MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY
To apply for this position:
Applicants must meet the Minimum Requirements listed below.
Click on one of the following links to complete the required Job
Application (a resume cannot be used as a substitute for any of the
requested information).
Online Version (MS Word format) -- Open the document and type DIRECTLY on
document; print and sign when finished.
Printable Version (PDF format) -- Print document and complete by HAND
(black ink only) or on a TYPEWRITER.
Submit a signed, hard copy of the completed application DIRECTLY to:
Department of Employee Relations
200 E. Wells Street, Room 706
Milwaukee WI 53202-3554
You may drop off the application on the 7th floor of City Hall (Room 706)
weekdays from 8:00 am - 4:45 pm (click here for exceptions).
The examination will be held as soon as practical after THURSDAY, DECEMBER
28, 2006. Receipt of applications may be discontinued at any time after
this date without prior notice, however, recruitment may continue until
the needs of the City are met. Qualified applicants will be notified by
mail as to the date, time and location of the examination.
Questions? Click here to send an email message.
For a Guide to the City's testing and selection process, click here.
PURPOSE: Serves as Librarian-in-Charge of one of the 12 neighborhood
libraries. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, managing the
overall operation of this agency including staff development, collection
development and maintenance, the service program, and overseeing the
general maintenance of the library building and grounds.
The Milwaukee Public Library is committed to providing the highest quality
of service to internal and external customers. In meeting this
commitment, employees are expected to be knowledgeable, competent,
dependable, and courteous in the performance of their job
responsibilities, and to work cooperatively as part of a team.
Reasonable accommodations requested by qualified individuals with
disabilities will be made in accordance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Direct and provide library service to the community.
Develops and directs staff to provide service to library users and
community contacts.
Manage and apply library policies to specific situation(s) taking into
consideration total library system needs.
Review materials to identify desirable resources in the light of community
needs as determined.
Oversee development and maintenance of collection using current selection
procedures and policies.
Communicate resource needs based on community served to designated
material selector(s).
Initiate contacts in the community and work with community organizations
in library connected programs and represent the library in community
organizations.
Serve on system-wide committees, interpret needs of neighborhood
libraries.
Oversee the security of the library and the manner in which the facility
and resources are used.
Function as a public service librarian in children's, young adult, or
adult services.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Master's Degree in Library Science from a library school accredited by the
American Library Association.
Five years of increasingly responsible professional librarian experience
(post MLS) including supervisory experience.
Residence in the City of Milwaukee within six months of appointment and
throughout employment.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
Strong customer service orientation.
Thorough knowledge of library organization, policies, services and trends.
Ability to supervise, direct and work effectively with staff, to work with
and interpret reader's needs, and to represent the library in a variety
of community groups.
Demonstrated capacity for developing staff and applying creative
approaches to utilize all resources of the library system for the benefit
of the population served.
Competence in delivery of computer services (i.e., word processing, use of
on-line reference resources, Internet use).
THE CURRENT SALARY RANGE (007) IS: $ 51,440 to $ 72,013 annually with
excellent benefits. Recruitment is normally at the beginning of the pay
range.
THE SELECTION PROCESS will be job related and will consist of one or more
of the following: training and experience evaluation; written, oral or
performance tests; or other assessment methods. The Department of
Employee Relations reserves the right to call only the most qualified
candidates to oral and performance examinations. Oral examinations may
include written exercises. Selection process component weights will be
determined by further analysis of the job.
THE EXAMINATION will be held as soon as practical after THURSDAY, DECEMBER
28, 2006. Receipt of applications may be discontinued at any time after
this date without prior notice, however, recruitment may continue until
the needs of the City have been met. Qualified applicants will be
notified by mail of the date, time and place of the examination. Persons
not accepted to an examination or removed from an eligible list may file a
written appeal (including basis upon which the appeal is made) which must
be received by the City Service Commission no later than ten calendar days
after the rejection notice was mailed.
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