Community Programs Administrator for Library Technology Innovation San José Public Library San Jose
The San Jose Public Library is excited to announce recruitment for a new position: Community Programs Administrator for **Library Technology Innovation**. Under the supervision of the Division Manager for Technology and Innovation, the position works closely with Library staff in **Information Technology, Instruction Programming Services, Strategic Development, King Library and Branch Libraries operations in the San Jose Public Library System**. This position will analyze new trends in technology and consider library applications, service models, partnerships and opportunities. This position will provide collaborative oversight, project management, and participation for the Library's **customer-focused projects and initiatives that involve public access to technology, hands-on technology learning, public access to digital resources, and development of public facing and operational enhancements involving Library technology.** This position will convene or serve on initiative teams involving library staff, partners, and volunteers to launch technology and innovation pilots, evaluate results, make recommendations and oversee implementation for system- wide up-scaling of successful service models. In collaboration with initiative teams, guide staff with emphasis on **creativity, innovation**, and incorporating and defining best practices to position San Jose Public Library as a forerunner in **technology-enhanced Library services**. This position will facilitate and **organize an innovation culture based on design thinking**; Serve as a bridge between teams across the organization to align initiatives with **strategic technology access priorities**; Serve as a bridge between teams and Administration, Information Technology and other resources necessary for successful technology innovation; Evaluate and analyze **pilots and experiments**, to learn from failures and build upon success. This position will communicate results internally with Library staff and collaborate with Library Marketing to **share achievements and aspirations with the public, potential talent, and resource partners outside the organization**. **The ideal candidate will: have current knowledge of new technology applications in libraries and in the marketplace at large; have knowledge of maker technologies, including digital media creation, editing, equipment and software; and lead staff through development of technology-enhanced service models.** Salary Range for Community Program Administrator is $78,270.40 - $95,347.20 annually Full position description and application instructions can be found here: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/cityjobs/ Applications will be accepted until the closing date of 9/30 at 11:59 PM. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/16687/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/