Description
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
A Librarian Supervisor position is available at the Fort Worth Public Library at the Summerglen Library. The ideal candidate is customer-focused, enthusiastic about bringing library services to people in the community, and comfortable working with diverse populations including people of all ages, backgrounds, dispositions, and abilities.
All applicants must submit a cover letter and resume to be considered.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master’s degree from an ALA accredited college or university with major course work in library and information sciences
- Four years of professional library experience, including two years of lead responsibility.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to communicate with customers in Spanish.
- Knowledge of management principles and practices including goal setting, budget development/implementation, and staff development and motivation.
- Knowledge of modern professional library principles, practices, and procedures.
- Skill in using exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills that build and maintain strategic relationships with internal and external customers.
- Skill in hiring, motivating, developing, and directing staff in a collaborative team environment.
- Ability to work evenings and weekends.
- Ability to work at/travel to various locations.
The Librarian Supervisor’s job responsibilities include:
- Planning, organizing, and directing the day-to-day operations and staff of a branch library to ensure efficient and effective public service.
- Providing excellent customer service, including answering questions and helping customers locate materials and services of interest.
- Interpreting policy and procedures and resolving daily operational and customer issues.
- Ensuring that the location is well-ordered, appealing, and inviting; Manages the location’s overall collection, including promotion, maintenance, and weeding.
- Supervising staff, including planning and assigning work, performance management, scheduling, addressing complaints and resolving problems; training staff on basic job functions.
- Planning, implementing, and evaluating local outreach programs and services in conjunction with staff.
- Evaluates/assesses Library standards and services at location.
- Assisting customers with basic computer needs and emerging technologies.
Working Conditions and Physical Demand
Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, repetitive motions, climbing, balancing, pushing, pulling and lifting.
Light Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly having to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for the Sedentary Work category and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated Light Work.
