Digital Library Federation is hiring: Supervisory Librarian (Section Head Africa

This position is located in the Africa Section, African, Latin American and Western European Division, Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate, Discovery and Preservation Services, Library of Congress. The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustment for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area for GS-14. Although it is the Library's policy to afford the maximum pay benefit to employees when setting rates of pay, a new appointee who has had no previous Federal service will generally be paid at step one of the grade. This position is telework eligible as determined by agency policy, but is not a remote position. This is a supervisory, non-bargaining unit position.

Duties

The incumbent serves as Section Head and is responsible for managing the work of the section, which focuses on the acquisition and cataloging of serials, electronic resources, and government publications from the United States. The incumbent manages the transfer of US government publications into and out of the Library and its relations with other government agencies within the United States. The incumbent oversees the work of a staff of librarians and library technicians performing these functions, performing administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised.

1. Supervises a group of employees performing work up to the GS-13 level. Provides administrative and technical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the unit. Determines the human resources needed to accomplish the work of the unit, and independently plans, schedules, coordinates, and carries out the unit's activities.
2. Performs the administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised. Establishes guidelines and performance expectations, including quality assurance, for staff members which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system. Observes workers' performance and conducts work performance critiques. Provides informal feedback and annual formal evaluations to employees. Resolves informal complaints and grievances. Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary.
3. Responsible for furthering the goals of equal employment opportunity (EEO) by taking positive steps to assure the accomplishment of diversity objectives and by adhering to non-discriminatory employment practices.
4. Serves as an expert in the organization, development, and implementation of multiple projects. Coordinates the details involved in special projects of lasting importance.
5. Makes significant recommendations to change, interpret, or develop important or innovative policies, programs, approaches, or analysis methods.
6. Ensures that invoices and credits for library materials are received, entered, cleared, and approved in accordance with Library procedures and statutory requirements.
7. Interprets and revises existing training policy and program guidance for use by others.
8. Performs various other duties as assigned.

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, motivate and lead a diverse workforce.
• Ability to analyze, plan, develop and execute library programs and projects.
• Knowledge of the principles, concepts, and techniques of library science.
• Ability to provide consultation or liaison duties.
• Knowledge of integrated library systems, library applications, and other information technologies.
• Ability to provide training.
• Ability to communicate in writing.
• Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.