"Acquisitions, Description, and Discovery Supervisor"

Acquisitions, Description, and Discovery Supervisor

Overview

Job ID: 32370751

Category: Management and Professional

Organization: University Library

Department: University Library Dept

Location: Main Campus - UCR

Salary: $59,000 - $103,400

Date Posted: March 21, 2024

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Schedule: 8AM - 5PM

Full/Part Time: Full-time(100%)

Level of Supervision: Direction

Position Information

Reporting to the Acquisitions, Description, and Discovery (ADD) Director, is responsible for providing day-to-day operational support for the acquisitions, cataloging, and metadata creation functions of the department. Supervises eight staff who perform a variety of duties, including ordering, receiving, invoicing, claiming, copy cataloging, original cataloging, and metadata creation for digital objects. Helps to establish and modify procedures and workflows in consultation with an ADD librarian and other library staff and librarians, as required. The Acquisitions, Description, and Discovery department was recently formed due to the merger of the Acquisitions unit and the Metadata and Technical Services department.

Applicants must have current work authorization when accepting a UCR staff position. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for staff. As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California Vaccination Program Policy.

Educational Requirements

Degree: Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Required

Course work in library techniques or library science, cataloging and metadata creation standards. Preferred

Experience Requirements

6 - 10 years of related experience. Required

Previous supervisory/managerial experience. Preferred

Minimum Requirements

• Knowledge enabling the performance of a full range of specialized duties in a functional area or specialized subject matter field; advanced problem solving and decision-making ability.
• Effective supervisory and organizational leadership skills.
• Ability to foster a motivating and engaged environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to accurately apply a wide variety of policies and procedures.
• Ability to perform accurate, detailed work.
• Ability to foster a respectful, cooperative, professional and courteous environment, maintain confidentiality, and employ tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to organize work, establish priorities and meet deadlines.
• Ability to establish and maintain professional working relationships.
• Ability to take initiative and remain flexible in a fast-paced and changing environment.
• Ability to accurately apply cataloging rules and utilize a variety of cataloging tools.
• Ability to proactively manage employee performance, establish goals for supervised staff and work continuously to promote achievement of the established goals.
• Ability to effectively delegate and hold supervised staff accountable for successful completion of assignments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Reading knowledge of a major European language.
• Ability to establish authority records for local usage according to national standards

Job Description Details

Job Title: LIBRARY SUPV 2

Job Code: 006287

Grade: 20

Department Head: Steven Mandeville-Gamble

Supervisor: Darren Furey

Positions Directly Supervised: LIBRARY AST 4 (5 FTE), LIBRARY AST 3 (2.75 FTE)

Key Responsibilities

• As supervisor operates as the functional expert in the specialization... Provides day-to-day operational supervision of the Acquisitions, Description and Discovery (ADD) department in collaboration with the Director. Provides vision and administers efficient team leadership, assessment, continuous improvement and reporting. As supervisor, operates as a functional expert in acquisitions workflows, copy cataloging, original cataloging, and non-MARC metadata creation. Operates as a functional expert in the application of multiple content description and encoding standards. Operates as a functional expert is the use of cataloging tools, such as Alma Metadata Editor, OCLC Connexion, MarcEdit, etc.: 55%
• Oversees staff performing, or personally performs, duties and assignments that involve a high degree of difficulty in subject and/or functional specialization. Provides leadership to supervised staff and fosters a motivating and engaged environment. Effectively empowers supervised staff to make independent decisions at appropriate operational levels. Administers efficient and effective operations through engagement in strategic planning, team leadership, assessment, continuous improvement, and reporting. Manages schedules to ensure adequate coverage for department: 20%
• Sets performance expectations, monitors performance, and recommends employee selection, corrective action, and dismissals. In collaboration with the Director, establishes goals for supervised staff and works continuously with them to promote achievement of established goals. Holds staff accountable for successful completion of assignments: 10%
• Recommends changes to unit policies, processes, and procedures. Identifies opportunities for workflow improvement and communicates them to the Director: 10%
• Performs other duties as assigned: 5%

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