Description
The City of Beverly Hills is offering a signing bonus equal to 10% of the annual base salary listed on the final offer letter. Please note that internal candidates are not eligible for this bonus.
Who We Are
The City of Beverly Hills has a long-standing reputation for providing superior customer service to residents, businesses, and visitors. This characteristic, combined with outstanding staff in all departments, has been a hallmark of success for this high-performance organization. The municipal government (approximately 1,000+ full-time and part-time employees) provides the highest quality safety services, recreational activities, municipal services, and physical environment.
What We Do
The Community Services Department provides exceptional cultural, educational, recreational, and social services to enhance and maintain a high quality of life and attractive physical environment in the Beverly Hills community. The Library's mission is to provide resources, services, and a place to read, connect, relax, and learn. The Library supports literacy, life-long learning, civic engagement, and cultural awareness. To achieve these goals, the Library provides: access to library materials and guidance in finding quality, trusted information, events for all ages to support life-long learning and early literacy, and school year and summer programs to promote a lifetime love of reading. The Library helps adults and children by offering access to hundreds of thousands of books, audiobooks, e-books and other materials. Thousands of patrons are reached through outreach activities to schools, homebound patrons, Roxbury Book Nook, and community events.
Who We're Looking For
The Beverly Hills Public Library is seeking an experienced and passionate Librarian III to lead our Children’s Services Department. This role offers an exciting opportunity to create and implement programming for children from babies to 6th grade, including story time, school visits, and outreach to the community. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in early literacy and children’s programming, with experience in developing collections, planning the summer reading program, and creating engaging educational activities. You will also build partnerships with local organizations and represent the City at events such as the PTA, Earth Day events, Holidays at Greystone, and Farmers Market outreach. As part of your responsibilities, you’ll be required to actively participate in library events and, on occasion, work Sundays as needed.
In addition to leading the Children’s Services Department, you will supervise both full-time and part-time staff, directing them in implementing library policies, goals, and objectives. Your role will include scheduling, training, and evaluating staff while also managing budgets, recommending collection resources, and providing direct support to patrons by resolving issues and answering inquiries. The ideal candidate will have experience in early literacy and community engagement. The incumbent will report to the Library Services Manager. If you're a collaborative, adaptable leader ready to make an impact in a vibrant community, we encourage you to apply to join our team at the Beverly Hills Public Library.
Desired Qualifications:
- Previous professional experience working in Children sections for a public library.
- Previous professional experience working in a public library for a municipal government agency.
- Previous professional supervisor experience or experience leading a team in a library setting.
Work Schedule
All work will performed on-site, 5 days a week. This is a non-teleworking position. Additionally, depending on program needs, incumbents will be assigned to work evening shifts during the week and weekends.
Detailed Job Description
Librarian III
Salary and Benefits
$101,291.88 - $125,842.68 Annually
This position is represented by the Management and Professional Employees Association and is covered by the negotiated terms and conditions of that Association's Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Additional details about benefits may be found in the Management and Professional MOU, a copy of which is located at www.beverlyhills.org/mou.
Minimum Qualifications
Possession of a Masters of Library Science degree from an accredited college or university, supplemented by specialized courses related to the library program area to which assigned; five years of professional library experience in a public library including experience in the field of specialization required; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Selection Process
Candidates must meet the minimum qualifications as outlined in the job bulletin at the time of submission unless specified otherwise. - When an application is being reviewed, only information included in the Education, Work Experience, Certificates and Licenses, and Skills sections of the application will be considered to determine whether an applicant meets the minimum qualifications.
- Résumés and cover letters are not reviewed or considered when screening for minimum qualifications.
- Résumés and cover letters are not accepted in lieu of a complete job application.
- Required supplemental attachments (i.e. diplomas, degrees, certifications or transcripts, etc.) must be included as part of the original application and may not be emailed separately unless explicitly stated otherwise or approved to be submitted separately.
- Applications must have clear, concise, and complete information regarding their qualifications for the position, including detailed responses to all supplemental questions, if applicable.
- Incomplete applications will not be considered or reviewed.
- If you have problems creating a user account or submitting your online application, please review the online applicant guide or contact NEOGOV applicant support directly at 855.524.5627 (Please note: Applicant Support hours are Monday through Friday, 8am - 5pm Pacific Time and, depending on call volume, may be an automated voicemail system or live support).
- The utilization of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) during any step in the selection process will be grounds for disqualification.
The selection process may consist of the following components:
- Review of Required Supplemental Questionnaire
- Recorded Oral Examination (tentatively scheduled for the week of May 18, 2026)
- Virtual Oral Interview (tentatively scheduled for the week of June 22, 2026)
- In-person Oral Interview (tentatively scheduled for the week of July 6, 2026)
- In-person Oral Interview - if needed (tentatively scheduled for the week of July 20, 2026)
Requirements
Possession of a Masters of Library Science degree from an accredited college or university, supplemented by specialized courses related to the library program area to which assigned; five years of professional library experience in a public library including experience in the field of specialization required; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
