Health Sciences librarian

Duties and responsibilities:

·         Advises the Director on budget, personnel, and library operations by providing oral and written reports on operational, budgetary, and financial matters on a regular basis.

·         Serves on the HSL Management Team and institutional committees.

·         Collaboratively develops long-range and short-term plans for the HSL, and utilizes resources to implement programs and services.

·         Prepares administrative reports towards accreditation, budget recommendations, annual reports, studies, and surveys.

·         Oversees the operations and supervises 6.5 FTE, including librarians and classified staff working in Public & Research Services. Provides direction and monitors the work of the division.

·         In collaboration with Special Projects Coordinator and User Experience division, oversees planning for major and minor capital projects.

·         Provides managerial expertise in human resources, financial operations, and institutional reporting, statistics and data requests.

·         Working with the User Experience department, utilizes a variety of methods and data to assess user needs and to develop and enhance services responsive to those needs.

·         Serves as the administration contact with funding agencies, and Office of Sponsored Programs, Grant and Contract Accounting, monitoring and auditing research projects.

·         Contributes to efforts to increase external funding through philanthropy, grants, contracts, and other approaches.

·         Contributes to the administration of the Libraries by participating in the development of recommendations for Libraries-wide policies, plans and programs, and by interpreting the Libraries’ policies and programs to others as needed.

·         Participates in UW Libraries and University committees, task forces, teams, and program planning as appropriate.

·         Understands and follows the Libraries Personal Communication Responsibility Guidelines.

·         Assumes other responsibilities as assigned and performs other duties as required.

Salary $53,000. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. This position has faculty rank and status (non-tenure-track). Benefits include a competitive health package, TIAA/CREF, and other retirement options. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.