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Job Description

Role: Supervises daily service operations and employees at the Southglenn Library. Major Duties and Responsibilities: 40% OPERATIONS - Supervises daily operations of the library by getting information and making sense of it, communicating information to employees, organizing resources and making decisions in order to ensure the proper functioning of the operational unit. 40% SUPERVISION - Supervises department employees by planning, coaching, and reviewing performance in order to optimize the performance of department employees. 10% COMPLAINTS - Resolves complaints from the public and employees by researching problems, seeking alternative solutions, and making decisions to satisfy patrons and employee concerns. 10% COMMUNITY RELATIONS - Builds and maintains relationships with community leaders by attending community meetings and developing and implementing community programs in order to promote literacy and library resources.

Additional Info & Requirements

Management aptitude, including management education and experience; leadership skills; responsibility for outcomes; personal productivity; practical thinking; adaptability; coaching; interpersonal skills; and, business ethics, required. Intermediate software skills, including Windows, Word, Internet Explorer, Outlook, and Millennium, required. Ability to work varying shifts, including evenings and weekends, required. Ability to travel between facilities, required. Able to stand and walk up to 75% of the shift, bend and stretch without limitation, kneel, and, reach with hands and arms, required. Ability to lift up to 20 pounds, unassisted, regularly, required. Committed to provide outstanding and personalized customer service to patrons, coworkers and customers. Be able to demonstrate emotional intelligence, including self-regard, emotional selfawareness, assertiveness, independence, self actualization, empathy, social responsibility, interpersonal relationship, stress tolerance, impulse control, reality testing, flexibility, problem solving, optimism, and happiness. Ability to focus on the customer, show integrity, be inclusive, enjoy learning and have fun. Ability to exercise confidence and excitement in the vast technological and online resources the Library District has available.

The Community

Established in 1966, the Arapahoe Library District serves more than 200,000 residents living in Arapahoe County. Arapahoe County and other major suburban counties make up the greater metropolitan area surrounding Denver, Colorado. The Arapahoe Library District operates eight branch libraries, an Outreach Service that provides mobile library services, and a library at the County Detention Center, funded by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department. A seven-member Board of Trustees sets the library budget and determines policy.

HR Info

APPLY ONLINE at www.arapahoelibraries.org. Click on “Jobs” section, and then select the job in which you are interested. You may also attach a resume or cover letter with your application.