• Experience with fundraising and grant-writing

• Contributions to the library profession through local and/or national professional associations

The Champaign Public Library offers a comprehensive benefit package to regular full- and part-time employees that includes paid sick leave, vacation, and nine paid holidays each year.

Employees working 29 hours or less are not eligible for health insurance.

Other benefits include health and life insurance, and participation in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund pension plan, and access to a variety of other programs, such as dental and vision insurance, Employee Assistance Program, and deferred compensation plans.

01
Do you have an ALA-accredited Master's Degree?
  • Yes
  • No
02
Select the choice that best matches your years of experience in library management.
  • 0 to less than 5 years
  • 5 or more years
03
Select the choice that best matches your years of experience in supervising employees.
  • 0 to less than 5 years
  • 5 or more years
04
What is the amount of the operating budget that you oversee in your current position? [The answer box will allow you to enter 12 lines of text.]
05
What is the population served by your current position?
06
How many full-time direct reports do you currently supervise? [The answer box will allow you to enter 12 lines of text.]
07
What is the number of full-time staff at your current place of employment?
08
How many employees have you had final action in hiring?
09
Please indicate in which of the following area(s) you have had extensive professional work experience. Select all that apply.
  • Collections
  • Reference
  • Circulation
  • Adult Services
  • Children's Services
  • Teen Services
  • Technical Services
  • Development/Fundraising
  • Promotions
10
Describe your experience working with a policy-making board. If you have no experience in this area, enter N/A. [The answer box will allow you to enter 12 lines of text.]
11
Describe your experience with fundraising. If you have no experience in this area, enter N/A. [The answer box will allow you to enter 12 lines of text.]
12
Give an example of how you identified and followed through on an opportunity to develop a collaboration or partnership between your organization and a community agency. What was the result of your effort? [The answer box will allow you to enter 12 lines of text.]
13
Do you have municipal government experience?
  • Yes
  • No
14
Describe how your skills, experience, and interests prepare you to be the best candidate for this position at the Champaign Public Library. [The answer box will allow you to enter 12 lines of text.]
15
I understand that I am required to submit with this application the names and contact information of three professional references. If you have not included this information in your application profile, please return to your application and complete this requirement.
  • I have included the names of three references in my application

* Required Question

Employer
Champaign Public Library
Address
200 West Green Street

Champaign, Illinois, 61820
Phone
217-403-2051

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