Job Express: Week of April 6, 2020

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General Administration & Management

Position Summary

Reports to:  Executive Director

Direct Reports:  Director of Facilities, (2) Capital Projects Managers, Occupational Health & Safety Officer, Operations Project Coordinator, Shipping Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• The design, implementation, and evaluation of the strategic and annual work plans, programs, and services for capital projects, building maintenance, and property management.
• The implementation of the facilities master plan including outreach to the community; directing architects and contractors; and collaborating on design in library branches. 
• The leadership and oversight of all facilities master plan, capital projects, and property maintenance. 
• Oversight of real estate acquisition, consolidation, and sale.
• The design, implementation, and evaluation of the strategic and annual plans for other functional areas, including shipping and materials handling and custodial services.
• The preparation and management of the annual budget for functional area, facilities master plan, and capital improvements. 
• Collaborating, coordinating, and communicating with external and internal partners.
• Directing the day-to-day activities, supervising staff, and establishing policies of a specified functional area.

Requirements

Required:

• Eight years of executive leadership experience in property and facilities management, capital improvements, and construction management. 
• Experience managing staff and budgets.
• Leading a mid-sized organization or business unit.
• Experience working with all levels within an organization.
• Experience modifying and adapting existing programs, services, policies, and processes.
• Experience working with community leaders and other community stakeholders.
• Experience managing budgets, resources, and people. 
• Bachelor’s degree.

Preferred:

• Experience in safety and security strongly preferred.

• Experience working with boards of directors / trustees.
• Experience in public library, public-sector, and a union environment.
• Experience using construction management software.

• Master’s degree.

The Capital Program

• In 2017, the voters of the Library’s taxing authority, approved an increase of 2.0 mills, a total of 7.8 mills, for a continuing period of time with the increase commencing in collection year 2019 for the operation and improvement of the Cleveland Public Library.
• The levy will help secure the Library’s future, and paves the way for a major capital project that will revitalize most of our neighborhood branch libraries.
• The Master Plan provides options for the renovation or relocation of all of the Library’s buildings over the next decade.

• The proceeds of the $62 million dollar bond issue, authorized in June 2019, must be spent down within three to five years in order to preserve the tax-exempt status of the bond proceeds.

About the Search

The Cleveland Public Library is conducting a regional search with Helbling & Associates (www.helblingsearch.com), an executive search firm specializing in facilities management.

Please Submit Applications to

Mr. Rob Dible, Search Consultant

E: RobD@helblingsearch.com

O: (724) 935-7500 x117

C: (859) 539-5083

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Policy

Cleveland Public Library embraces and supports the diversity of our workforce as well as our community to include differences in race, ethnicity, language, culture, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, socioeconomic status, military status, physical or mental ability or disability.

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