Supervisory Librarian (CMD Assistant Chief)

Summary

The Library of Congress shares its vast collections of books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, audiovisual materials, and priceless artifacts to cultivate curiosity and spark imagination. We engage, inspire, and inform Congress and the American people with a universal and enduring source of knowledge and creativity. We seek highly talented professionals to join a vibrant and collaborative community. Your work here will have lasting impact on the Library and its users well into the future.

Duties

• The Assistant Chief of the Collections Management Division is considered an expert in coordinating the planning, development and implementation of a program to effectively track collections items from the time they enter the Library to the time they are removed from the collections, including processing, circulation both inside and outside the Library, and custodial and storage location. This position is located in the Collections Management Division, Preservation Directorate, Discovery and Preservation Services. As the Assistant Chief, you will: Perform the administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised. Establish guidelines and performance expectations for staff members, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system. Observe workers' performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques. Provide informal feedback and periodically evaluates employee performance. Resolve informal complaints and grievances. Develop work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary. Provide advice and counsel to workers related to work and administrative matters. Effect disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area. Review and approve or disapprove leave requests. Assure that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of the safety regulations. Serve as a primary advisor on various programs and events, develop authoritative new approaches, methods or standards to resolve critical or highly unusual reference information problems. Advise and counsel appropriate management staff and officials within the agency on matters related to the management of the collections including issues of access, security, inventory control, space, retrieval and organization. Advise on the appropriate methods and techniques to use in order to achieve program goals and objectives. With the Chief, formulate and administer policies affecting the mission of the agency in the areas of access to the collections, provision of collections service to the Library's various constituents including Members of Congress and their staffs; government agencies; other libraries through Interlibrary loan; researchers; and the general public. Coordinate activities related to collection development across all functional areas of the Library. Develop, evaluate and implement policy for agency-wide programs. Explore and plans long-range development plans, as well as short-term strategies. Serve as an expert in the organization, development, and implementation of multiple projects. Serve as a project leader, team leader, or chairperson for working groups, task forces, committees, etc., which have been assigned responsibility for specific programs related to the inventory, security, access, and circulation of collections Library-wide. Coordinate the details involved in special projects of lasting importance. Organize and develop projects utilizing critical judgment to determine scope, emphasis, approach, appropriate techniques, and manner of presentation. Develop technical standards or protocols applicable to a library function. Participate in planning the work of the division, including formulating goals and objectives and identifying opportunities for improvements in methods and procedures. Share with the Chief the responsibility, as well as delegated authority, for the oversight and administration of an entire department or a highly complex program within the department or agency. Be primarily responsible for the direction and management of inventory management, access, and security of the Library's collections. Serve as an expert evaluating current and proposed programs and operations and recommends action to Initiate, modify, or discontinue projects as appropriate. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with various high-level individuals, including Members of Congress and their staff, other legislative and executive agencies, world-class scholars, and managers of other libraries and information providers. Establish and maintain close and cooperative working relationships with other agency or department management and officials. Serve as a principal liaison for the organization at professional conferences, seminars, and exhibits. The position description number for this position is 012710. The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area. The incumbent of this position will work a Flexitime work schedule. This is a supervisory, non-bargaining unit position. Relocation expenses will not be authorized for the person(s) selected under this vacancy announcement.

Qualifications

Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision. Ability to supervise, develop and lead a workforce.** Ability to analyze, plan, develop and execute library projects.** Knowledge of principles, concepts, and techniques as applied to leading a Collections Management Program.** Knowledge of principles, concepts, and techniques as applied to leading a complex organizational unit. Ability to interact collaboratively with others and provide consultation or liaison services. Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment The Supervisor leads his/her staff toward meeting the Library's vision, mission, and goals by acting decisively, leveraging diversity and inclusiveness, demonstrating flexibility and resilience, fostering continuous improvement and innovation, and fostering integrity and honesty. To view the Library's Supervisory Core Competencies click the following link: Supervisor Core Competencies Library of Congress employees are prohibited from using illegal drugs, including marijuana. The Library is part of the Federal Government and abides by federal law, so regardless of individual state or District of Columbia laws, marijuana use is illegal, considered criminal activity, and can affect your employment at the Library. In addition, past or current drug use and activities (e.g., selling or distributing) may deem you ineligible for employment.

How to apply

Please carefully follow all instructions under the How to Apply tab to ensure you are considered for the position. Please note, there is no page restriction to your resume, and you are allowed to upload a resume longer than two pages in the resume section within the application process. When the application system prompts, please proceed to the agency site to complete your application. You are required to apply online for this announcement. We are unable to accept mailed or emailed documents. You must complete the entire application process, including submission of all documents BEFORE this announcement closes. To do so, complete the following steps. Step 1: If you do not already have one, create a resume on USAJOBS. Although you must enter your Social Security Number for USAJOBS, this information will not be provided to the Library of Congress. Step 2: Review the Job Announcement. We recommend you go to the end of the Qualification and Evaluation section of the job announcement to preview the online questions that you will answer in Step 4. You may wish to customize your USAJOBS resume to ensure that it supports your responses to these questions. Step 3: Click on the "APPLY ONLINE" button to the right of this announcement. Follow USAJOBS' instructions to access your account and submit your resume. You will be redirected to the Hiring Management website to complete the application process. If this is your first time in Hiring Management, you will be asked to answer questions related to your eligibility for Federal employment. You will be able to update this information and save it to our account for future announcements. Step 4: Once you have completed the eligibility questions, you will be taken directly to the vacancy application questions. Answer all questions honestly and thoroughly. Step 5: Hiring Management offers three options that will electronically attach your documentation to your online application once you finish answering the questions in the job announcement. (1) You may select a document that you have already uploaded to USAJOBS for a previous announcement. (2) You may electronically upload a document directly from your computer to your application. Be certain to review your complete application for confirmation of the document uploaded and click on "Finished" to be returned to USAJOBS. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have multiple documents of the same kind, e.g. 2 undergraduate transcripts from different schools or 2 SF-50s, etc., be sure that they are all in the same file on your computer or in your USAJOBS profile before uploading them. If you try uploading them individually, only the last one sent will be visible in our system. If you have any questions about this information, please contact the person on this announcement BEFORE the closing date. Step 6: Click on "Finish" after you have completed your application. Once you have submitted your application, you can check your status online through your Hiring Management or MY USAJOBS account. Your complete online application and any required supplemental documentation (e.g., SF-50, etc.) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing date of the announcement. It is your responsibility to ensure that all documents are received on time and that the materials are readable. Failure to do so will result in your application being excluded from consideration for this announcement. If you are experiencing any technical difficulty with the online process, you MUST CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE. For all technical issues please contact [email protected], no later than 4:30pm EST of the Closing Date. REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS WILL NOT BE GRANTED.