Director of Library and Academic Support Services

Salary: $94,020.00 - $ Annually
Location : Dearborn, MI, MI
Job Type: LO-71 Full Time
Job Number:
Division: Library
Department: Library
Opening Date: 05/15/2026
Closing Date: Continuous

Position Description Summary
Henry Ford College presents an opportunity for the Director of Library and Academic Support Services.

Reporting to the VP of Academic Affairs, the Director of Library and Academic Support Services provides administrative vision and leadership to ensure the college meets the information and educational needs of HFC's learning community by providing resources, instruction, and support critical for student success. The Director understands how community college learners use information, applying best practices for the teaching of information literacy to enhance students' abilities to access and apply knowledge through various tools and approaches to learning.

Leading a diverse team of faculty, staff, and student workers across various bargaining units and classifications, the Director exercises data-informed, evidence-based decision-making to oversee operations, strategic planning, budgeting and purchasing, technology, and resource management for both the Library and Learning Lab. In collaboration with academic departments and programs across the college, the Director works to grow and improve academic support services that facilitate learning beyond the classroom while improving student success.

Hours:
The generally scheduled workday is from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday; however, evening and weekend duties and projects may arise during other hours of operation.
Core Competencies and Qualifications

Any Education, experience, and training that demonstrates proficiency and the ability to perform the essential duties will be evaluated for equivalency to the education, competencies, and experience qualifications listed below.

• Master of Library Science (or equivalent) from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited institution.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible leadership in a library, including management of resources and supervision of personnel (full- or part-time) required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of library operations and the ability to evaluate, implement, and manage multiple departments to ensure optimal library user access and efficient management of resources required.
• Administrative experience in library management, strategic and operational planning, project management, and budgeting required.
• Demonstrated understanding of information literacy, critical thinking, and the national frameworks that guide academic library services.
• Demonstrated experience with and/or commitment to the improvement of student success through the development of accessible and effective academic support services required.

Position-Specific Core Competencies:

• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Strategic Thinking: Formulates effective strategies consistent with the business and competitive strategy of the organization in a global economy; examines policy issues and strategic planning with a long-term perspective; determines objectives and sets priorities; anticipates potential threats or opportunities.
• Creative Thinking: Uses imagination to develop new insights into situations and apply innovative solutions to problems; designs new methods where established methods and procedures are inapplicable or are unavailable.
• Thinking Innovatively:
  Constantly searches for new ways of improving existing processes and doing things more efficiently; strives to understand what is missing from the current product stream, and searches for new ideas for product improvement everywhere; attempts to address product gaps and build the business by creating innovative and unique solutions.
• Leading People: Leads people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals while providing an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of…