Executive Director, Libraries

St. Louis Community College; Bridgeton (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Louis Community College seeks a visionary leader to helm its library unit, advancing student learning and success across multiple campuses.

You will articulate a strategic direction, manage budgets, and lead both full‑time and part‑time library staff, fostering partnerships with colleges, consortia, and external networks. The role requires extensive experience in higher education libraries, strong leadership, and active involvement in professional associations.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree from an ALA-accredited program in Library/Information Science or equivalent.
• Seven years of full‑time library experience in higher education, including five years of progressively responsible administrative experience.
• Experience at a community college is preferred.
• Experience at a large, multi-campus organization is preferred.
• Experience in developing and maintaining partnerships with libraries and consortia is preferred.
• Involvement with professional associations at local, state, regional, and national levels is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops, articulates, and presents the vision for the unit and translates it into strategic goals.
• Leads and supports direct reports in fulfilling the library vision.
• Collaborates with faculty, staff, and administrators to support student learning and success.
• Directs budgeting for the unit and projects needs for services, facilities, staffing, and other costs.
• Recruits, hires, retains, and evaluates library faculty and staff.
• Facilitates professional development opportunities for library staff and faculty.
• Represents the libraries in college governance and state consortia.
• Represents the college in regional library systems and external networks.
• Serves on college committees and task forces.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Staff supervision

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

Master’s in Library/Information Science (ALA-accredited)

Job description

• Develops, articulates, and presents the vision for the unit. Collaborates with library faculty and staff to translate the vision into strategic goals while advancing the college’s mission and strategic planning objectives.
• Leads and supports the work of direct reports in fulfilling the vision for the libraries.
• Collaborates with internal and external faculty, staff, and administrators to create a library environment centered on student learning and success. Facilitates and maintains a high level of communication with the college community.
• Advocates for and directs the development and administration of the budgets for the unit; projects the need for new and continuing services, programs, facilities, staffing requirements, and other costs.
• Provides leadership and participates in the recruitment, hiring, retention, evaluation, and support of the libraries’ full-time and part-time faculty and staff.
• Encourages and facilitates professional development opportunities for all library staff and faculty.
• Represents the libraries with internal groups such as college governance and leadership councils.
• Represents the college in state library consortia and networks; provides leadership and expertise in the design and implementation of regional library systems.
• Serves on college committees and task forces.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

• Master’s Degree from an ALA accredited program in Library/Information Science, or its equivalent.
• Seven (7) years of full-time library experience in higher education, including five (5) years of progressively responsible administrative experience.
• Experience at a community college is preferred.
• Experience at a large, multi-campus organization is preferred.
• Experience in developing and maintaining effective partnerships with other libraries and consortia is preferred.
• Involvement with professional associations and activities at the local, state, regional, and national levels is preferred.

• Negligible

Physical Requirements:

• Generally works in an office and campus environment.
• Frequent travel to all campus locations required.