Management for our city library (m/f/d)

The Municipality of Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe as a modern service provider is located on the edge of the Taunus. As a spa town with about 57,000 inhabitants, it is distinguished as a health resort and congress city as well as a wide range of cultural, sports and leisure activities, a lot of green and short paths. Around 1,000 people work in the local administration, as a special status city, a variety of tasks have to be handled. Digitization and cross-departmental, networked work are important to us. The award-winning city library, consisting of the main office in the city centre and the branch in Ober-Erlenbach (Oberhof) in Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, is a living educational and cultural institution. With over 70,000 visitors per year, it is one of the powerful public libraries in the Rhine-Main area. It provides central locations for information, learning, exchange and encounters for a diverse urban society in Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe as well as for residents of neighbouring communities. As a partner for schools, kitas, associations, the Volkshochschule and social institutions, it has a high range with great social relevance.

The main office of the City Library with a media stand of 60,000 products is currently strategically developing into a learning and leisure venue with new spatial concepts, extended opening hours without personnel (open library) and forward-looking offers. The new line will play a key role in profile formation, control and implementation. The branch is already run as an open library with extended opening hours.

Strategic, organizational and personal responsibility for the City Library Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, consisting of main and branch office Leadership and further development of a dedicated team of around 20 employees Profiling of the main office as ''third place'' and high-quality learning and leisure venue for the various city society, with and without staff at opening hours (evening and weekend) Conception and control of innovative educational, cultural and event opportunities for the acquisition of reading and media competencies for a diverse urban society, also in cooperation with regional and supra-regional cultural or social partners Responsibility for budgeting, resource management, project development and third-party acquisition Coordination of a diverse digital and analog media and service offering

A prerequisite for the occupation of the body is a completed university degree with a master's or bachelor's degree, preferably library science, as an alternative cultural management with a focus on media sciences, management in the field of culture and education, or degree of study and literary experience. A degree as a Diplombibliothekarin/Diplombibliothekar or as a specialist for media and information services with many years of experience as a director or deputy director of a city library also enables you to take over the place. In addition, you have the following skills and skills: Professional and management experience associated with more or more years of leadership experience Representative participation and communication skills as well as experience in the implementation of complex change processes, change management Strategic thinking combined with innovative strength, organisational strength and decision-making Sovereign appearance, political sensitivity and ability to authentic communication at different levels Professional knowledge of current developments in public libraries including all related analogue and digital developments / trends, interest in professional development and networking Gender and diversity competence Particular commitment to changing work processes, above-average commitment; This also includes increased operational readiness beyond normal service life (request for late and weekend services also in the context of event work) Their attitude agrees with the motto of the Municipality of Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe. Finding knowledge and experience in dealing with Microsoft Office standard products as well as the readiness to work into our document management software Fabasoft complete your profile.

A varied and responsible task in public service A safe workplace and an attractive remuneration Payment by pay group 13 TVöD A full-time workstation with a regular working hours of currently 39 hours is available, which can be divided in principle Flexible working hours as part of our service agreement Working hours Possibilities of mobile work 30 days of rest in the calendar year for a 5-day week diverse training opportunities Special payment Jobrad attractive sports and health services Support in the reconciliation of care and work Jobticket of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) with own share