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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