[Michlib-l] Fwd: Job opportunity--Lapeer District Library reference librarian

[Melissa Malcolm]

Hi everyone--

I apologize--I jumped the gun on this one and sent it out before my staff
member had the job posted.  Thus, the job description is not there yet so
you'll get an error message.

Give it a day or two?  Hoping some of you might be  interested!

melissa

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From: Melissa Malcolm <melissa at lib.lapeer.org>
Date: Tue, May 26, 2020 at 3:30 PM
Subject: Job opportunity--Lapeer District Library reference librarian
To: Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>


The Lapeer District Library is seeking an experienced, creative and
enthusiastic department head for its reference department.  The job site
for this posting is at the Marguerite deAngeli Branch, but the person in
this position travels to the smaller branches to directly administer
collection development for the non-fiction collection  and to work with
branch staff on the provision of services.

The person in this position has been scheduled to work Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, and Monday from 11:00 am to
8:00 pm.  (This schedule will resume when the library is fully open.)  The
reference services department head also provides direct supervision on
every fifth Saturday at the deAngeli Branch from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.  Other
evening and weekend hours will be required to provide the programming
needed within the library system.   The weekly schedule could change
depending upon the candidate and the library's staffing and programming
priorities.

In addition to serving as the reference  librarian at the main branch
(Marguerite deAngeli Branch Library), the person in this position is
responsible for development of the adult non-fiction collections at the six
small branches within the library system and for providing guidance to the
branch staff regarding reference services. Job description for a department
head is here:
https://library.lapeer.org/about-us/employment/library-department-head.pdf.


Other qualities required?  enthusiastic and positive interactions with
teens and adults; kindness; empathy; sense of humor; tech savvy; ability to
create own marketing tools and press releases; desire to make outreach to
the community a priority; innovative programming; risk taker.
Hours: 40 hours per week.  Includes evenings & weekends.

Salary range:  Starting salary is $45,000.  Salary may be negotiated at a
higher starting rate based on experience.

Benefits: health & dental (employee contributes 20% of medical and 10% of
dental),  retirement (MERS defined benefit); 457 plans;  short- and
long-term disability insurance; paid time off (PTO)

Electronic submission is required.  Please submit a letter of interest and
resume, along with the names and contact information for three professional
references to Melissa Malcolm (melissa at lib.lapeer.org) by 5:00 pm on
Wednesday June 17, 2020.  This position is also posted on the MLA Jobline
site.

-- 
Melissa A. Malcolm
Library Director
Lapeer District Library "Where your story begins."
201 Village West Dr S
Lapeer, MI 48446
melissa at lib.lapeer.org
www.library.lapeer.org
810.664.9521 <callto:810.664.9521> ext. 3113
"If liberty and justice mean anything, then access means everything." --
Charles Ogletree


-- 
Melissa A. Malcolm
Library Director
Lapeer District Library "Where your story begins."
201 Village West Dr S
Lapeer, MI 48446
melissa at lib.lapeer.org
www.library.lapeer.org
810.664.9521 <callto:810.664.9521> ext. 3113
"If liberty and justice mean anything, then access means everything." --
Charles Ogletree
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