Senior Librarian – Bilingual Language Skills Preferred (Open & Promotional)

JOB Note: This recruitment schedule was amended on October 18, 2023 to extend the Final Filing Date.
This recruitment has been changed to "Continuous.
"PLEASE NOTE: This bulletin was modified October 5, 2023.
The deadline to apply for this position is 11:59pm on October 18, 2023.
Apply for a Senior Librarian – Bilingual Language Skills Preferred position with San Mateo County Libraries and become a part of an award-winning team and work with amazing people! As a valued member of our 5-star organization, you'll collaborate with a remarkable group of individuals who share your passion for library excellence.
We invite you to be part of our innovative and well-funded library system, where your creativity and project management skills can thrive without limits.
We currently have multiple openings, including a position within our Access Services Division in San Mateo and multiple vacancies at Community Libraries across our system.
Access Services Senior Librarian: Are you a forward-thinking visionary dedicated to enhancing access to library collections? Do you have a passion for ensuring that our library's acquisitions are both relevant and easily accessible, while promoting equity in our community? Are you eager to expand our library's cardholder base and streamline operational processes for greater efficiency? Do you possess the leadership qualities necessary to guide and mentor a close-knit team of staff members? If you answered yes to these questions, this is your chance to shine.
Your dynamic, daily responsibilities will encompass supervising our Access Services team and actively participating in collaborative projects.
You'll play a pivotal role in our collections and increasing library engagement, all while fostering innovative community-centric approaches.
The position of Access Services Senior Librarian is not just a job; it's an opportunity for you to lead and shape the future of our organization.
With growth potential and the opportunity to establish practices to lead the public library community forward, this job is for you.
Community Library Senior Librarian: Make a difference in our communities by helping to create an informed community through creative outreach, exciting programming, and innovative technology.
We respect and value equity and inclusion, we celebrate diversity, and bilingual skills are always a plus.
Successful candidates will be excited about new challenges, eager to learn, and energized by working with people from a variety of backgrounds.
This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled librarian to step into a supervisory role as part of a progressive, forward-thinking organization! The eligible list generated by this recruitment may be used to fill current and future vacancies throughout San Mateo County Libraries.
There are currently multiple vacancies to be filled including in our Access Services Division based in San Mateo and multiple locations at our Community Libraries.
Library staff are required to work weekends and evenings.
Because of the diversity of the communities we serve, bilingual language skills (Mandarin, Cantonese, or Spanish) are strongly preferred.
NOTE: This recruitment will fill multiple and anticipated future vacancies throughout the library system.
Under the direction of Community Managers, the Community LibrarySenior Librarian will: Assist in oversight of the day-to-day operations of a community library.
Supervise, coach, and mentor an engaged team of staff and ensure that every customer has a positive experience.
Provide excellent customer service and develop innovative, relevant community outreach and programs.
Continually train and develop staff in areas of customer service, product knowledge, collection management, and visual merchandising.
Evaluate the effectiveness of programs and conduct community needs assessments.
Design and deliver virtual and in-person training to build staff capacity to support system priorities.
Represent the library in the community and build relationships with stakeholders including elected officials, schools, Friends of the Library groups, and other community organizations.
Under the direction of the Access Services Division Manager, the Access Services Senior Librarian will: Oversee equitable collection development, ensuring a diverse and up-to-date collection that meets educational, informational, and entertainment needs of the community is available (selection, purchase, layout, and deselection).
Ensure our practices and guidelines are centered in community need and are regularly updated with corresponding training for all public services staff.
Oversee needs assessment, evaluation, selection, licensing, renewing, and the coordination of the library’s public use subscription databases.
Support staff in managing multiple contracts and agreements with our various vendors.
Analyze existing collections, community trends, and ILS data to identify the needs and interests of diverse communities, anticipates public demand, and improves collection performance.
Collect and rigorously interpret data related to library performance and submit statistical reports regularly.
Advocate for the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, Freedom to Read Statement and Freedom to View Statement, recognizing that freedom of access is a fundamental tenet of a public library.
Analyze and respond to data and community trends to drive purchasing decisions to ensure a highly utilized collection.
Supervise and support the Access Services team, providing professional development, guidance, and coaching as needed.
The ideal candidate will be: Excited about new projects and challenges and energized by working in a rapidly changing environment.
Engaged and skilled in every aspect of public libraries, able to juggle many tasks and modeling excellence in library operations.
Passionate about the library’s vision and enthusiastic about inspiring a team to apply it to daily operations and goal setting.
A creative problem solver that has great ideas to share with others.
A positive, enthusiastic librarian with strong interpersonal and advanced technological skills.
Skilled at promoting library services to the community through education and outreach.
A relationship builder who is skilled creating impactful community partnerships.
Skilled at recruiting, supervising, and retaining a diverse and talented team of staff.
A talented communicator, able to adjust communication styles for a variety of audiences and stakeholders.
Passionate for staying ahead of library trends and presenting to colleagues locally and nationally.
Able to create a positive team environment for the department that fosters collegiality and innovation and empowers staff.
A good listener and communicator, present positive attitude, enjoy working cooperatively as a team member, and place top priority on customer service.
Able to foster a welcoming and inclusive library environment through user-centered and equitable patron service practices and consistent staff development.
Passionate and creative about marketing and able to advocate for clear campaigns with measurable goals to provide the greatest level of service to our community members.
SAN MATEO COUNTY LIBRARIESSan Mateo County Libraries is a Joint Powers Authority comprised of 11 member cities and the unincorporated areas of San Mateo County.
Our family of libraries include Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Millbrae, North Fair Oaks, Pacifica-Sharp Park, Pacifica- Sanchez, Portola Valley, San Carlos and Woodside.
Our service area spans rural and urban communities, with approximately 279,000 residents, 65% of whom have library cards.
For more information about San Mateo County Libraries, please visit www.
smcl.
orgNOTE: The eligible list generated by this recruitment may be used to fill current and future vacancies throughout San Mateo County Libraries.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION Open and Promotional.
Anyone may apply.
Current County of San Mateo and County of San Mateo Superior Court of California employees with at least six months (1040 hours) of continuous service in a classified regular, probationary, Confidential and Management extra-help/limited term, and SEIU or AFSCME represented extra help/limited term positions prior to the final filing date will receive five points added to their final passing score on this examination.
Responses to the supplemental questions must be submitted in addition to our regular employment application form.
A resume will not be accepted as a substitute for the required employment application and supplemental questionnaire.
The examination process will consist of an application screening (weight: pass/fail) based on the candidates' application and responses to the supplemental questions.
Candidates who pass the application screening will be invited to a panel interview (weight: 100%).
Depending on the number of applicants, an application appraisal of education and experience may be used in place of other examinations or further evaluation of work experience may be conducted to group applicants by level of qualification.
All applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through any subsequent phase of the examination.
All examinations will be given in San Mateo County, California and applicants must participate at their own expense.
IMPORTANT: Applications for this position will only be accepted online.
If you are currently on the County's website, you may click the 'Apply' button above or below.
If you are not on the County's website, please go to https://jobs.
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org/ to apply.
This is a continuous recruitment which may close at any time.
The final filing date will be posted 5 days in advance in the San Mateo County Human Resources Department.
Apply immediately.
This recruitment is open on a continuous basis and selections may be made at any time within the process.
TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE Final Filing Date: ContinuousSan Mateo County is centrally located between San Francisco, San Jose, and the East Bay.
With over 750,000 residents, San Mateo is one of the largest and most diverse counties in California and serves a multitude of culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse communities.
The County of San Mateo is committed to advancing equity in order to ensure that all employees are welcomed in a safe and inclusive environment.
The County seeks to hire, support, and retain employees who reflect our diverse community.
We encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.
Eighty percent of employees surveyed stated that they would recommend the County as a great place to work.
San Mateo County is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels.
Analyst: Sedrick Dixon (10042023) (Senior Librarian - K003)