Librarian III at Rochelle Public Library

Librarian III – Community Engagement, Outreach & Access Services

Department Head
New Rochelle Public Library | New Rochelle, NY

The New Rochelle Public Library (NRPL) is seeking an innovative, collaborative, and community-centered library leader to serve as our Librarian III – Community Engagement, Outreach & Access Services.

This newly envisioned department-head position will play a key role in shaping how NRPL connects with and serves the New Rochelle community—both inside and beyond the Library’s walls. The Librarian III will lead a comprehensive approach to community engagement, outreach, circulation and patron access, library membership growth, community partnerships, and the future expansion of neighborhood-based library services .

We are looking for a leader who sees community engagement as more than attending events. At NRPL, engagement begins with introducing residents to the Library, continues through their experience accessing our spaces, collections, programs, technology, and services, and extends into the relationships we build throughout the community.

New Rochelle Public Library (NRPL) serves a dynamic, diverse, and rapidly growing community of more than 80,000 residents in Westchester County, NY. The system includes the Main Library and the Huguenot Children’s Library, the only free-standing children’s library in Westchester County.

NRPL is deeply engaged in community-centered service, outreach, and long-term planning, with a strong focus on expanding access and creating meaningful connections throughout the community. With significant capital investment underway and opportunities to reimagine how library services reach residents across the city, this is an exciting time to join NRPL and help shape the future of public library service.

New Rochelle offers excellent schools, waterfront access, vibrant neighborhoods, and easy rail access to New York City—making this an exciting opportunity for a librarian who is passionate about community engagement, access, and creating responsive library services for all ages.

Reporting to the Assistant Director – Library Services, Learning & Engagement, the Librarian III will provide strategic leadership for the Community Engagement & Access Services Department and will:

• Develop and lead NRPL’s community engagement and outreach strategy.
• Provide strategic oversight of Circulation and patron access services.
• Develop initiatives to increase library awareness, membership, participation, and equitable access.
• Lead and coordinate outreach efforts, including community events, Pre K-12 school visits, resource fairs, summer camps, library card drives, pop-up libraries, senior outreach, and neighborhood engagement with significant assistance from Youth and Adult Services teams
• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with schools, government agencies, nonprofits, businesses, cultural institutions, community organizations, and other partners.
• Identify barriers to library access and recommend innovative approaches to reaching infrequent library users and underserved populations.
• Strengthen the patron experience through improved registration, onboarding, navigation, customer service, and access practices.
• Develop departmental goals, work plans, policies, performance measures, and budgets.
• Use data to assess library card growth, outreach participation, circulation trends, geographic reach, patron satisfaction, service equity, and overall community engagement.
• Recruit, coach, mentor, evaluate, and develop staff while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and exceptional public service.
• Collaborate extensively with Adult Services, Youth Services, Circulation, Technical Services, Marketing, Facilities,…