New York State Department of Financial Services
Head of technical services staff associate
New York State Department of Financial Services, Town/Village of Harrison, NY, United States
Full job description
Posting Number: S342P
Job Title: Head of Technical Services (Staff Associate, SL-4)
Application Deadline: 01/13/2025
Department: Library
FT - PT: Full Time
Minimum Salary: $75,000 (+ $3,400 location pay)
Maximum Salary: $75,000 (+$3,400 location pay)
Description: Purchase College Library is seeking a collaborative, innovative, and service-oriented individual for the position of Head of Technical Services. This position provides leadership, management, and strategic direction for all Technical Services operations including acquisitions, cataloging and catalog maintenance, periodicals and serials, government documents, cataloging and metadata management of media collections in all formats, binding, materials processing, collections preservation workflows, and weeding. Provides budgetary and collections analytics reports monthly. This position reports to the Library Director. The Head of Technical Services supervises the Acquisition and Collections Coordinator, and Government Documents Specialist.
Qualifications:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master of Library Science and/or Information Science from an ALA accredited program.
- Minimum five years of experience with management of integrated library systems and technical services functions, including experience with acquisitions, cataloging, resource management, and serials.
- Advanced knowledge of cataloging principles and practices, including experience cataloging with RDA, MARC21, LCSH, and LCC.
- Knowledge of authority work and experience using metadata management tools such as OCLC Connexion, WorldShare Record Manager, and MarcEdit.
- Knowledge of metadata schemas, formats, standards, and protocols.
- Experience in a supervisory role including hiring, training, and evaluating staff and student workers, and setting goals and priorities.
- Demonstrated analytical, organizational, and project management skills.
- Strong service orientation and the ability to work collaboratively with students, faculty, and staff.
- Excellent public service, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong technology skills and the ability to adapt to changing technological environments.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in an academic library.
- Experience working with the ExLibris Alma and Primo platforms.
- Knowledge of linked data and emerging and evolving standards, practices, and frameworks for bibliographic metadata, including BIBFRAME and the Official RDA Toolkit.
- Knowledge of critical issues in cataloging including standards and best practices for diversity, equity, and inclusion in description.
- Experience in a supervisory role, in a library technical services department, including hiring, training, and evaluating staff and student workers, and setting goals and priorities.
Documents required to submit: CV or resume, cover letter, references with title, relationship to applicant, phone, and email contact info. References will be contacted by the director by phone or video call (the same modality for each referee).
Special Note:
Benefits:
- Health, dental, and vision benefits are available to eligible employees after a 28-day waiting period. More information regarding other benefits such as generous paid time off, tuition assistance, and retirement systems can be found on SUNY’s Benefit Summaries website.
- Purchase College is a qualifying government employer allowing eligible employees to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
- Access to the NAEYC-accredited, on-campus child care at The Children’s Center.
- Discounted access to the world-class Performing Arts Center, free admission to the Neuberger Museum of Art, and free access to the athletic facilities.
- Other benefits include business-casual dress and an opportunity to telecommute. For detailed information on some of the College’s employee benefits, visit the College’s Human Resources/Benefits website.
Nondiscrimination Policy: Purchase College is committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to service, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual’s race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, or criminal conviction. Employees, students, applicants, or other members of the Purchase community (including vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic. To view the entire policy, please visit the following website: Purchase College Human Resources Policies and Procedures website.
Date to be Filled: 02/13/2025