Library Services Manager - Contra Costa County, CA : Job Details

Job Title: Library Services Manager

Closing Date/Time: Sun. 08/17/25 11:59 PM Pacific Time

Salary:

$64.49 - $78.39 Hourly

$5,159.32 - $6,271.19 Biweekly

$11,178.53 - $13,587.57 Monthly

$134,142.37 - $163,050.89 Annually

Job Type: Permanent Full-Time

Location: Contra Costa County, California

Department: Library

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Contra Costa County's Library Department is seeking qualified candidates to fill one (1) vacancy for the Library Services Manager classification.

The Contra Costa County Library is a dynamic system of nearly 400 dedicated employees, including multilingual staff who make up 15% of the workforce. Together, they serve 26 diverse communities across the county.

Each year, the Library welcomes more than 2.4 million visitors and circulates approximately 4.8 million items.

The Library's Strategic Plan guides its commitment to fostering personal and community engagement through literacy and reading. This plan shapes the Library's priorities, ensuring it delivers essential services and resources in safe and welcoming spaces. The Library is deeply committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and is actively working to advance anti-racist practices within the organization.

As a County Department, the Library works to ensure every resident can learn, grow, and thrive in strong, inclusive communities.

To read the complete job description, please visit the website, www.cccounty.us/hr.

Minimum Qualifications:

License Required: Possession of a valid California Motor Vehicle Operator's License. Out of state valid motor vehicle operator's license will be accepted during the application process.

Education: Possession of a Master of Library Science Degree from a program accredited by the American Library Association.

Experience: Three (3) years full-time experience in library management or in a public, major business, or large academic library program and services department: two (2) years of which must have been in a supervisory capacity.

Substitution for Education: Two (2) additional years of experience in library management or in a public, major business, or large academic library program and services department AND possession of a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university may substitute for the required Master's Degree.

Desirable Qualifications:

Previous experience in a public library supervising a large number of staffExperience leading teams through challenging times and changesKnowledge of web technologies, current technology trends, and emerging technologiesProject management experience in a deadline driven environmentAbility to work directly with applications of integrated library systemsAbility to work with several sources of large data files and be able to effectively clean, organize, and manage dataAptitude for complex, analytical work with attention to detailAbility to create and maintain written technical documentation for procedures and workflowsKnowledge of processes and software tools for analyzing, drawing insight from, reporting, and/or visualizing dataAdvanced skillset and comfort in using Excel, PowerPoint, and other platforms, such as Tableau or Power BICoding skillset (SQL/Python) and ability to create and maintain automated scripts are desiredPrevious experience working within a limited budgetExperience with procedure and policy writing or implementation