Rural Bookmobile Manager

New Mexico State Library

Cimarron, NM

Application Deadline

Apply By Nov 30th, 2016

Wages

$48,470.00 to $61,568.00 per Year   Calculate

Location

Cimarron, NM

Hours

40.00

MLS

Preferred

Minimum Education

Master's Degree

Library Experience

Not Specified

Supervisory Experience

Not Specified

Type of Library

Other

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Job Description

This position resides in Cimarron, New Mexico within the Department of Cultural Affairs and is responsible for administering the Rural Bookmobile NE, a unit of the Rural Services program of the New Mexico State Library. This position is responsible for providing and ensuring quality, tailored, direct public library services for rural New Mexicans. This position will manage, evaluate, and promote the bookmobile program in a multi-county-region. In coordination with the Grants Program manager, this position will be responsible for writing and setting guidelines and procedures as required for cost effective day-to-day operations. This position will drive a 30+ foot bus (bookmobile) in which monthly schedules do require employees to travel overnight two weeks of any four week period on a rotating basis. Additionally, this position operates and supervises the Cimarron Public Library, writing guidelines and procedures for the library. This position supervises two employees and schedules volunteers.

Apply online through the NM State Personnel Office using this link

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/newmexico/jobs/1584614/bookmobile-manager-dca-4844

This position is a Pay Band 70 - The State Library is authorized to hire at midpoint only of the payband which amounts to $48,470 per annum

The Community

Cimarron is a village in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States which sits on the eastern slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The population was 1,021 at the 2010 census, making it the 4th most populated municipality in Colfax County.[1] 

The New Mexico State Library operates a bookmobile for the NE quadrant of New Mexico. The public library is the office for the state of New Mexico.  Cimarron sits on the Cimarron River, a tributary to the 900 mile long Canadian River whose headwaters are at the Eagle Nest Dam, with the main part of town lying along U.S. Route 64. The village is surrounded on all sides by numerous ranches, including Philmont Scout Ranch,[2] an extensive "high-adventure base" operated by the Boy Scouts of America. Philmont is located just four miles south of Cimarron. Other ranches also include the Chase Ranch (famous for its heart-shaped brand and allegedly the Marlboro Man's place of origin), Ted Turner's Vermejo Park Ranch,[3] the CS Ranch,[4] the Express UU Bar Ranch[5] (formerly the property of Waite Phillips), and the Clearview Ranch of the western singer/songwriter R.W. Hampton, as well as numerous other small ranches. The Elliott Barker State Wildlife Area, the Valle Vidal unit of the Carson National Forest, and Cimarron Canyon State Park.,[6][7] are also located within the Cimarron area. 17 miles and 28 miles to the northeast is Dawson, New Mexico, a ghost town with a population of over 9,000 near the early 20th century, and the Raton Municipal Airport, respectively.

The village is a pioneer of the four-day school week (Mon.-Thur.), which it originally implemented in the early 1970s, during a time of rising fuel and utility prices.[8]

HR Info

Educational Requirements: A Masters in Library and Information Science degree (ALA approved program) is required. (Please enter your education level on the Education and Work Experience page of the application even when submitting a resume). Experien

Posted Nov 18, 2016