Broadband and AI Senior Analyst- Library Department

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About the Department

The award-winning San José Public Library (SJPL) consists of more than
600employees, a 23% bilingual workforce, and has
24 branch libraries across San José, in addition to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, which is the city's main library jointly operated through a unique partnership with San José State University. SJPL serves a diverse community of roughly one-million residents and currently has nearly 700,000 library members. It annually attracts over 6 millionvisitors (pre-pandemic) and circulates more than 8 million items per year.

Over the past few years, SJPL has cultivated a 21st century library experience dedicated to public service and committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion at its core. In addition to providing library services to the community, SJPL proudly leads two citywide initiatives - the Education and Digital Literacy Strategy and the Digital Empowerment and Broadband Strategy, which includes SJ Access - the number one provider of free public access to Wi-Fi connectivity.

SJPL's mission is to enrich lives by fostering lifelong learning and ensuring that every member of the community has access to a vast array of ideas and information. The library department is a place where people do great work and make a difference in our community. To see examples of SJPL's work and learn more about its impact, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Join us to make a difference!

Position Duties

The Library Department is recruiting a Broadband and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Analyst (Senior Analyst) to support the City's implementation of the Digital Empowerment and Broadband Strategy (Strategy). The Senior Analyst will lead the broadband permitting program and assist with development of AI governance and training for Library staff in alignment with the Strategy's work plan and SJPL's mission, vision, and principles.

The Senior Analyst is a member of Broadband and Partnerships Unit (Unit) in the Library's Digital Empowerment and Public Technology division, and reports directly to the Unit Program Manager.

The City Council approved Digital Empowerment and Broadband Strategy seeks to expand access to reliable wired and wireless broadband while advancing digital empowerment through equitable access to connectivity, technology, and digital skill-building for underserved communities. Executing this strategy requires accelerating broadband permitting with the telecom providers for small cell, macro cell, and fiber optic infrastructure, working collaboratively with the community on the aesthetics and other community concerns associated with broadband deployment, and managing the day-to-day permitting workflow across the multiple City departments responsible for review, permitting, and inspection.

The Senior Analyst directly influences over $500 million in private sector investment into the City. This private sector investment creates jobs, increases regional GDP, delivers Smart City capabilities across the city, and expands economic opportunities for the digitally underserved.

The Senior Analyst requires a broad set of skills including project management in an Agile environment, stakeholder coordination, contract development and…