About the Position: Serves as the Assistant Librarian of the Ike Skelton Combined arms Research Library (CARL), with responsibility for daily library functions. The CARL is the largest and most important research library in the United States Arms. It is the general library for Fort Leavenworth that has a collection of over 2,000,000 books and other material and supports a large graduate school population.

Duties

As a Supervisory Librarian, you will perform the following duties which is not an all-inclusive list: Coordinate and oversee daily Library operations exercising Library-wide program management authority. Provide oversight and guidance of the library public service function including updating, improving, and coordinating policies and procedures across sections. Provide oversight and guidance for the library?s technical services including acquisition, cataloging, and systems. Provide oversight and guidance to the library?s preservation and digitization program. Provide leadership, guidance, and direction to the staff, set goals and objectives, and analyzes and resolves problems. Lead library-wide initiatives on assessment, benchmarking, and accreditation that promote continuous improvement in academic library operations. Oversee mission and mission support projects, taskings, action and programs received/assigned by Leadership.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance throughout the duration of employment.
• Temporary Duty (TDY), approximately 5% of the time.
• Nights and Weekends may be required.
• May be required to complete a one year supervisory probation, unless previously completed.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Applicants must possess 1 full academic year of graduate study in Library Science from a regionally accredited college or university; in addition to, the completion of all work required for a bachelor's degree. (You must submit copies of official transcripts with your application package or you will be coded ineligible). OR Applicants must possess a total of at least 5 years of a combination of college-level education, training, and experience. This education, training, and experience must provide a knowledge and understanding of the theories, principles, and techniques of professional librarianship; a knowledge of literature resources; and the knowledge and abilities essential for providing effective library and information services. AND Specialized Experience: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: Work which includes organizing, managing, and budgeting for the library program, facilities, and operations promoting perpetual access to information resources, including planning for preservation and migrating of legacy information archives and digital repositories. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administration and ManagementLeadershipOral CommunicationProduct EvaluationWritten Communication Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience and education alone--NO substitution of education for experience is permitted.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address EX-APF-W0VP5A COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE DO NOT MAIL Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk