Job Description
The Community Engagement Coordinator at the Madison Public Library will be a public face for the library, and a powerful voice for the many different neighborhoods throughout Madison. In this position, you will focus on establishing relationships with individuals and organizations throughout the City, especially those representing under-resourced neighborhoods. The Community Engagement Coordinator will use data and community conversations to determine needs and will translate those needs into action under the umbrella of the library's strategic priorities. The Community Engagement Coordinator will participate in the Madison Public Library's racial equity and social justice initiatives. Your responsibilities will include participating as a member of the Library's Management Team and providing leadership on issues of community engagement for the entire Madison Public Library system.
The Community Engagement Coordinator must possess:
- a passion for working to improve the lives of people across the City of Madison
- a demonstrated ability to build relationships
- a considerable history of project management, particularly with projects involving numerous partner agencies
- an ability to be inspired by the community and in turn, to inspire others
- a high-degree of diplomacy
- demonstrated leadership ability
- good communication skills, both in writing and in speech
- a deep understanding of principles of racial equity and social justice
Additional Info & Requirements
Four years of professional experience providing leadership, coordination, and management of community development/outreach/engagement/programming.
The Community
The Madison Public Library is an award-winning library system, dedicated to celebrating ideas, promoting creativity, connecting people, and enriching lives. Working for Madison Public Library means working alongside a highly talented and truly outstanding group of people. And, we don't just excel in traditional library services: The Bubbler has gotten national attention for taking the makerspace concept into new and exciting directions; our youth services librarians are working with nurses to incorporate literacy into in-home prenatal care visits; and librarians lead four of the City of Madison's Neighborhood Resource Teams. Our spaces also shine, with a new community kitchen supporting youth nutrition and community meals at our Meadowridge Library, while the fully equipped Media Lab in our Central Library uses experts in the field to teach everything from audio engineering to video game design to Photoshop. Madison Public Library is bigger than our buildings, though – our focus is community engagement and empowerment – both within and outside the library walls. We are in the business of changing lives.
HR Info
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