Librarian Ii - Library

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PAY RANGE - $62,628.80 - $89,273.60/yr - plus a comprehensive benefits package

Provides specialized public library services; performs directly related work as required.

The principal function of an employee in this class is to provide library services requiring a high level of expertise and experience. The work is performed under the supervision and direction of a Librarian III, but considerable leeway is granted for the exercise of independent judgement and initiative. This class differs from that of Librarian I by the responsibility for staff direction and/or exercise of a high level of technical specialization.

Direction is exercised over the work of Librarian I’s, Assistant Librarians, Library Technicians, Administrative Assistant I, Library Pages, Library Volunteers and Interns. The nature of the work performed requires that an employee in this class establish and maintain effective working relationships with other library employees, and the general public. The principal duties of this class are performed in a public service or general office environment.

• Performs professional Librarian duties with expertise and experience in a specialized area, such as scheduling staff at a large library location, coordinating volunteers and interns, coordinating library social media and technology presences, and/or the library’s database/online catalog;
• Assists with hiring and training the Librarian I position; recruits, onboards, and supervises library volunteers;
• Schedules desk coverage within the division and records time-off requests;
• May perform the duties of other classes as necessary to provide timely and effective service to patrons or other library operations and services;
• Performs program planning, including scheduling presenters, writing descriptions, designing promotional materials, promotion through social media, community calendars, and newspapers, setting up for programs and introducing presenters, recording attendance, and soliciting feedback;
• Creates eye-catching displays of books on topics of interest to patrons;
• Determines patron needs and provides guidance, information, technological assistance, readers advisory and related library services;
• Maintains a knowledge of reference services within the library and provides reference services to patrons on a wide variety of subjects and educational levels;
• Maintains and troubleshoots technology and assists with technology questions;
• Explores all possible information sources for inquiring patrons, including all materials within the library system of Manchester, contributing Libraries in the inter-library loan program, and other related sources as necessary;
• Maintains a safe and secure library environment through monitoring patron adherence to library procedures and guidelines and maintaining an awareness of all persons within the facility;
• Plans, prepares, and directs or conducts youth and adult programs, such as technology classes and online searching skills as assigned;
• Reviews and makes recommendations for the materials collection at assigned locations and on weeding and ordering;
• Ensures library equipment is in working order, including performing routine maintenance;
• Supervises subordinate positions at the assigned location;
• Ensures that patron service problems are resolved in a courteous and timely…