Job Description
Angel Fire’s Shuter Library seeks community-oriented, energetic, innovative library professional or business-experienced manager to run small public library. Experience in staff supervision, collection development, information technologies, business management preferred. Experience in bookstore operation, website design reference services a plus.
Job Duties:
Library Director:
Plan, organize and manage the services of the Library
Study and develop plans to improve library services to meet present and future community needs
Advise, consult and confer with Library board and key organizations (e.g., New Mexico State Library)
Supervise and develop procedures, policies and public information
Recruit, select and train personnel, and evaluate performance
Collection Development
Coordinate and oversee Library programs such as Book Clubs, Adult and Children's Programming, some community outreach
Supervise record keeping and report preparation
Prepare and submit grant applications to foundations, other charitable organizations and governmental bodies
Library Managerial:
Supervise front-desk activities and volunteers
Manage invoices and payment, payroll, taxes, insurance
Prepare (with Treasurer) and present budget to Board, operate within budget
Manage onsite vendors, physical plant
Reporting for Annual Report (NM State Library), Village of Angel Fire (fiscal agent reporting), NM State Grants in Aid, General Obligation Bond, contract services (Colfax County, Village of Angel Fire, Association of Angel Fire Property Owners)
Manage service contracts
Administer or supervise website, IT network and software infrastructure
Additional Info & Requirements
Special Working Conditions
Duties are performed indoors in office environment. Duties require extended periods of standing, walking, sitting and talking/hearing. Duties require occasional periods of climbing or balancing, pulling/pushing items, lifting/carrying items, keyboarding, using a mouse, reaching with hands and arms, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. Weights up to 50 pounds are encountered. Vision requirements include close vision and ability to adjust focus. Must be able to do math at the algebraic level. Must be able to handle complex interpretation of reading materials and verbal instructions. Hazards are considered minor and controllable, but may include exposure to human error, angry/hostile humans and human mental illness/disorientation. Noise levels are moderate. Must hold or obtain a legitimate driver's license and must be able to transport oneself to work, work-related meetings, workshops, conferences.
Other Conditions:
Must pass a background check
The Community
Angel Fire is a resort village in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, with approximately 600 adult full-time residents, but 2000 homes and condos and many visitors. Special activities include jeeping ATV and snow-mobiling, skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing and snow-shoeing, hiking, horseback riding, tennis, and golf. Angel Fire has a high school, and nearby communities have gradeschool and middle school. Taos is forty minutes away, and Santa Fe an hour and a half.
HR Info
Scott Jones, Shuter Library, Angel Fire, NM, 575-377-6223, treasurer@shuterlibrary.net
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Library Sciences or a related field. Preferred: MLS/MLIS from a library program accredited by the American Library Association.
- Experience in a Library-related field (1-3 years, not excluding internships). 1-3 years in Library operations preferred. 1-3 years in Bookstore operations acceptable.
- Business and managerial experience (1- 3 years). Experience in accounting, payroll and taxes preferred.
- Technical expertise in websites, networks, library systems is a plus.
- English is required. Spanish is a plus.