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Associate Director, Learning Resources [ID: 855]
Position Summary:

Typical Essential Duties

  • Develops and leads on-campus and online library and learning center services and operations to meet the changing and continuous needs of students, faculty, and staff;
  • Budgets, plans, implements, directs, and evaluates services, programs, resources, material collections, and personnel within libraries, learning centers, and computer labs;
  • Facilitates staff, faculty, and student input into the planning and development of library and learning center resources and services;
  • Evaluates library processes, procedures, policies, resources and services to determine value, efficiency, and effectiveness;
  • Hires, leads, trains, schedules, and collaborates with department personnel to ensure implementation of best practices and ongoing employee empowerment, equity, and success; 
  • Maintains quality and satisfaction with public services, equipment and technologies, and learning spaces and designs. Mitigates related grievances.
  • Builds, directs, and schedules targeted instructional and outreach programs to promote Learning Resources across the campus and college;
  • Forms and sustains strategic partnerships with faculty and administrators to integrate Learning Resources programming and materials into the curriculum and culture of the campus and the college;
  • Adapts and integrates college initiatives into the mission and services of Learning Resources, especially commitments to retention, completion, and overall academic success.
  • Monitors and advocates for personnel and program budgets.
  • Tracks, evaluates, and reports statistics of facility and service usage.
  • Coordinates with fellow Learning Resources administrators to create, communicate, and implement consistent policies and procedures for libraries and learning centers, as applicable to all stakeholders;
  • Serves as member of college-wide Learning Resources leadership team; collaborates consistently with team to develop and implement innovative departmental programs and initiatives, especially those geared toward student retention and completion; and takes responsibility of certain initiatives or programs as part of a distributed leadership model;
  • Assists the Executive Director, Learning Resources regarding budgetary matters, strategic planning, organizational visioning, departmental assessment, and ongoing innovations;
  • Interviews, hires, trains, evaluates and manages the work performance of staff in accordance with college and departmental rules, policies and procedures;
  • Controls equipment/materials utilized within the program;
  • Serves as active member of campus leadership team;
  • Interacts with external industries, businesses, and professional groups on behalf of the college.

The classification is responsible for performing professional and/or program management duties in academic related specialties in a single department or function.  Incumbents will manage the daily activities, develop plans to approach projects, implement solutions, and perform professional level work in assigned area.  Incumbents are responsible for supervising employees or student workers, and developing and monitoring a budget.
Compensation: $62,868.26 - $78,585.33

Requirements:

Education:

Master's degree in Library and/or Information Science or equivalent.  

Experience:

Three (3) years’ experience in an academic library and or learning center, including three years supervisory experience.

* An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job may be acceptable in lieu of those requirements listed above.

Knowledge:

  • Organizational leadership principles and practices;
  • Public relations principles and practices;
  • High-impact practices for higher education;
  • Library and learning center organizations, automation, and trends;
  • Advisory and reference resources;
  • Library resources;
  • Knowledge of library management systems, electronic resources and services and emerging trends in library and learning center services and technologies.
  • Collection development practices;
  • Managerial principles and practices;
  • Academic program requirements;
  • Customer service principles;
  • Program coordination principles, practices, and techniques;
  • Program planning principles;
  • Troubleshooting and solving complex program issues;
  • Budgeting principles;
  • Research methods;
  • Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, codes, and/or statutes;
  • Presentation principles and practices;
  • Diverse populations and cultures;
  • Computers and related software applications.

Skills:

  • Evidence of exemplary collaborative work with departmental colleagues, discipline faculty and related student support units;
  • Evidence of supervisory skills and ongoing commitment to employee development and success;
  • Strong public service commitment and excellent written and oral communication skills;
  • Current knowledge of relevant library and learning center technologies and trends in higher education;
  • Preparing and proofreading a variety of reports and/or documentation;
  • Exercising judgment and discretion;
  • Analyzing library and learning center programs and making recommendations for improvements;
  • Compiling data and information;
  • Recognizing problems, identifying alternative solutions, and making appropriate recommendations.
  • Managing and evaluating the work of lower level staff;
  • Prioritizing and assigning work;
  • Providing customer service;
  • Managing and administering program budgets;
  • Interpreting academic program requirements;
  • Maintaining confidentiality;
  • Planning, coordinating, and implementing program components and activities;
  • Researching, analyzing, and applying relevant information to the development of departmental processes and programs;
  • Ensuring compliance with applicable internal and/or external program requirements;
  • Using a computer and related software applications;
  • Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction.

Physical:

  • Positions in this class typically require: reaching, standing, walking, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions. 
  • Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.  Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.  Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Responsibilities:

 

 

 

 

These duties are a representative sample; position assignments may vary. 

Potential Frequency

 1.

Manages staff to include: prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.

Daily

20%

2.

Prepares cost estimates for budget recommendations, submits justifications for budget items, and monitors and controls expenditures.

Daily

10%

3.

Manages the implementation of internal operations for an assigned academic department or program, which includes: planning, coordinating, administering, and evaluating programs, projects, processes, procedures, systems, standards, and/or service offerings; ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and Local laws, regulations, codes, and/or standards; coordinating activities between multiple service areas; and working to integrate and coordinate service areas.

Daily

40%

4.

Prepares, reviews, and interprets a variety of applications, agreements, forms, records, needs assessments, business correspondence, and reports; makes recommendations based on findings.

Daily

20%

5.

Responds to requests for information from faculty, staff, students, outside agencies, and community regarding academic or operational programs in assigned area of responsibility; researches and resolves issues, complaints, and/or other related problems; provides information to students as necessary.

Daily

10%

6.

Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

As Required

 
Equal Access/Equal Opportunity

The Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg College affirms its equal opportunity policy in accordance with the provisions of the Florida Educational Equity Act and all other relevant state and federal laws, rules and regulations. The college will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or against any qualified individual with disabilities in its employment practices or in the admission and treatment of students. Recognizing that sexual harassment constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex and violates this Rule, the college will not tolerate such conduct. Should you experience such behavior, please contact Dr. Devona Pierre, Executive Director, Organizational Culture and Engagement/Title IX Coordinator at 727-341-3261; by mail at P.O. Box 13489, St. Petersburg, FL 33733-3489; or by email at eaeo_director@spcollege.edu.