Laurie N. Taylor April 28th, 2008
With the dire budget Florida is facing this year, there are very few job openings and only openings for critical positions. Luckily, the UF Libraries have a few critical positions to fill and one is for our training coordinator, the “Personnel Services and Employee Development Coordinator.” The official job description is below, and the Libraries’ HR employment page has more information.
I think the best recommendation, though, is from the Libraries’ staff as a whole, and we’re a really fun group. We’re on Facebook (mainly for internal communication since there are so many of us); the HR main page has links to pictures of our picnics and parties; and some of us have blogs like this one and off-UF email if people have less formal questions (like about great grocery stores, the weather–right now it’s hot and dry–about the pet-friendliness of Gainesville, and so on). The UF Libraries have a great community and it’s just a great place to work overall!
Classification Title: Assistant Instructor
Working Title: Personnel Services and Employee Development Coordinator
Position Number : 00012789
Salary: (Starting salaries for positions may be negotiable based on qualifications and experience.) $45,000; Actual salary will reflect selected professional’s experience and credentials commensurate with selected applicant’s qualifications.
Work Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, Florida)
Department: 55130100-LB-PERSONNEL SUPPORT
College/Unit: UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES (55000000)
JOB SUMMARY:
The Personnel Services and Employee Development Coordinator provides leadership to the human resources and training and development functions of the University Libraries. The Coordinator ensures the delivery of vital customer services including: employee relations; interpretation of library and university policies; and faculty and staff recruitment. The Coordinator facilitates key processes including: tenure and promotion, professional development leave, and employee evaluations. The Coordinator develops and leads a need-based and outcome-oriented training and development program.
The duties of this position include:
Human Resources:
- Coordinates recruitment activities and supports the work of faculty search committees.
- Ensures delivery of excellent customer service through the HR Office.
- Develops and maintains policies and processes.
- Interprets library and UF personnel policies.
- Ensures the maintenance of personnel records and data housed by the HR Office.
- Counsels library employees and supervisors on employee relations issues.
- Facilitates the processes for tenure, promotion and development leaves.
- Facilitates employee evaluation processes.
- Liaison with relevant UF entities and officials.
- Coordinates recruitment activities and supports the work of faculty search committees.
- Ensures delivery of excellent customer service through the HR Office.
- Develops and maintains policies and processes.
- Interprets library and UF personnel policies.
- Ensures the maintenance of personnel records and data housed by the HR Office.
- Counsels library employees and supervisors on employee relations issues.
- Facilitates the processes for tenure, promotion and development leaves.
- Facilitates employee evaluation processes.
- Liaison with relevant UF entities and officials.
Employee Development
- Assesses library-wide training and organizational development needs.
- Develops and implements strategies for delivering training and development programs.
- Measures outcomes of training and development programs.
- Frequently facilitates and occasionally conducts training sessions.
- Actively works to improve the effectiveness of training and development programs.
- Develops and maintains a skills inventory database.
Minimum qualifications:
- Masters degree in human resources management, higher education, library sciences, or related field.
- Professional level experience in human resources management.
- Strong customer service orientation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage a broad variety of tasks simultaneously and deliver results.
- Excellent analytical and innovative problem solving skills.
- Judgment, tact and discretion.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse groups to achieve objectives.
Preferred qualifications:
- Library science or equivalent degree.
- Professional experience in an academic or research library.
- Advanced knowledge of laws and standards pertaining to employee relations and employment.
- Experience developing and conducting training programs.
- Expert knowledge of spreadsheet and web development software.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
The University of Florida is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. Applicants from a broad spectrum of people, including members of ethnic minorities and disabled persons, are especially encouraged to apply. As part of the application process, applicants are invited to complete an on-line confidential and voluntary demographic self-disclosure form which can be found at: http://www.hr.ufl.edu/job/datacard.htm. This information is collected by the University of Florida’s Faculty Development Office to track applicant trends and is in no way considered by the Smathers Libraries in the selection process.
Please submit application materials via e-mail. Send, as attachments (MS-Word format preferred), a cover letter detailing your interest in and qualifications for this position, your current resume and a list of three references. Include address, telephone and email information for references. Please include a 250-word document on the topic “The process of developing a need-based and outcome-oriented training and development program.” Apply by June 8, 2008 (applications will be reviewed as received). Send all required application materials to Brian Keith, Smathers Libraries Financial and Human Resources Officer, at: brikeit@uflib.ufl.edu.
Job Close Date 06-08-2008
In order to simplify our internal systems through a complete overhaul, we won’t be loading any items for the next week. A week from now, users will notice subtle, yet significant changes in terms of the overall design and in terms of speed. Most of the changes appear small, but they’re all part of the optimization process which will greatly enhance the infrastructure supporting the Digital Collections, stripping out additional code, enhancing system memory usage, and speeding and cleaning the whole process for human users and robots for search engine indexing.
