What are the responsibilities and job description for the Librarian II position at City of Virginia Beach?
The City of Virginia Beach Public Library's is seeking a full time Librarian II -Branch Programming Coordinator to join our fantastic team of professionals. The successful candidate should fully embrace the library’s commitment to “inspire learning, ignite imagination, create possibilities, and encourage understanding” through innovative programming and strong community engagement.
Librarian II - Branch Programming Coordinator duties include but not limited to:
Supervising librarians and/or paraprofessional staff, documenting performance and conducting annual employee evaluations to provide feedback, identify training needs and set goals for staff.
Developing and fostering a process improvement environment by encouraging ideas, identifying trends, evaluating processes, and data.
Determining the scope and requirements of a project, coordinating and scheduling activities, controlling resources, and identifying and controlling risk for quality project completion.
Tracking and collecting data to measure services, program and/or collections.
Organizing and maintaining library records per an approved record retention schedule for easy access to all relevant data.
Organizing and delegating library tours including information literacy classes, story times, and tours for school groups, community organizations and the public.
Creating and/or conducting special programs to promote the library’s collection and services.
Generating age-appropriate library programs that are of interest to the community, planned collaboratively, aligned with strategic programming priorities, and developed using sound instructional design principles.
Participating in departmental strategic teams to develop library system policies and procedures as needed.
Helping to oversee the library branch and staff as needed.
Managing daily service point schedules, supervising opening and closing procedures, including cash reconciliation and securing the building as needed.
Performing other job duties requiring skills, knowledge and physical requirements as demanded by those duties described or less. Individual assignments will be determined by the supervisor based on the current workloads and department needs.
*The City of Virginia Beach provides a competitive benefits package including health, dental, vision, and prescription insurance, Virginia Retirement System (VRS) Hybrid Retirement Plan & Basic Life insurance, paid time off (PTO, )sick leave, paid parental leave, and tuition reimbursement/professional development.