Youth Services Manager - Hilliard Branch

Youth Services Manager - Hilliard Branch
About the Position:
As a Youth Services Manager, you will lead and supervise youth services’ staff at multiple levels. The Youth Services team’s primary focus is driving our Young Minds Strategy forward through programming, services, and collection management. The Young Minds Strategy outlines the programs and initiatives that CML runs to support youth 0-18 years old to help them build the foundation for a successful life.
Position Schedule
- Combination of mornings, afternoons, and evenings (as scheduled)
- Friday/Saturday rotation (as scheduled)
- Sundays 1:00-5:00p (as assigned)
The Young Minds Strategy focuses on three (3) categories:
- Ready for Kindergarten; building kindergarten readiness skills for ages 0-5
- Third Grade Reading; supports and promotes early literacy development for K-3rd grade
- High School Graduation; support and preparation for tweens and teens
What You’ll Do:
- Leads multiple levels of staff in completing essential duties of library operations with primary focus on driving the Young Minds strategy forward through programming, services and collection management. Sets individual performance measurements for staff and holds them accountable. Responsibilities include managing, hiring, orienting and evaluating assigned team.
- Assists with problem solving at local and system level.
- Assumes responsibility for the operation of the location in the absence of another manager.
- Trains staff to perform job duties and tasks including applying and interpreting policies, procedures, and service expectations.
- Trains staff on use and troubleshooting of library technologies and equipment.
- Prepares and manages budgets as assigned.
- Organizes and schedules team and its activities. Identifies opportunities for synergy and integration.
- Communicates system initiatives to staff and customers.
- Establishes and maintains collaborations with community agencies including schools & daycares and promotes library services through community outreach.
- Supervises volunteers as assigned.
- Manages customer complaints until issue resolution is reached. Assists in the delivery of services to the customer at all service points. Maintains personal skills to assure quality of service in areas of library collections, technology, reference, readers’ advisory and circulation.
- Participates and presents at local, state and national conferences.
- Performs additional duties as assigned including leading and serving on task forces, committees, etc.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree required; Master’s of Library Science or Master’s of Library and Information Science Degree preferred.
- 3-5 years’ experience working with youth in libraries or a similar field required.
- Supervisory experience preferred.
- Ability to express self effectively and concisely, both orally and in writing.
- Acts with the customer in mind using information gained from interacting with the customers. Meets the expectations and requirements of external and internal customers.
- Ability to operate library technology including personal computer, email, software programs (i.e. Windows/Microsoft Office) and other job-related equipment and systems.
- Ability to utilize reliable transportation to promptly report to job assignment and other locations, per job requirements.
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