Assistant Library Director

MLS from an ALA accredited graduate school. Five years full time professional experience in a public library environment, including four years with supervisory and managerial responsibilities.

Verifiable leadership, teambuilding, budgeting, and fiscal management skills.

Benefits: 40-hour work week, paid vacation, paid holidays, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund,

health insurance.

Salary: $50,000 depending on experience

Within the goals, policies and guidelines assume overall responsibility for the development and delivery of high-quality library services and for the administration, operation, and supervision of staff. Duties are defined substantially by, but not necessarily limited to, the following:

• Ongoing Library Operations. Coordinate and oversee day-to-day library operations, including the delivery of library services and facility management.
• Short and Long-range Planning. Coordinate all planning efforts of the staff to include: developing, implementing and evaluating library services; building and maintaining a strong, balanced, up-to-date and useful collection of library materials.
• Personnel Management. Provide for recruitment, training, supervision, evaluation, motivation and ongoing development of a highly effective, responsive and service-oriented staff.
• Public Awareness and Community Relations. Develop and sustain a public information program that effectively informs the community about library services and promotes a strong library presence in Macomb.
• Development:
  Work with Friends of the Library with their book sales.

In order to perform these duties effectively and adhere to the library’s commitment to high quality public service, the Assistant Library Director must possess, and will be expected to consistently exhibit, the qualities and capabilities included as General Performance Requirements on the following page.

• Competence relates primarily to technical aspects of the job: the ability to learn various job functions, to perform them correctly and completely, and to understand why they are necessary and how they affect library operations and other staff members.
• Productivity is the ability to function efficiently and purposefully so as to produce the expected volume of useful work in a timely manner.
• Initiative is the capacity to view one’s duties broadly rather than narrowly, to be a “self-starter”, to anticipate problems or needs and be resourceful in handling them, to step forward to address issues without being specifically directed to do so and to take responsibility for thorough and effective follow-through.
• Commitment is characterized by dedication and a sense of responsibility to co-workers and the library as well as to the job. Committed employees can be relied on to set a good example for co-workers.
• Judgment is the ability to make appropriate decisions given both the situation at hand and the employee’s position at the library, to exercise discretion where needed and to correctly establish priorities between multiple responsibilities.
• Teamwork is the capacity to interact and communicate effectively with co-workers for the common good of the staff and the library. A cooperative, non-competitive spirit, supportiveness, courtesy, and respect for the feelings, circumstances and perspectives of others all contribute to teamwork and staff cohesiveness.
• Effective Public Service and Interpersonal Contact:
  Responsiveness, courtesy, helpfulness, the ability to speak and write clearly and grammatically, a neat personal appearance.
• Professionalism includes bringing to the job a variety of knowledge and expertise in the fields of library and information science. This is characterized by a skillful implementation of library procedures, operations and services, as well as by a willingness to keep abreast of library trends.
• Leadership:
  Effective leaders exhibit creative problem-solving skills and the ability to grow and develop in times of change.

Application and job description available on library website ()

Additional information

Please submit letter of interest and a resume.

Macomb Public Library District is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.

Application Contact

HR Department

Apply To

Macomb Public Library HR Department
235 S. Lafayette Street
Macomb , IL

Macomb Public Library District, McDonough County