Executive Director Job at Fulton County, GA
Fulton County, GA Fulton County, GA
Minimum Qualifications:
Master’s Degree in Library Science; supplemented by five years of progressively responsible experience in library management, to include lead or supervisory experience, and seven years of experience in the field; some experience managing quality of life programs related to arts and culture or community and life enrichment services is preferred.
Specific License or Certification Required: Certification as a Professional Librarian issued by the State of Georgia to be obtained within six (6) months of employment.
Specific Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities: Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in performance of the essential functions and learn, comprehend, and apply all county or departmental policies, practices, and procedures necessary to function effectively in the position.
Purpose of Classification:
The purpose of this classification is to direct the overall operations and provide administrative oversight for quality-of-life services and activities offered through the Fulton Public Library System. Responsibilities include overseeing administrative operations; managing assigned staff; developing and monitoring policies, procedures, and programs; directing the acquisition of materials; and overseeing library activities and services.
Essential Functions:
The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.
Plans, directs, administers, and coordinates services and activities offered through the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Arts and Culture, and Cooperative Extension to improve, enhance, and empower lives of citizens.
Directs the preparation, implementation, and administration of short- and long-range strategic planning processes for the Fulton Library System; develops policy recommendations for the Board of Commissioners regarding public funding for programs and services; implements the Board’s guidelines/policies; reviews, develops, and updates departmental policies and procedures related to administrative operations; prepares annual work plan; and reviews/modifies policies and procedures as appropriate.
Ensures compliance with all applicable codes, laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures; initiates any actions necessary to correct deviations or violations.
Oversees development of multi-agency budget: reviews previous year’s expenditures, and determines budgetary needs for staffing, supplies, equipment, services, collection development, and/or capital improvements; monitors expenditures for budget compliance; and approves program expenditures prior to submission for payment
Establishes partnerships for generating and obtaining grants for the Library System and capital improvement programs.
Represents the library system to the community; promotes positive public relations; interacts with the media; delivers speeches to the public regarding the library system; responds to written communications; and interacts with citizens and various social and community groups to develop quality of life plans, programs, and events related to the library, arts and culture.
Oversees capital improvement projects for the Atlanta-Fulton Library System, including maintenance, design, major construction, and security of the library facilities.
Directs fundraising efforts for various quality of life initiatives as appropriate.
Prepares or completes various forms, reports, correspondence, monthly reports to trustees, annual reports, work studies, budget proposals, research papers, performance appraisals, newsletters, flyers, spreadsheets, or other documents.
Receives various forms, reports, correspondence, logs, annual reports, financial reports, budgets, fiscal year plans, policies, procedures, professional literature, manuals, catalogs, directories, periodicals, reference materials, or other documentation; reviews, completes, processes, forwards or retains as appropriate.
Communicates with Board of Commissioners, employees, volunteers, community service workers, library patrons, other libraries, community organizations, government agencies, court officials, school/educational officials, school groups, the public, the media, outside agencies, and other individuals as needed to coordinate work activities, review status of work, exchange information, resolve problems, or give/receive advice/direction.
Maintains a current knowledge of applicable laws/regulations; maintains an awareness of new technologies, trends and advances in the profession; reads various books, literary journals/publications, and other professional literature; maintains professional affiliations; attends workshops, training sessions, and continuing education opportunities as appropriate.
Additional Functions:
Performs other related duties as required.
Performance Aptitudes:
Data Utilization: Requires the ability to synthesize and integrate data for predicting, anticipating, and planning for future events impacting the organization. Includes determining strategic and tactical decisions at the highest organizational levels of authority and responsibility.
Human Interaction: Requires the ability to function in a director capacity for a major organizational unit requiring significant internal and external interaction.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.
Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or synthesis functions; to deal with several concrete and abstract variables; and to analyze major problems that require complex planning for interrelated activities that can span one or several work units.
Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in critical and/or unexpected situations involving moderate risk to the organization.
Other Requirements:
Physical Ability: Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or work station.
Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
Environmental Factors: Essential functions are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.
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