Deputy Director of Library Services
Deputy Director of Library Services
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Job Description
The Solano County Library was established by the Board of Supervisors in 1914. The County Library resided in a number of locations until it moved to its first permanent home in Fairfield at the corner of Union and Texas streets in 1931 now a historical gem located adjacent to the new County Administration Center. Over the years the seven cities in the County joined left merged or affiliated with the Library.
Today the County Library serves six of the seven cities in the County Dixon Fairfield Rio Vista Suisun City Vacaville and Vallejo. Benicia has its own library but is partners with the County Library in providing an online catalog and databases to all County residents. The Solano County Library is thriving. From five libraries in 1990 it has grown to nine. Most of the libraries have been modernized with a focus on quick convenient customer service good collections of books movies music and more: nice furnishings uptodate technology and a place for people to come browse relax read and discuss the topics of the day.
Last year there were 1.5 million visits to the Library.
The Position
The Deputy Director of Library Services is responsible for the ongoing management over divisions of the Department of Library Services through subordinate managers and supervisors. Incumbents may be assigned responsibility for Public Services or Support Services and Community Engagementfor the County library system.The Deputy Director of Library Services serves as a member of the Librarys executive management team and is responsible for the planning development and implementation of goals objectives policies priorities and performance standards for the assigned divisions; participating in strategic planning for and implementation of major initiatives and new directions for library services; providing innovative leadership in a culture characterized by excellent service; developing evaluating and resolving service needs and related methods of delivery; and creating and maintaining relationships with community members and organizations.
The Support Services and Community Engagement deputy director leads the development and execution of strategies to build and foster relationships awareness and communication between the Library and the communities it serves. The position is responsible for developing communication strategies community engagement and outreach opportunities literacy and learning programs key stakeholder partnerships budgeting and grant writing and data analysis.
The Public Services deputy director oversees the work of public and technical services staff at multiple locations and fosters collaboration across a multibranch system; responds to personnel issues; addresses employee concerns and problems; confers with subordinates to review and monitor operations employee performance and other administrative matters; is responsible for a variety of personnel activities; and resolves the most complex problems. The position requires attention to detail the ability to manage and complete multiple complex projects concurrently and a broad understanding of public and technical services operations.
Ideal candidates will have a strong background in public library management preferably for a mid to largesized library system with a progressive vision of library services; excellent communication skills: effective written and oral communication skills are critical; strong analytical organizational and projectmanagement skills; experience with building trusting relationships; a successful track record of accomplishing specific outcomes that benefit both the library and the community; and are customer focused.
These positions are atwill senior management positions and are exempt from the civil service; incumbents serve at the discretion of the appointing authority.
POSITION REQUIREMENTSCurrent Solano County Library employees are invited to apply for this promotional opportunity.
Experience:Four years of progressively responsible supervisory experience providing library services and related activities including budgeting and planning/evaluation of services including two years in a library management position. AND
Education: A Masters Degree in Library Science is required from an accredited college oruniversity.
Must be a current Solano County Library employee to apply for this promotional opportunity.To view the job description for this position please visit:
Selection ProcessMay:00pm Deadline to submit application and required documents for first application review.
Based on the information provided in the application documents the qualified applicants may be invited for further examination and will either be prescheduled by the Department of Human Resources or be invited to selfschedule. All applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through any subsequent phase of the examination. Depending upon the number of applications received the selection process may consist of an initial application screening a mandatory information meeting a supplemental questionnaire assessment a written and/or practical exam an oral board exam or any combination listed. Responses to supplemental questions may be used as screening and testing mechanisms and will be used to assess an applicants ability to advance in the process; as such responses to supplemental questions should be treated as test examination responses. Information contained herein does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract.
All potential new hires and employees considered for promotion to management confidential positions or unrepresented positions will be subject to a background and reference check after contingent job offer is accepted. These provisions are subject to change.
RETIREES Solano County invites all to apply for positions; however pursuant to Government Code Section 21221(h) and 21224 hiring restrictions may apply to California Public Sector Pension Plan Retirees.
Document SubmittalA Masters degree is required for this position. All candidates are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of their college diploma (verifying the degree date earned and area of specialization) or official/unofficial transcripts (verifying institution student date degree and area of specialization conferred) by the final filing deadline. Candidates who fail to submit their diploma or transcripts by the final filing date may be disqualified from the recruitment.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: Candidates who attended a college or university that is accredited by a foreign or nonU.S. accrediting agency must have their educational units evaluated by an educational evaluation service. The result must be submitted to the Human Resources Department no later than the close of the recruitment. Please contact the local college or university to learn where this service can be obtained.
How to Submit Your Documents
In addition to uploading attachments when applying online candidates may submit documents by fax to (707)or by email to . Be sure to include the recruitment title (Deputy Director of Library Services) and the recruitment number () in your email or fax.
Americans with Disabilities Act
It is the policy of Solano County that all employment decisions and personnel policies will be applied equally to all County employees and applicants and be based upon the needs of County service job related merit and ability to perform the job.
APPLICANTS WITH DISABILITIES:Qualified individuals with a disability who are able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation and need an accommodation during any phase of the recruitment/testing/examination process (as detailed in the Selection Process) must complete the following Request for Testing Accommodation by Applicants with Disabilities Form.
This form must be received in the Human Resources Department by the application review deadline. Applicants will be contacted to discuss the specifics of the request.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
