Head of Children’s Services

(Pay Band 4)
Open Competition:
Campbellton

The Campbellton Centennial Library is one of 63 public libraries that make up the New Brunswick Public Library Service. As the resource centre for the Chaleur Library Region, it serves the City of Campbellton and the surrounding area while providing support to the other libraries in the region and the rest of the library system. The library aims to be a place where people of all ages and
backgrounds can gather while they pursue their educational, social, and recreational needs.

Campbellton is situated in northern New Brunswick on the bank of the Restigouche River and the Chaleur Bay. A simple bridge crossing will take you to the Gaspé region of Québec. Sugarloaf Provincial Park and ski hill is minutes away from the library. The city also has a close relationship with the nearby Mi’gmaq First Nation community of Listuguj.

As the Head of Children’s Services, you will supervise a team of two library assistants that oversee services for children in the Chaleur Library Region. You and your team ensure that New Brunswick children and their parents/guardians find books and other items that meet their recreational and learning needs. You plan, promote, deliver, and evaluate library programs and services for
children (including underserved and special needs populations). This includes programs for infants, toddlers, and school-aged children such as the Summer Reading Club, storytime, and Babies in the Library. You help maintain the library’s collections and assist in choosing children’s reading material for the region. You collaborate with colleagues from around the province as you participate on various committees. You also conduct research, compile statistics, and write reports, along with other duties as
assigned.

Working with the public requires being people-focused, compassionate, and able to problem-solve in challenging situations. You will also connect with your counterparts in the other regions of the province working to identify and eliminate barriers to library service and to create an inclusive environment in the library.

Working with us will require daytime, evening, and weekend shifts (based on work schedules). Some travel may also be required. Library work will involve lifting. Working in a large library, you will have full-time, parttime, and on-call employees, as well as volunteers reporting to you. You will report to the Library Director.

We are looking for diverse backgrounds that bring a combination of the following:

• Behavioural competencies: Client Service Orientation; Creative Thinking/Innovation; Effective Interactive Communication; Results Orientation; Team leadership
  
• Technical competencies: Ability to use office technology; Specialized subject matter knowledge and expertise related to library service (particularly as it relates to children)
  
• Language: Written and spoken competence in English and French is required.
  
• Education: Master’s degree in Library and/or Information Studies from an American Library Association accredited program and two (2) years of relevant experience.

Please ensure that your preferred language for assessment (English or French) is identified on your resume. You must clearly demonstrate the essential qualifications to be given further consideration.

Prior to appointment, the successful candidate will be required to obtain a criminal record check for work with the vulnerable sector.

Résumés should be in chronological order specifying education and employment in months and years including part-time and full-time employment.

If we have difficulty recruiting for this position, you may be considered if you have less than two (2) years of experience at a salary commensurate with your experience.

• $50,388 to $70,408 per year

Apply online at eRecruitment (https://www.ere.gnb.ca/competition.aspx?lang=E&t=Y ) by January 17, 2022 indicating competition number: 21-6236-008. This competition may be used to fill future vacancies.

Department of Post-Secondary Education,
Training and Labour
Human Resource Services
500 Beaverbrook Court, Suite 100
P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1
Telephone: 506-453-8231
[email protected]

Thank you for applying. We will be contacting candidates who have been selected for further consideration.