Coordinator, Ideas in Action Project (VA250)

Title: Coordinator, Ideas in Action Project (VA250)

State Role Title: Library Specialist III

Hiring Range: $75,000 - $80,000

Pay Band: 5

Agency: The Library of Virginia

Location: The Library of Virginia

Agency Website: LVA.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: State Employee Only - E

Job Duties

Minimum Qualifications

• Considerable knowledge of archival and library standards, practices, and procedures and of digital access systems;
• Knowledge of metadata standards, data management, text and image management and conversion tools, and descriptive practices;
• Demonstrated experience or knowledge in the areas of public engagement, digital humanities, and crowdsourcing projects;
• Excellent writing, communication, and interpersonal skills;
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively in one-on-one and group settings; to develop and organize streamlined workflows and create related documentation; and,
• Demonstrated ability to exercise a high-level of independence, decisiveness, leadership and consensus-building.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully launch new technology-based programs for community engagement.
• Knowledge of programs assessment.
  

Additional Considerations

• Formal training or work experience in digital collection development and management, web content creation, and library/archives services preferred.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

This is a grant funded Restricted Position with a three-year timeframe.

Contact Information

Name: Sarah Falls

Phone: 804-692-3722

Email: sarah.falls@lva.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.