Thursday, January 19, 2012
Head of Children's Services - Fairfield Public Library
Head of Children's Services - Have you dreamed about
transforming children’s services? Would you like your staff to create
magical and exciting experiences for children and tweens? Fairfield Public Library
is looking for an outstanding leader for our children’s services
department. You must be incredibly knowledgeable on all aspects of
children’s services. If you are approachable, innovative, a programming
guru with a style that kids will gravitate towards, this position is for
you. You will manage a staff of 5 full-time employees as well as
part-time staff. You should have a demonstrated success in effectively
promoting library services to the community as you will guide your team
into our community and connect with schools, other town departments,
local businesses and other community agencies. The library has two
branches, with a town population of over 59,000. The library circulated
over 1,010,000 items in FY 2011 and is the second busiest library in CT.
Our library team believes we are a World Class Library and want all of
our programming to reflect that. Qualifications: A master’s degree in
library science from an ALA accredited program and a minimum of five
years of progressively responsible experience in library administration
and staff supervision. Starting salary is $68,837 with an excellent
benefits package. Interested candidates should apply via email with a
meaningful cover letter and your resume as Word or pdf attachments to
Karen Ronald, Library Director at kronald@fplct.org. Initial review of resumes will begin the week of February 13th, 2012. The position will stay open until the appropriate candidate is found.
Location:
Fairfield, CT, USA