Director Of Academic Services

College: SoLAcc

Department: Academic & Student Affairs

Sub department: Library Services

Type of Appointment: Unclassified

• Administrative/Staff

Salary: $62,620.00 - $77,360.00

Duties and Responsibilities:

Operations

• Oversees all library operations including circulation, reference, acquisitions, cataloging, library instruction, electronic resource access, website development, and library systems administration.

• Oversees the SoLAcc library collection.

• Oversees all eLearning operations including course conversions, and software in support of academics.

• Oversee all Academic Success Center/Writing Center operations and increase access for all students.

• Coordinate with appropriate offices in support of retention and persistence.

• Develop innovative solutions to meet the needs of on-campus, virtual, and online students.

• Responsible for the implementation and execution of the Student Laptop Program

• Administrates the library room reservation system.

• Develops all department policies and procedures.

• Supports Open Education Resource efforts across the college.

• Evaluates appropriateness and effectiveness of academic services.

• Actively seeks innovations for improving services across all campuses/sites of SoLAcc and all course formats.

• May be required to provide hands-on operational duties when necessary.

• Find innovative solutions to meet the needs of students across all SoLAcc campuses/sites.

Management

• Manages staff including Federal Work Study (FWS) students.

• Assigns and coordinates work responsibilities.

• Evaluates employees annually.

• Works with professional staff to develop individual yearly planning goals.

• Addresses deficiencies in employee performance

• Prepares and monitors performance improvement plan for underperforming employees.

• Provides opportunities for staff development.

• Communicates and interprets college policies. Ensures staff adherence to LCTCS, SoLAcc and department policies.

Accreditation and Reporting

• Responsible for all academic services accreditation activities for SACSCOC, individual program accreditation and program reviews including data gathering and report writing. Attends accreditation conferences as required.

• Completes the academic library section of the IPEDS report in coordination with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

• Completes other governmental reports as required.

• Develops and issues reports of library operations at least twice annually.

Planning and budgeting

• Develops, monitors and manages budget.

• Responsible for long-range planning and annual planning as directed by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

• Uses the strategic planning platform to initiate, monitor and complete annual plan.

Communication, Marketing and Outreach

• Liaisons with representatives of University of Lafayette

• Dupre Library, Lafayette Public Library, LOUIS Consortium and other groups

• Develops partnerships with community groups and other local as well as regional libraries.

• Promotes academic services in appropriate formats to faculty, staff, administration and all student populations.

• Participates in local and regional professional organizations.

• Advocates for the academic services to faculty, staff and administration, students and outside groups.

• Develops all reciprocal agreements with other institutions as necessary.

• Identifies and pursues grant opportunities.

• Serve as the SoLAcc representative for all things library related.

• Coordinate Associate Directors to serve as representatives of their areas as needed.

College-Wide

• Participates in college-wide committees, ad-hoc committees, and activities.

• Works effectively with all faculty, administrative and student groups

• Participates in training as required by the State of Louisiana

• Participates in required college training including leadership development training.

Programming/Innovation

• Develop/Coordinate a robust programming schedule across all campuses/sites.

• Develop/Coordinate interactive exhibits tailored to the SoLAcc audience, space, and budget.

• Coordinate and create community programs that increase service awareness.

• Monitors Academic Services needs and develops programming or plans to meet the needs of faculty, students, and staff.

• Stays abreast of changes within the assigned areas and implement new practices as needed to stay relevant.

Predictable and reliable attendance is required in order to provide consistency and continuity of educational services.

Required Education:

Master's Degree from an accredited college or university

Required Experience:

Significant (3-5 years) prior leadership experience, achievements, and/or previous success in transforming/reimagining libraries

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

• Reasoning ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to solve practical problems and to manage a variety of variables in situations with limited standardization

• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure. Ability to compute ratios and percent. Ability to work with and analyze data sets and to interpret results

• Computer Skills: Knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word).

Ability to learn college and library specific software applications

• Communication skills: Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing. Ability to read, analyze and interpret professional journals, technical procedures and governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of administrators, faculty, staff, students and the general public. Must be able to demonstrate the abilities of intellectual reasoning, and persuasion. Ability to respond effectively and timely to requests. Ability to convey complex ideas to a variety of audiences.

Other Qualifications

• Knowledge of standard library practices

• Knowledge of state and federal laws applicable to libraries

• Ability to protect confidentiality of information

• Must be able to exercise good judgement, leadership and people skills in a wide variety of situations

• Ability to multi-task and to work with all administration, faculty staff and student populations

• Must be willing and able to travel to all SLCC instructional sites

• Must adhere to working hours with flexibility as demanded by job requirements

Preferred Education:

Master's Degree in Library Science from an accredited college or university

Benefits: As a member of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, SLCC has an attractive benefits package with a wide variety of benefit options. Benefits offered include retirement, multiple medical insurance options, supplemental insurances (dental, term life, disability, accident, vision, etc.), Tax Saver Flexible Benefits Plan (saves tax dollars on some child care and medical expenses), holidays (14 per year, typically includes longer break at Christmas), generous annual (vacation) and sick leave benefits and Employee Assistance Program. Specific benefits depend on job category, percent effort and length of employment.

Passing pre-employment criminal background screen is required as a condition of employment. SLCC is committed to diversity and is an equal opportunity/equal access employer. SLCC is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports improved employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.