Executive Director


Salary
$149,656.00 annually
Job Region
South
Department/Division
Louisville Free Public Library
Organization
City of Louisville
City
Louisville
State
Kentucky
Job Requirements

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

  • Master's Degree in Library Science.
  • Eight (8) years of senior/executive level experience in library supervision with a unionized workforce.
Other Minimum Requirements

  • Must possess and maintain a valid state driver’s license with an acceptable driving history.
Physical Demands

Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.

  • Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations.

Job Description

The purpose of this position is to direct and manage the operation(s) of a department and represents the organization’s positions, initiatives and interests in multiple functional and/or operational areas or over a variety of complex divisions and/or performs limited executive level responsibilities.

This class works under administrative supervision, developing and implementing programs within organizational policies and reports major activities to executive level administrators through conferences and reports.

Essential Functions

The essential functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary.

  • Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.
  • Coordinates, assigns and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed.
  • Represents the organization’s positions, initiatives, perspectives, and interests with other agencies and departments, community and business groups, and legislative officials (at the request of, or on behalf of the Mayor).
  • Cultivates, fosters and maintains positive working relationships with representatives from agencies and departments, community and business groups, and elected officials to gain their cooperation and support to further organizational or operational interests and objectives.
  • Provides expert advice on organizational matters to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Participates in and/or conducts budget and fiscal policy-setting discussions for the organization.
  • Collaborates and interacts with managers and/or executives, and others internal or external to the City and County to secure funds and resources for the organization, functional and/or operational area(s).
  • Solves funding issues by authorizing transfers of unspent funds from other sources or requesting budget supplements.
  • Provides financial approvals in the absence of the executive within established guidelines or limits.
  • Manages the budget and has fiscal oversight responsibilities for assigned area(s) and associated programs and projects (i.e., identifies budget requirements and allocates and reallocates secured resources, establishes expense limits, authorizes expenditures, and other financial activities).
  • Serves as a strategic advisor, suggesting short- and long-term actions, decisions or positions for executives to adopt.
  • Makes short and long-term precedent-setting decisions impacting multiple functional and/or operational areas.
  • Possesses discretion in decision-making and establishing policy for assigned area(s).
  • Discusses and recommends solutions to issues potentially affecting others beyond the scope of the assigned area(s) and those issues with major consequence (i.e., legal, social, or economic) with executives.
  • Creates strategies for the organization and/or the assigned sub-components of the organization to meet overall goals and objectives.
  • Maintains external awareness, monitoring conditions, trends, innovations and practices that may have implications for the organization. Incorporates systems thinking to help lead change that supports continuous improvement.
  • Serves as a leader to organization-wide initiatives and practices.
  • Makes recommendations for and participates in developing and modifying the organization’s strategic plan.
  • Ensures programs and projects keep to schedules and are accomplished within budget projections.
  • Performs related work as assigned.

Job type
Full-Time
Degree Desired
Master's
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