Director of the Library and Learning Center - Library and Learning Center - Modesto Junior College
Job Details
Job Title: Director of the Library and Learning Center - Library and Learning Center - Modesto Junior College
Site: Modesto Junior College
Salary Range/Other: Management Salary Schedule (2025-2026) Range 38: $9,650 to $12,261 monthly or $9,901 to $12,512 monthly with earned Doctorate. New appointees will receive year-for-year credit for prior management experience to a maximum of Step C.
Benefits: The District currently pays for a health options for the employee and dependents. Employees may elect to pay a premium for a higher health option. Vision care and dental insurance premiums for the employee and dependents is District paid. Income protection and life insurance premiums for the employee are also District paid. The estimated cost of District provided benefits (health, dental, vision, and life) is $24,408 annually.
Scope of Assignment
DEFINITION Under the direction of the Dean of Instruction and Student Learning or designated administrator, the Director of the Library and Learning Center (L&LC) plans, oversees, and manages L&LC activities and operations, including budget management and all pertinent administrative and classified personnel actions. The Director works closely with deans, faculty, and staff from various schools and departments to increase student success and engagement in college-wide learning activities.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED Receives general administrative direction from the Dean of Instruction & Student Learning or designated administrator. Provides direct supervision to administrative and instructional staff and student employees. May coordinate and collaborate with faculty assigned to the L&LC.
Minimum Qualifications
Education: Master’s degree in a discipline taught at the college or a master’s degree in education, educational psychology, or instructional psychology, or other master’s degree with emphasis in adult learning theory.
Experience: One year of experience in a tutoring or teaching position, preferably within a community college setting.
Desirable Qualifications
- Experience serving students in a higher education setting
- At least two years of experience supervising and directing the work of subordinate staff
- Knowledge of methods and techniques of student instruction and tutoring
- Able to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds and academic abilities
- Enthusiasm for the learning process
- Vision and energy to plan and organize programs to enhance student success
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to listen patiently and effectively while maintaining professional boundaries and exercising managerial discretion in order to build positive relationships with students, staff, administrators, and faculty
- Experience leading teams through organizational change, leadership transitions, or periods of restructuring with an emphasis on trust-building and staff engagement
- Experience effectively supervising and supporting classified professionals within a collective bargaining and shared-governance community college environment
- Experience administering or coordinating services across multiple locations
- Bilingual
Example of Duties
Essential duties
- Plan, direct, manage, and assess the activities and operations of the L&LC, including the Library’s materials, technology, models, and other resources available through Circulation, and the Learning Center’s general tutoring, embedded tutoring, online tutoring, and computer labs
- Direct, supervise, and evaluate assigned classified professionals
- Monitor and balance workloads to ensure alignment between job duties and job classification
- Provide leadership in establishing effective working relationships and communication across campuses, ensuring high productivity and a positive team environment, while encouraging initiative and creativity
- Collaborate and coordinate with full-time and part-time faculty assigned to the L&LC
- Monitor assigned budgets for the L&LC
- Provide a comprehensive Tutor Training program, including curriculum development and instruction; may teach Tutor Training classes
- Recommend high-impact, research-based practices in response to State and national trends in higher education
- Manage data systems that collect apportionment; coordinate with the Institutional Researcher to develop data analysis reports
- Provide leadership through program review and strategic planning processes
- Attend appropriate conferences, workshops, and trainings
- Recommend and assign professional development opportunities for classified professionals
- Develop and maintain internal and external relationships; participate in meetings, committees, and task forces representing the L&LC and advocating for its services
- Other duties as assigned
Licenses and Certificates: Possession of valid California Motor Vehicle Operator’s License.
Open Date: 06/25/2026
Close Date: 07/23/2026
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