Senior Community Library Manager

Contra Costa County’s Library Department is seeking qualified candidates to fill two (2) vacancies for the Senior Community Library Manager classification. These exciting opportunities are available at the Brentwood and Danville Libraries.

The Contra Costa County Library is a dynamic system of nearly 400 dedicated employees, including multilingual staff who make up 10% of the workforce. Together, they serve 26 diverse communities across the county.

Each year, the Library welcomes more than 2.4 million visitors and circulates approximately 4.8 million items.

The Library’s Strategic Plan guides its commitment to fostering personal and community engagement through literacy and reading. This plan shapes the Library’s priorities, ensuring it delivers essential services and resources in safe and welcoming spaces. The Library is deeply committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and is actively working to advance anti-racist practices within the organization.

As a County Department, the Library works to ensure every resident can learn, grow, and thrive in strong, inclusive communities.

• A thoughtful and strategic decision-maker who exhibits sound and accurate judgment and uses data, community insights, and emerging trends to inform decisions, measure success, and respond effectively to evolving needs.
• An adaptable, flexible, and innovative professional who embraces change as an opportunity for growth, develops responsive practices, and guides staff through change with clarity, empathy, and confidence.
• A relationship-builder and people developer who builds trust and strong relationships, coaches, develops, and motivates employees, strengthens teams, and fosters collaboration, accountability, growth, and continuous improvement.
• A collaborative community partner who is passionate about public libraries, employee development, and community engagement, builds effective partnerships, represents the Library with professionalism and purpose, and engages people of all ages and backgrounds.
• A leader who inspires exceptional customer service by encouraging staff to embrace a growth mindset, think creatively, and deliver outstanding service while cultivating a positive, high-performing workplace culture.
• A champion of equity and inclusion who brings a strong equity lens to their work, values diverse perspectives, and creates a safe, welcoming, inclusive, and efficient environment where staff, visitors, and the broader community can thrive.
• An organized and energetic manager who coordinates daily operations, manages multiple initiatives and competing priorities, and thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while responding effectively to the evolving needs of staff and the community.

• Advancing strategic goals and initiatives aligned with the Library’s vision, mission, values, and brand.
• Building collaborative relationships with staff, community partners, and county stakeholders to strengthen library services and community connections.
• Staying current on trends and emerging technologies and applying best practices and creative thinking to meet evolving community needs.
• De-escalating and resolving conflicts with sound judgment while guiding staff through challenging customer and interpersonal situations and maintaining a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment.
• Fostering psychological safety and accountability where employees feel comfortable contributing ideas, asking questions, learning from mistakes, and taking responsibility for shared expectations and results.
• Overseeing effective collection management through materials selection, timely…