Pay Range: $27.73-$31.88/hour

Job Posting Closing on: Friday, September 13, 2024

All applicants must submit a cover letter and resume to be considered.   

 Workdays & Hours: This position requires the ability to work evenings and weekends, ability to travel to various locations and the ability to work a flexible schedule.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

We are looking for an experienced and innovative community leader with a passion for serving youth and a strong commitment to public service to lead the Reby Cary Youth Library, a one-of-a-kind, freestanding,  youth-only Library located in Fort Worth, Texas.

The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker as well as a skilled leader and experienced manager. The ideal manager for Reby Cary will also be fun, innovative, imaginative, and always ready to create extraordinary learning experiences for our youngest customers. They must be comfortable making decisions, establishing and maintaining community partnerships, providing services to children and their caregivers, and managing library collections and facilities. Additionally, the perfect candidate will be comfortable working with diverse populations including people of all ages, backgrounds, dispositions, and abilities.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Master’s Degree in Library Science and two (2) years of increasingly responsible professional library experience.

Preferred qualifications:

  • At least 3 years of management experience with evidence of progressive responsibility and interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving and decision-making and at least four (4) years of relevant library experience developing programs and services for youth and their caregivers.
  • Knowledge of current trends and best practices in library services to children/adolescents and children’s/teen literature.
  • Knowledge of management principles and practices including goal setting, budget development/implementation.
  • High level of comfort with outcome-based program planning and evaluation.
  • Skill in using exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills that build and maintain strategic relationships with internal and external customers.
  • Skill in hiring, motivating, developing, and directing staff in a collaborative team environment.
  • Ability to organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow up on assignments with a minimum of direction.
  • Experience building sustainable community relationships.
  • A flexible and collaborative work style.
  • Ability to communicate with customers in Spanish.

The Reby Cary Youth Library Branch Manager’s job responsibilities include:

  • Plans, organizes, and directs the day-to-day operations and staff of a youth-only branch library to ensure efficient and effective public service; interprets policy and procedures; resolves daily operational problems; oversees and ensures that the location is well-ordered, appealing, and inviting.
  • Carries out supervisory responsibilities including planning, assigning and directing work; hiring; performance management; managing and approving payroll time entries, approving leave requests for direct reports; communicating with staff; addressing complaints and resolving problems; training staff as necessary on basic job functions.
  • Plans, implements, and evaluates programs, workshops, classes, and special events geared towards a youth audience.
  • Plan, implements, and evaluates local outreach programs and services in conjunction with staff.
  • Provides excellent customer service, including answering questions and helping customers locate materials and services of interest.
  • Uses effective techniques, good judgment, and established organizational values, policies and procedures to resolve difficult situations with customers.
  • Champions the Library’s strategic goals and initiatives with the system’s mission, vision and core values in mind.
  • Promotes Library use within the service area by initiating or continuing communications with community agencies.
  • Assists in succession planning; provides coaching and mentoring for direct reports and indirect reports.
  • Evaluates/assesses Library standards and services at location.
  • Monitors adherence to branch library budget.
  • Manages the location’s overall collection, including promotion, maintenance, and weeding.
  • Assists customers with basic computer needs and emerging technologies.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, repetitive motions, climbing, balancing, pushing, pulling and lifting.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly having to move objects.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

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Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.

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