Project Manager, Sustainable California Libraries LSTA Grant

Overview

The Sustainable California Libraries project, a partnership between the Pacific Library Partnership (PLP) and the California State Library, strengthens resource‑sharing and access to information, services, and opportunity with an emphasis on local community strengths and challenges throughout the California library community. This project builds on the prior work of the Sustainable California Libraries LSTA funded project, as well as participation with the national Sustainable Libraries Initiative.

Key deliverables of this project include creating and training a cohort of thirty library staff from fifteen library jurisdictions. Activities include recruitment and development of the cohort, an orientation at CLA pre‑conference, regularly scheduled cohort meetings, and a summit. Through this, the project will train staff to develop and implement local programs and services that promote resiliency and sustainability. State and local community partnerships will help communities and library staff learn and adopt sustainable practices.

• Work with the California State Library (CSL) and the Pacific Library Partnership (PLP) staff in planning, development, delivery, and evaluation of the activities of the Sustainable California Libraries project.
• Perform evaluations of participants through LSTA surveying and ensure successful fiscal oversight, reporting, and timely submission of fiscal and narrative reports.
• Design and plan the project, coordinate a pre‑conference session at the California Library Association conference, recruit and select the cohort, facilitate communities of practice, manage supplies and speaker fees, coordinate the sustainability summit, and collect and report data.
• Full list of activities can be found below.

• Experience with library programs and services, sustainability programming, co‑design, community engagement, and evaluation.
• Effective communication skills—both oral and written—along with active listening and openness to others’ ideas.
• Self‑starter with high organizational and time‑management skills; ability to meet deadlines and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Collaborative work style with ability to develop networks and relationships with team members and stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Zoom, Teams, Microsoft Office 365, Google Documents, and survey software.
• Ability to analyze and manipulate data, create charts and presentations.
• Experience in project management, facilitation and coordination, including event scheduling.
• Preferred experience in grant management, budgeting and tracking expenditures, surveying, and reporting.
• Must live in California.