Head of Children’s and Young Adult Services

Position Definition: Under the direction of the Executive Director, supervises the successful operation of the Children’s and Young Adult Departments. Responsible for collection development and programming.

Position Duties

• Responsible for recruitment, selection, training and evaluation of Children’s and Young Adult department staff.
• Assign duties, schedules, etc. to staff.
• Develops the collection by researching, selecting, ordering, and determining the location of items (books, audio tapes, periodicals, etc.) for the Children’s and Young Adult reference, fiction and non-fiction collections.
• Oversee the maintenance of existing collection by shelving, weeding, generating signage and promotion of new materials.
• Plans, develops, and conducts new programming for children and young adults throughout the year and maintains established programs.
• Provides reader’s advisory.
• Provides a Reading Program during summer months to include use of a theme via decorations and activities, scheduling of reading appointments, scheduling and providing entertainment.
• Generates promotional materials in conjunction with the Head of Marketing, i.e., brochures, flyers, and press releases to advertise programming and other activities.
• Writes monthly Children’s Department report to the Director.
• Purchases and oversees the assembly of furniture, equipment and fixtures for the Children’s and Young Adult Departments.
• Purchases supplies and prizes for programming and general use.
• Represents the Library through Outreach Programming such as school visits and promotional visits to local stores.
• Represents the Library at community events that involve children. May be called upon to do public speaking, run programs.
• Represent the Library at user’s group meetings for children and young adults.
• Attends in service and training sessions, as required.
• Participates in library-wide planning and decision-making as a member of the library management team to improve the quality of library services.
• Attends staff meetings. Responsible for informing staff of children’s issues and information.
• Oversees and works at Children’s Help desk

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in library science from a program accredited by the American Library Association & minimum of two (2) years’ public library experience working with youth.

(OR)

• Five years of experience working with youth in a public library.

Physical: Must be able to lift a minimum of 30 lbs, stand for at least 1 hour, have a driver’s license and vehicle.

Schedule: Full time – 35 hours/week, includes night and Saturday rotation.

Salary & Benefits: The salary for this position is $68,000-$70,000(commensurate with experience), plus full benefits, 401K match, paid vacation, person time and sick time. 

Note: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He/she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his/her supervisor.

*Please email resume to [email protected] to apply