Queens Library
Director of Facilities and Environmental Services
Job Description

Background:
The Queens Library ("Library") is one of the oldest and most progressive library systems in the United States, serving 2.3 million people in 63 locations throughout the borough of Queens. With its roots going back to the late-1800s, the Queens library's mission has always been to provide quality services, resources, and lifelong learning opportunities through books and other formats to meet the information, educational, cultural and recreational needs of its patrons. Among its many services and programs, the Library runs the Children's Library Discovery Center, a 14,000 square foot state-of-the art interactive library; houses a 48 workstation cyber center located at the Central Library with smaller cyber centers in other locations; operates latchkey programs providing tutoring and homework monitoring for after school children, mainly performed by locally hired high school students; develops cultural and educational programs including classical concerts, author readings, and puppet shows; manages adult learning and family literacy centers as well as business support centers; and of course, lends books and other materials.

In recent years, the Library has been focusing on growing its programs, upgrading and modernizing its facilities, and providing greater community access to its services. Though this is a challenging time for the Library as it moves into the next decade, both due to funding pressures and the development of new technologies that will mean changes in the way libraries are used, the Library has responded positively by developing smarter and more cost effective ways to ensure that its needs are met, including focusing on developing a professional workforce to manage library operations.

The Library is headed by President and CEO Thomas W. Galante who reports to a 19-member Board of Trustees. Through this leadership, the Library has become a dynamic, interactive place which is constantly adapting to conform to its changing constituency, serving as a model for other jurisdictions. It is supported by more than 1700 dedicated staff who make sure that the libraries open on time, that programs are relevant and meet community needs, that books and other materials are both available to circulate and are circulated, that questions are answered, and most of all, that patrons have a positive experience that makes them want to keep coming back!

The Position:
While the Library is undergoing an ambitious capital program to build and upgrade its facilities to meet the changing needs of its diverse communities, it also needs to ensure that all of its facilities continue to be environmentally safe and secure for customers. Towards that end, the Library is seeking to hire a dynamic individual to join its management team as its new Director of Facilities and Environmental Services. This leadership position will provide customer focused support services and will direct all system-wide activities related to facilities maintenance and custodial services for all 63 locations.

Specific Responsibilities:
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with all departments to provide a unified approach to all aspects of facilities management including leading the efforts and strategic initiatives for facilities and environmental services across the organization.
• Delivers quality customer service to internal and external customers, in partnership with the organizations leadership team.
• Executes strategic plans and regulatory agency standards and programs, continually monitoring operations and completing assessments and necessary action plans to provide an optimal, proactive, safely operating facility maintenance program, which drives customer satisfaction.
• Directs and facilitates all intra office service requests, intra-office moves, space utilization and planning.
• Prepares and maintains building checklists, mechanical logs and status reports. Coordinate response efforts for building maintenance issues and building emergencies.
• Partners with Management and other departments to implement a program that ensures facilities are clean, safe and comfortable.
• Manages custodial aspects of renovations and new construction.
• Identifies and evaluates the organization's risks, recommend solutions and monitor the implementation of procedures.
• Implements audit procedures to ensure contractors and vendor work is completed efficiently and cost effectively, including evaluating current vendor and contractor response times and quality of work to ensure scope of work is met.
• Strategically leads and facilitates the Request for Proposal (RFP) process in the selection of vendors and contractors in partnership with the Procurement Department.
• Supervises two direct reports with approximately 100 maintenance and custodial employees, a majority of whom are unionized. Responsible for all coaching, mentoring, training programs and professional growth of team; counseling and discipline; and performance management.

Qualifications:
• Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree.
• Certification in Facilities Management and/or HVAC Certification and/or Master's degree a plus.
• A minimum of 10 years' experience as a senior manager leading facilities management and environmental services.
• Demonstrated experience in planning, organizational risk assessment and vendor management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the flexibility to work across business units and various levels of management.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, handling multiple projects with tight deadlines.
• This position will be required to travel to Library locations across the system as needed.

Queens Library offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, defined-benefits pension plan, tax-exempt medical, dependent care and transportation spending plans, deferred compensation and more. Opportunities to further your education and professional credentials are plentiful.

Compensation is commensurate with experience. For more information about the Queens Library, please visit their website at www.queenslibrary.org
Queens Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To Apply:
The Queens Library has retained the services of Harris Rand Lusk to conduct this search. Inquiries, nominations, and applications may be directed in confidence to:
Jack Lusk, Managing Partner
or
Anne McCarthy, Senior Director
Harris Rand Lusk
261 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10016
amccarthy@harrisrand.com

• Location: Jamaica, Queens, NY
• Compensation: Commensurate with experience, comprehensive benefits package
• This is at a non-profit organization.
• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
• Please, no phone calls about this job!
• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

Queens Library
Director of Procurement Management
Job Description

Background:
The Queens Library ("Library") is one of the oldest and most progressive library systems in the United States, serving 2.3 million people in 63 locations throughout the borough of Queens. With its roots going back to the late-1800s, the Queens library's mission has always been to provide quality services, resources, and lifelong learning opportunities through books and other formats to meet the information, educational, cultural and recreational needs of its patrons. Among its many services and programs, the Library runs the Children's Library Discovery Center, a 14,000 square foot state-of-the art interactive library; houses a 48 workstation cyber center located at the Central Library with smaller cyber centers in other locations; operates latchkey programs providing tutoring and homework monitoring for after school children, mainly performed by locally hired high school students; develops cultural and educational programs including classical concerts, author readings, and puppet shows; manages adult learning and family literacy centers as well as business support centers; and of course, lends books and other materials.

In recent years, the Library has been focusing on growing its programs, upgrading and modernizing its facilities, and providing greater community access to its services. Though this is a challenging time for the Library as it moves into the next decade, both due to funding pressures and the development of new technologies that will mean changes in the way libraries are used, the Library has responded positively by developing smarter and more cost effective ways to ensure that its needs are met, including focusing on developing a professional workforce to manage library operations.

The Library is headed by President and CEO Thomas W. Galante who reports to a 19-member Board of Trustees. Through this leadership, the Library has become a dynamic, interactive place which is constantly adapting to conform to its changing constituency, serving as a model for other jurisdictions. It is supported by more than 1700 dedicated staff who make sure that the libraries open on time, that programs are relevant and meet community needs, that books and other materials are both available to circulate and are circulated, that questions are answered, and most of all, that patrons have a positive experience that makes them want to keep coming back!

The Position:
The Queens Library is seeking an energetic and highly intelligent individual to become its new Director of Procurement Management. This leadership position will have responsibility for all aspects of purchasing and procurement across the Library's supply chain including, sourcing strategy, management of government contracting/programs, developing and implementing company policy and providing expert advice on all purchasing and contracting decisions. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer this position acts as the chief negotiator and will lead all negotiations of Library purchases, contracts, services and leasing agreements.

Specific Responsibilities:
• Develop internal cross functional workflows/efficiencies with all departments to deliver quality service and meet internal customer expectations.
• Identify functional supply chain requirement gaps in effort to recommend and implement process changes while delivering efficient and cost saving alternatives.
• Create and drive supply chain strategy and communications.
• Efficiently manage bidding processes and vendor negotiations.
• Work collaboratively with the Legal Department to ensure contractors are properly selected and contract agreements are within the scope of work and complies with Federal, State, City, and Library guidelines.
• Collaborate with Department Heads and staff to identify the root/cause of service failures, and execute strategies to avoid process pitfalls.
• Further implement and improve E-procurement/on-line electronic order entry technology, including Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange (EC/EDI) transaction processing.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or related field required.
• A minimum of ten years of experience related to the management of multi-plant supply chain purchasing and procurement required.
• Familiarity with local and state government purchasing laws, rules and guidelines a plus.
• Executive level purchasing experience required.
• Must have strong contract negotiating skills, procurement systems expertise.
• Proven project management experience required.

Key competencies include:
• Excellent leadership and business acumen, strong financial/budget management skills and organizational strategic vision.
• Use best practices to lead the procurement and purchasing process to manage cost.
• Implement performance guarantees for all suppliers to ensure the highest level of customer service and delivery of goods/services.

The Queens Library offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, defined-benefits pension plan, tax-exempt medical, dependent care and transportation spending plans, deferred compensation and more. Opportunities to further your education and professional credentials are plentiful.

Compensation is commensurate with experience. For more information about the Queens Library, please visit their website at www.queenslibrary.org
Queens Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To Apply:
The Queens Library has retained the services of Harris Rand Lusk to conduct this search. Inquiries, nominations, and applications may be directed in confidence to:
Jack Lusk, Managing Partner
or
Anne McCarthy, Senior Director
Harris Rand Lusk
261 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10016
amccarthy@harrisrand.com

• Location: Jamaica, Queens, NY
• Compensation: Salary commensurate with experience, comprehensive benefits package
• This is at a non-profit organization.
• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
• Please, no phone calls about this job!
• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

An innovative treatment center specializing in the treatment of adolescent anxiety disorders seeks a Senior Administrative Assistant to support the Founder, Director of Admissions at Sudbury admissions office. Candidates with a degree in psychology, sociology or related field are preferred. Strong administrative and computer skills are required, including a working knowledge of EXCEL. Excellent interpersonal and phone skills are a priority. Duties will include:
1. Scheduling interviews;
2. Setting up appointments;
3. Coordinating travel and other arrangements for Director;
4. Assistance in program marketing efforts;
5. Preparing, organizing and circulating admissions materials and distribution of information pertaining to clients to operational and business office personnel;
6. Answering phones and general office management;
7. Generalized support to Founder, Admissions Director and other personnel using office;
8. Solicit and procure intake materials from family and other stakeholders involved in child's care;
9. Perform other duties, as assigned.

• Location: Sudbury, MA
• Compensation: Negotiable based upon education and experience
• This is at a non-profit organization.
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IMMEDIATE OPENING: Environmental campaign now hiring Campaign Director

Every day, environmental, social justice and consumer problems become more urgent: climate change pushes its way into our evening weather forecast, the LGBT community faces discrimination in the workplace, and consumers are cheated by unregulated banks and credit card companies. That is why the overwhelming majority of Americans support consumer and environmental protections, and measures to ensure social justice for all. However, under the influence of deep-pocketed industry lobbyists many of our decisions-makers have lost touch with the average American.

To make progress on these issues, we need to get back to the basics of social change. We need to go out and talk to concerned citizens one-on-one -- educating citizens, building grassroots support for critical campaigns, and making sure that the public's voice is heard.

Take the lead with the Fund.
The Fund for the Public Interest is currently hiring Citizen Outreach Directors and Assistant Directors to run grassroots canvass offices around the country.

The Fund has been running and winning grassroots campaigns for more than 25 years. We've signed up 400,000 members for Environment America and U.S. PIRG. We've expanded the Human Rights Campaign's grassroots base into places like Texas, Ohio and Georgia. And that's just the start of it.

As a Citizen Outreach Director or Assistant Director, you'll recruit, train and lead a staff of 10-40 canvassers to go out into communities on critical campaigns, raise money, mobilize support and build membership for some of the nation's top progressive organizations. You'll manage your staff, plan your campaign work, handle the administrative details, and learn how to do everything it takes to run a successful grassroots campaign office.

Citizen Outreach Directors will earn $24,000-$27,500 in their first year, depending on position. The Fund offers a generous benefits package that includes full paid health care college loan assistance, 2 weeks of paid vacation, paid holidays, and paid sick days. Directors are also eligible to join our 401(k) program in their second year. We also offer an extensive training program that includes both classroom study and hands-on field work.

Apply online at: http://www.fundjobs.org

We'll carefully consider your application, and if we think you're a good fit we'll get in touch.

The Fund for the Public Interest is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, gender, handicap, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of the Fund for the Public Interest.

• Location: Manhattan
• Compensation: $24,000-$27,500, plus benefits
• This is at a non-profit organization.
• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
• Please, no phone calls about this job!
• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

GRADUATING THIS SPRING? Click here for more information about Campaign Director opportunities!
Keywords: campaign, summer, student, politics, non profit, college, rights, equality, environment

• Compensation: $300-$550 per week
• This is at a non-profit organization.
• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
• Phone calls about this job are ok.
• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

GRADUATING THIS SPRING? Click here for more information about Campaign Director opportunities!
Keywords: campaign, summer, student, politics, non profit, college, rights, equality, environment

• Location: The Loop
• Compensation: $300-$550 per week
• This is at a non-profit organization.
• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
• Phone calls about this job are ok.
• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

MA-Roxbury, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING Position Description SUMMARY OF POSITION: The Director of Development and Marketing reports to the President & CEO. This position is responsible for the research; coordination and execution of all grant proposals and planning, coordinating and executing all special events, which includes securing significant corporate sponsorships and individual ticket sales i