Coordinator, Community or District Branch - Ottawa, Canada - City of Ottawa

City of Ottawa

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Ottawa, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Description

Requisition ID: 11766

Department:
Ottawa Public Library

Service:
Branch Operations

Branch:
Public Services

Employment Type: 1 Permanent Full Time Position

Work Hours: 35 hours per week

Affiliation:
CUPE 503 Library

Salary Information:
$79 270,10 - $94 609,06 annually (2024 rates of pay)

Location:
Library Main Branch, 120 Metcalfe Street

City:
Ottawa, ON

Job Category:
Ottawa Public Library

Application Close: 06/03/2024

JOB SUMMARY:

Ottawa Public Library (OPL) provides accessible, innovative library and information services throughout the City of Ottawa, that meet the unique needs of diverse communities, delivered through a range of vehicles and reflecting a citizen-centred approach.

You carry out the duties and responsibilities of one of the following assigned service areas: Adult & Readers' Advisory, Reference, Children's & Youth, Digital Services, Community or District Branch, Circulation, Access, Outreach and Volunteer, Collection Development, Technical Services, or InfoService.

You also:

perform administrative and human resource management duties; participate in the development of policies, procedures and objectives for library services; maintain an up-to-date knowledge and expand awareness of Library developments; establish and maintain liaisons with internal and external contacts; and exercise responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the library branch/service.

Work is performed within the context of the policies and framework of the Library corporate culture as embodied in the Mission Statement, Core Values, Customer Experience Guidelines and the Canadian Federation of Library Association position statements on Intellectual Freedom and Diversity and Inclusion, with particular emphasis on providing customer service excellence.

The
Coordinator, Community or District Branch performs public service duties by:

Providing the full range of readers advisory and reference services such as answering Library users' queries, advising them in their selection of material, assisting them in the use of the catalogue and other tools, placing requests, preparing readers' advisory tools such as bibliographies, reviews, web links;
Ensuring that appropriate levels and types of programming and user education activities are available to the public;
Conducting tours and group visits;
Making recommendations for the development of demographic profiles for Branches in the cluster.

Carries out collection development duties by:

Recommending items for retention, disposal or replacement;
Recommending changes to the collection to reflect changing customer interests and needs;
Making recommendations for purchase to fill gaps in the collection;
Making recommendations for the development of profiles for the branch.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Master's Degree in Library and/or Information Science from an accredited library school.

Minimum of four (4) years of progressively increased responsibilities in public service and staff supervision.

KNOWLEDGE:

Management principles, including policy and procedural development, human resource management, budgeting and monitoring.
Methods and techniques for customer service and complaint investigation and resolution.
Theories and principles of library science as well as methods and techniques of library operations.
General knowledge of Library policies and procedures.
Supervisory techniques and practices.
Carry out, supervise and demonstrate a range of circulation activities.
Adult/Children literature in a variety of formats, readers' advisory services, trends in reading, literacy and ESL collections and adult/children's programming.
Reference resources in print, microform and electronic formats and of current developments in reference services.
Principles of collection development and maintenance.
Electronic database and other bibliographic searching techniques.
Methods and techniques for sorting and shelving library materials according to alphabetical, Dewey Decimal or other prescribed sequence and procedures.
Working knowledge of applicable occupational health and safety legislation.
General knowledge of Ottawa Public Library policies and procedures related to health and safety.

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Lead by example, demonstrating integrity, creativity and enthusiasm in achieving results directly and through staff work teams.
Exercise effective judgement and independent decisionmaking capabilities.
To deliver library programs to a range of users who may include early childhood, school age and adults.
To design and create thematic displays.
Evaluate existing methods and procedures, analyze alternatives and develop and implement effective solutions or changes.
Develop workplans; assign work, evaluate performance and supervise staff.
Well developed organizational skills.
Use tact, discretion and confidentiality.
Excellent verbal and written communication skil