<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Neighborhood Library Manager (Gresham Library)</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Salary:</b> $59,087
to $88,630 annually</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Deadline to apply:</b>
April 29, 2011</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">The
Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon is seeking a </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";letter-spacing:-.1pt">dynamic, service-oriented individual </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:black">for the position of Gresham Library Manager.
Managers are the leaders at the four largest Neighborhood Libraries in the
system, managing a staff of 24-30 individuals, including an exempt
Supervisor.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Reference staff and the
Supervisor report directly to the Manager. Pages and clerks report directly to
the Supervisor. The Manager and Supervisor collaborate to ensure the smooth
operation of the library, but the Manager has ultimate responsibility for the
staff and building.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The current opening
is at the Gresham Library, which is the second largest of the 18 branches and
has a high level of circulation and usage<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>(Please note:</i> F</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black">or fiscal year 2009-2010, Gresham Library's
circulation was</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white">840,482</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black">and number of visits was 511,847).</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Gresham is
the second largest city in Multnomah County and one of its
fastest growing areas. The Library</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">
serves a multicultural neighborhood that includes Latinos, Russian speaking
immigrants and African American families. Currently Gresham Library has
bilingual Russian and Spanish speaking staff and anticipates expanding our
capacity to serve multilingual residents into the future. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">This position
requires four (4) years of professional library reference experience, including
a minimum two years of management experience in a large, multi-cultural public
library with high circulation and usage. <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Experience
working in a unionized environment is preferred. </span>A Master's Degree from
an American Library Association accredited college or university with major
course work in library science or equivalent is required. </span></p>

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font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">For more information
about this position or to apply, please visit our website at <a href="http://www.multcojobs.org/">www.multcojobs.org</a></span></p>

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