Full-Time Assistant Director / Branch Manager | Six Mile Regional Library District

ILLINOIS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION; Granite City (IL); On-site; USD 58,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

IMRF pension

4 weeks paid vacation

120 hours sick leave annually

15 paid holidays

Health insurance

Job summary

Six Mile Regional Library District seeks an Assistant Director who also manages the Delmar Avenue Library. The role includes daily operations, staff supervision, and participation on the library's management team.

Responsibilities cover reference and readers advisory services, program development, collection development, and active community engagement. Applicants should hold an MLS with at least four years as a librarian, including supervisory experience.

Qualifications

• MLS from an ALA-accredited program and at least four years as a librarian, including two years in a supervisory role.
• Experience managing human resources and/or public policy is preferred.
• Experience in a union environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective daily operations of the adult and customer service functions.
• Schedule staff to ensure adequate coverage at all times and manage people.
• Staff the reference desk occasionally and provide reference and readers advisory services.
• Participate in programs, services, and collection development; make recommendations.
• Engage with community groups, partnerships, boards, and committees.

Skills

Staff supervision

Community engagement

Customer service

Interpersonal communication

Problem solving

Leadership

Team coordination

Education

Master of Library Science (ALA-accredited)

Job description

Full-Time Assistant Director / Branch Manager | Six Mile Regional Library District

Posted on Nov 4, 2026

Six Mile Regional Library District is conducting a search for an Assistant Director who also manages our Delmar Avenue Library. The person in this position maintains the effective and efficient management and daily operational functions of a specific branch while being an integral part of the overall management team of the library.

Are you a service-oriented manager? Do you have experience supervising MLS and support staff while developing programs, services, and collections in a public library? Are you interested in working with an organization that embraces change? Do you enjoy leading from the middle? If so, you might be just the person for us, and we might be the right place for you.

We are looking for friendly, confident, energetic, and highly motivated individuals with superb customer service, practical problem-solving skills, the ability to make independent decisions, strong interpersonal people and communication skills, and great technical skills to join our SMRLD team. Experience with community engagement is highly desirable.

This position includes participation, involvement, and engagement with community groups, partnerships, organizations, boards, and committees. Primary responsibilities include ensuring the effective and efficient daily operations of the adult and customer service functions; maintaining positive relationships among staff, patrons, communities, and others; scheduling staff to ensure adequate coverage at all times; and managing people.

The person in this position also occasionally staffs the research (reference) desk, provides reference and readers advisory services, identifies and/or participates in programs and services, assumes responsibility for some collection development, and makes recommendations to further our goals and enhance our role in the community. Our team is comprised of a staff of thirty, which includes seven other professional librarians.

We pay competitively; offer IMRF pension; 4 weeks of paid vacation, 120 hours of sick leave annually, and 15 paid holidays; and health insurance. The starting salary for this position is $64,000.00.

We support continuing education with paid attendance at state and national conferences; online and in-person workshops, webinars, and meetings; and other training opportunities. The library subsidizes professional and local organizational memberships.

We are a progressive library that embraces new ideas and services. Situated just six miles east of St. Louis, Missouri, we enjoy all the benefits of a “big city”: world-class amenities such as professional sports teams, symphony, theater, zoo, botanical gardens, museums, restaurants, travel access, universities, and more while retaining our small town identity. Our downtown district, where the library is located, is a vibrant growing arts community. We enjoy outdoor concerts all summer long; a state-of-the-art cinema with first-run movies; a new indoor music and entertainment venue; a performance art theater; first Saturday, May through November open-air markets; as well as the Granite City Art and Design District.

Qualifications include a Master of Library Science degree from an ALA-accredited university and a minimum of four years of experience as a librarian, of which two years must have been at a supervisory level. Preference will be given to applicants with experience managing human resources and/or public policy management. Experience in a union environment is a plus.

$64,000

Location

Six Mile Regional Library District

2001 Delmar Ave

Granite City, IL 62040

United States

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