Director of Teaching and Learning Services

UCLA Library; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The UCLA Library seeks a highly collaborative leader to serve as unit head for Teaching and Learning Services (TLS). The director will oversee programs including information literacy instruction, core research help, instructional design and assessment, and student engagement, guiding a creative team and shaping campus teaching and learning initiatives.

Reporting to the AUL for Teaching, Learning, and Research, the incumbent will build strategic relationships, manage budgets, recruit and mentor

Qualifications

• MLIS/MLS or related field at time of hire.
• Experience with program assessment.
• Experience leading public services in an academic library.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead service strategy for Teaching and Learning Services, including literacy and research help services.
• Collaborate to align services with campus departments and programs.
• Build and maintain relationships with campus partners.
• Oversee unit budgets and staffing of ~18 librarians and staff.
• Serve as Review Initiator for librarians and support supervision roles.
• Coordinate space-related upgrades to support services.
• Ensure collections support teaching and research needs.
• Collaborate with Library Development on donor relations and stewardship.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Public service leadership

Program assessment

Teaching and pedagogy

Library budget management

AI and online learning awareness

Education

ALA-accredited MLS

Advanced degree in information sciences

Tools

Course management systems

Job description

The UCLA Library seeks a highly collaborative leader to serve as unit head for the recently-created Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) department. The director will oversee the department's programs and services, which include information literacy instruction, core research assistance services, instructional design and assessment, and student engagement. TLS provides direction and leadership for these areas and collaborates with other Library departments for implementation and alignment, including topics such as information literacy related to artificial intelligence, mis/disinformation, and sustainable, scalable, and inclusive pedagogy. This is an opportunity to shape the future of UCLA Library's teaching and learning programs and lead a talented, creative team whose collective expertise and commitment to service foster strong partnerships across campus.

Position Duties

Reporting to the AUL for Teaching, Learning, and Research. The incumbent is responsible for the following:

Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Develop and lead service strategy for Teaching and Learning Services, including sustainable and scalable information literacy and research help services with focus on: coordination of research help services, foundational and advanced information literacy; student engagement programs, instructional design, and assessment.
• Collaborate with Library colleagues to develop and align teaching and learning services and support with departments outside of the TLR division, including Special Collections, International and Area Studies, and the Film and Television Archive.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with campus partners and entities in support of Library and departmental goals and priorities.
• Oversee unit allocated budgets in accordance with UCLA Library Fund Manager expectations.
• Oversee recruitment, coaching, mentorship, performance management, and retention of ~18 librarians and staff, both as a direct and indirect supervisor. Serve as Review Initiator (RI) for librarians and support other supervisors and team leads in their responsibilities. Ensure librarian and staff responsibilities and goals are in alignment with unit, division, and library-wide goals and priorities.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the Library to inform space-related upgrades and modifications to support services and programming priorities.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the Library to ensure collections support evolving teaching and research needs.
• Work with AUL to ensure departmental staffing and service models support Library goals and complement Research Services and Access Services foci and service models.
• Serve as an active member of the Library's Management Council.
• Work closely with Library Development to identify and steward donors, collections, and endowed gift funds.

The successful candidate will be committed to promoting and enhancing diversity through engagement with and promotion of the UCLA True Bruin values and the UCLA Principles of Community; able to collaborate across departments and divisions; foster an inclusive and team-oriented work environment; adaptable to change; and able to lead teams through change.

Basic Qualifications

• ALA-accredited Master's Degree in Library or Information Science required at the time of hire; OR Master's degree (or other advanced degree) in Information Sciences or related field at the time of hire and work experience in a library setting.
• Supervisory experience
• Experience leading or providing public services in an academic library setting.
• Experience with program assessment.
• Training or experience with teaching and pedagogy
• Experience managing library budgets, either collections, programs, or services.
• Understanding of issues and trends impacting academic libraries, including artificial intelligence and online learning.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in donor relations and stewardship;
• Training or experience developing learning objects or instructional materials
• Understanding of systems and digital tools for instruction, including course management systems.
• 3-5 years of supervisory experience in a library setting.