Thursday, April 10, 2014
City Library Director - New Haven Free Public Library
City Library Director - New Haven Free Public Library. Creating Community – Unleashing Potential. The New Haven Free Public Library
Board of Directors seeks an exceptional leader to help realize the
Library’s strategic goals, create community, and unleash the potential
of the city and the library at its heart. The successful candidate will
exhibit strong management skills and excellent cultural competencies.
The Library Director will work well in a complex environment and be a
strong team leader who builds consensus internally and be a passionate
advocate who connects the library system externally with a broad mosaic
of community stakeholders. The library, with a $5 million annual budget
($4.5 from City appropriations), a strong senior management team and a
dedicated staff (52.3 FTEs), provides services and programs through the
historic Ives Main Library (on the New Haven Green and adjacent to the Yale
campus), four branches and a ReadMobile. The Library Director, working
with the board and a related foundation board, will build on fundraising
successes of the last decade and secure new financial resources to
increase services. The Library will serve as a powerful catalyst for
strong neighborhoods, academic success of every school child, and
workforce development. For additional details see NHFPL Strategic Plan 2014-2016.
New Haven is one of America’s most dynamic small cities. The City
proper has a population of 130,000. The principal municipality of a
metropolitan region on the northern shore of Long Island Sound, it is in
close proximity to Boston and New York City, which is accessible by
more than 40 daily train connections. New Haven had the largest
population growth of any New England city in the 2000-2010 U.S. Census
and it has the highest apartment occupancy rate in the nation, with
construction of more downtown residential sites underway. Like most
communities, New Haven is also home to people with socio-economic
challenges – but it has a scale and assets that make connecting
residents to opportunity more possible. The local economy has a lot of
STEAM – with science, technology, education, arts, and medicine as key
drivers. Bioscience is growing, fueled by university research and the
presence of Yale-New Haven Hospital, the fifth largest hospital in the
U.S. Yale University
and five other universities in the region enroll 35,000 students a year.
Gateway Community College opened a state-of-the art downtown campus in
2012, three blocks from the main library. New Haven
has professional theater, practicing architects, new and classical
music concerts, outdoor festivals, and free world-class art museums
unmatched by any city of similar size in the country. It also has 376
years of history – seen in its town green and architecture spanning
three centuries – and nature is always nearby, with beaches, hiking
trails, parks and farms not far from the city center. Such recreational
opportunities are beneficial, given that New Haven is also a great
restaurant town – from fine dining to the best pizza anywhere. For
additional information, visit NHFPL Links.
Responsibilities: The Library Director is responsible for the
administration of all library functions. The Library Director provides
leadership and vision in the creation and administration of a city
library system committed to public service that shares, cooperates and
collaborates with other educational, cultural and social agencies in the
community. The Library Director reports to the Library Board of
Directors on policy, strategic planning and fundraising matters and to
the Chief Administrative Officer on administrative, personnel and budget
issues. The Library Director also leads the Foundation Board of the New
Haven Free Public Library (the Library’s fund raising arm). Additional
information on the position can be found in the official job description.
Qualifications: A master’s degree in library science, business,
non-profit management or other related fields. A minimum of ten (10)
years of progressively responsible leadership, management and board
governance experience. Five (5) years of which includes experience in
administration, working with unions and authority over personnel. This
position requires an enthusiastic, service-oriented leader; well-versed
in trends and the new technologies. Must have a proven track record in
fund raising and development. Previous experience working in a
multi-branch system, working within a municipal or county funding
structure and reporting to a governing Board are highly desirable. A
combination of training, proven experience and concrete results, which
will provide the management, administration and supervisory functions
needed to advance the New Haven Free Public Library and be a catalyst
for New Haven’s civic renaissance. Residency in the City of New Haven is
required within six months of appointment. Compensation. The position
offers a hiring salary range of $80,000-103,000 (dependent upon
experience and qualifications) and an attractive benefits package. For
further information, contact Bradbury Associates/Gossage Sager Associates via email or phone. To start the application process, send a meaningful cover letter and resume as Word or pdf attachments to Dan Bradbury or Jobeth Bradbury. The position closes May 25, 2014.
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Location:
New Haven, CT, USA