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Branch Manager - East Canton
Title:
Branch Manager - East Canton Branch
Internal Classification:
Non-bargaining Unit / FLSA Exempt
Primary Location:
224 N Wood St
Hours:
Full-time (40 hours/week)
Target Salary Range:
$60,820-$76,100/year, commensurate with education and experience
Posted 3/23/2026
Stark Library is seeking a Branch Manager for its East Canton Branch facility, located in the Foltz Community Center. This branch is an an important hub for the East Canton schools and community.
The Branch Manager's primary responsibility will be leading their staff to provide exceptional customer service to our patrons while upholding our mission and values - respect, inclusion, stewardship, and progress. The ideal candidate will bring experience demonstrating strong people management skills throughout their career along with an understanding of how public libraries operate.
This position offers a community-minded and inclusive work environment, competitive compensation based on relevant experience, as well as generous paid time off including vacation, sick time, 10 paid holidays, and up to 2 floating holidays per year. In addition, the library offers a robust benefits package including medical, dental, vision, employer-paid life, mandatory participation in the Ohio Public Employee Retirement System, and a host of additional voluntary benefits.
If this opportunity interests you, and you feel you may be a good fit for this position (detailed job description below), please complete our online application and submit your resume.
Job Summary
Essential Functions
- Cultivates a welcoming environment and efficient operation for patrons; supports staff in resolution of patron issues and concerns
- Develops and communicates goals, plans, and procedures for the branch
- Implements system-wide circulation policies, procedures, and workflows
- Guides staff in coordination with Collection Development department to manage and promote the branch’s collection
- Manages branch budgets and resources
- Monitors safety and security of facility and equipment
- Collaborates with fellow tenants of shared facilities to leverage space and resources for mutual benefit
- Fosters community engagement by seeking and developing local partnerships to better understand and address community needs
- Schedules services and programs
- Guides staff in planning, delivering, and evaluating outreach activities and programming
- Monitors key performance indicators to evaluate effectiveness of services and offerings; submits assessment and action plans according to set schedule
Staff Supervision
- Interviews, selects, onboards, instructs, cross-trains, and supervises department staff
- Sets performance measures, provides regular feedback, and holds staff accountable
- Interprets, explains, and upholds adherence to organizational policies, processes, and standard operating procedures
- Delegates and monitors special projects
- Ensures staffing levels support operating hours and functional needs of the Library
Other Functions
- Contributes to or is responsible for system-wide project(s) and functions related to Public Service
- May serve as Branch’s Passport Program Manager, as a Passport Agent and/or as a Notary Public
- Engages in professional development to maintain skills and knowledge of emerging ideas and practices
- Other duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s Degree. Master’s degree in Library Science a plus.
- Minimum3years’ supervisory experience
- Minimum5 years’ working in libraries
- Experience providing direct customer service to the public preferred
- Experience working in a union environment is preferred
- Collaborates
- Communicates Effectively
- Customer Focus
- Interpersonal Skills
- Situational Adaptability
- Builds Effective Teams
- Decision Quality
- Directs Work
- Ensures Accountability
- Manages Conflict
- Strong problem analysis and resolution skills
- Time management skills with a proven ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
- Applied knowledge of the principles and practices of public library operations; library materials selection, organization, and access
- Knowledge of professional library theories, issues, and trends as well as familiarity with library professional publications and the literature of librarianship and American Library Association (ALA) professional ethics a plus
- Proficiency with an Integrated Library System (ILS)
- Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word
- This joboperatesin a professional environment with exposure to central climate control, overhead lighting, and low-to-moderate noise levels.
- While performing the duties of this job, theemployeeisregularly interacting with the public. The employee is required to speak and hear, sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, bend, stoop, use hands and fingers to perform repetitive motions, climb ladders to reach high shelves, squat reach low shelves, reach for materials at various angles and locations, and to lift, push, or pull objects weighing up to 25 pounds. It requires the ability to use standard officeequipmentincluding computers.
- Some travel by personal automobile for off-site meetings in various settings may occur. Occasional overnight travel may berequired.
- Working hours vary based on community service event schedules and when theLibraryis open to the public. May include evenings and weekends.
The intent of this description is to provide a representative summary of the essential duties and responsibilities of an individual working in this job. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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