Associate Dean for Technical Services and the Budget - DiMenna-Nyselius Library, Fairfield University. BASIC
FUNCTION: Serve on the Library’s Leadership Team and assist with the
overall administration of the library. Manage library operations in the
absence of the Dean. Provide leadership, management, and strategic
direction for the functional areas of Collections, Cataloging,
Interlibrary Loan, Systems, the Institutional Repository, and Archives
& Special Collections. Responsible for the fiscal planning,
reporting, and management of the Library's budget and endowments.
Supervise and support staff. Participate in the library’s faculty
partnership program as a functional specialist. Engage in the
professional work of the library.
UNUSUAL WORK CONDITIONS:
Physical requirements: mobility; must be able to lift materials off
shelf. Requires some evening and weekend hours.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL NEEDED:
EDUCATION: Graduate degree in Library & Information Science (MLS or
equivalent) from an ALA-accredited program, second Master’s in
subject-specific field, or equivalent experience, is preferred.
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE: Five or more years of increasingly complex and
responsible professional academic library experience. Demonstrated
supervisory experience.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: Experience with
Workday finance module. Experience with the following library systems:
ALMA/Primo or other discovery platforms, EZproxy, Springshare, bepress
DigitalCommons, and OCLC's Illiad, Connexion and Worldshare. Knowledge
of copyright and intellectual property rights related to e-resources.
REQUIREMENTS: Demonstrated skills and knowledge of academic library
management and organization, and academic library budgets. Strong
leadership and decision-making skills. Ability to lead organizational
change, inspire innovation, and delegate responsibility appropriately.
Ability to ensure confidentiality around sensitive issues. Ability to
lead in a shared decision-making environment. Demonstrated commitment to
diversity, equity, and inclusion. Strong commitment to service. Proven
commitment to nurturing staff development and professional growth.
Ability to create effective goals and objectives and help others do the
same. Excellent organizational and time management skills. Experience in
manipulating data in order to analyze, customize, and format
appropriate reports. Demonstrated knowledge of integrated library
systems. Demonstrated ability to communicate, both orally and in
writing, to a variety of audiences.
SUPERVISION OF PERSONNEL:
Collection Strategies Librarian, Metadata Strategies Librarian, Systems
Librarian, University Archivist
REPORTS TO: Dean of the Library and University Librarian
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Serve on the Library’s Leadership Team. Manage
library operations in the absence of the Dean of the Library, and
represent the dean as needed, at local, regional, and national meetings.
Oversee library budget and expenditures. Provide leadership,
management, and strategic direction for the functional areas of
Collections, Cataloging, Interlibrary Loan, Systems, the Institutional
Repository, and Archives & Special Collections. Supervise and
support staff. Participate in the library’s faculty partnership program
as a functional specialist. Engage in the professional work of the
Library. Promote safe and secure working conditions. Perform other
related duties as related or dictated by responsibilities. View the
complete list of essential functions here.
CAMPUS: Fairfield University is a co-educational, comprehensive Jesuit
university with a 200-acre campus located along the scenic shoreline
community of Fairfield, CT. The University is comprised of
approximately 3,500 undergraduate and 1,200 graduate students pursuing
degrees within 5 schools: The College of Arts and Sciences, The Charles
F. Dolan School of Business, The School of Engineering, The Marion
Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies, and The Graduate
School of Education and Allied Professions. As an expression of our
Jesuit, Catholic mission and identity, Fairfield embraces a liberal
humanistic approach to education, encouraging critical thinking,
cultivating free and open inquiry, and fostering ethical and religious
values.
TO APPLY: To submit your resume, cover letter,
names/contact information of three references, and employment
application, please go to this link. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
All offers of employment are contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
Fairfield University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
employer, committed to excellence through diversity, and, in this
spirit, particularly welcomes applications from women, persons of color,
Veterans, and members of historically underrepresented groups. The
University will provide reasonable accommodations to all qualified
individuals with a disability.
