[Publib] Chief of Public Services-Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library System (GA)

[Jobeth Bradbury]

CHIEF OF PUBLIC SERVICES
CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY (GA) REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM
 
Public service pioneer needed!-if your focus is innovation,
customer-service, and collaborative team building, Chattahoochee
Valley Regional Library System in Columbus, GA has the job for you.
Chief of Public Services is a newly created position offering the
opportunity to join a dedicated and enthusiastic staff, board and
community to create "the leading library of our size in the nation, a
customer pace-setter."
 
Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library System
<http://www.thecolumbuslibrary.org/>  is a five county library system
serving Columbus, Georgia and the surrounding area (pop. 196,000).
Governed by a seven-member System Board of Trustees, the Library staff
(currently 116.5 FTEs) with a budget of $6.3 million operates a new
Central Library, eight branch libraries and two bookmobiles serving an
increasingly diverse area.  Chattahoochee Valley has an ambitious
three-year strategic plan with a focus on providing exceptional and
consistent customer service at all locations, expanding services
through innovative technology, and developing and implementing strong
staff development initiatives to build an outstanding collaborative
system team committed to reaching the Library's goals and objectives.
This is an opportunity for a successful Chief of Public Services to
make a real, substantial difference in providing successful library
service to the Columbus community.
 
The successful candidate must have excellent internal and external
communication skills to inspire and motivate; be capable of conveying
a shared vision of innovative library service for the System; and be
adept at building and maintaining collaborative relationships among
multiple counties, individual communities, and the library staff.
Experience with strategic planning, designing and managing change,
developing and implementing an effective and compelling customer
service philosophy, facilities and space planning, library technology,
and best practice library operations are key skills.  Additional
information on the Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library System and
the surrounding community can be found at:
www.gossagesager.com/CVRLSlinks.htm 
 
Minimum requirements: an MLS from an ALA-accredited program; five
years of progressively responsible public library experience; and a
minimum of three years of management and supervisory experience.
Salary range $73,948-$89,314 with a competitive benefits package. 
 

For further information: Contact Dan Bradbury, Gossage Sager
Associates, danbradbury at gossagesager.com or 816-531-2468.  This
opportunity will close April 13, 2008. To apply, please send a cover
letter and current resume as attachments via email to:
danbradbury at gossagesager.com.

 

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