Job Description
Work for Indiana
Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a diverse range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.
At the State of Indiana, we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion—we make it our goal to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace with a workforce that is representative of Indiana's population. As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process as well as perform the essential functions of a role.
About the Indiana State Library:
The Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau is a public library building, located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the largest public library in the state of Indiana, housing over 60,000 manuscripts. Established in 1934, the library has gathered a large collection of books on a vast variety of topics.
Role Overview:
The Regional Coordinators of the Indiana State Library serve as the ambassadors of the Indiana State Library and the State Librarian to library staff from all types of libraries in Indiana. Regional Coordinators offer training workshops to library staff on the resources available from the Indiana State Library, including Evergreen, Inspire, WebJunction, and LSTA and similar grant opportunities. Regional Coordinators serve a leadership role in the library community by connecting the resources throughout the state and staying abreast of national and international trends in library science. This role is 100% remote with over 50% travel within the region.
Salary Statement:
The salary for this position traditionally starts at $53,222.00 but may be commensurate with education or work experience.
A Day in the Life:
The Regional Librarians provide information, marketing, consulting, continuing education opportunities, and more to libraries within their geographical area of the state; Regional Librarians are members of the Professional Development Division.
Essential duties to be performed with or without a reasonable accommodation:
- Conducts Regional marketing activity, assesses area library needs and helps develop area library services. Marketing activities include exhibits at conferences.
- Plans, develops and coordinates continuing education opportunities for Indiana libraries, including making use of video conferencing, online and/or webinar technology as appropriate.
- Develops and teaches ongoing workshops and classes as determined appropriate to meet regional library needs.
- Presents in-service demonstrations of State Library services and/or other library topics to libraries and library related groups.
- Acts as “clearinghouse” for questions from directors and library visits, e-mail, phone or other correspondence, referring questions to appropriate State Library staff as needed.
- Maintains working knowledge of current State Library services, programs, projects and regional library needs.
- Makes onsite marketing and in-service visits to assigned area libraries.
- Maintains communication and coordination of work assignments with the Director of Professional Development.
- Advises Director of Professional Development of any problems, requests, library concerns, procedural or policy issues and other matters affecting regional services.
- Participates on Professional Development and Regional task forces, project teams, and committees as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned.
What You'll Need for Success:
You must meet the following requirements to be considered for employment:
- Master of Library Science and a broad knowledge of the ISL and other libraries.
- Minimum of one (1) year of full-time experience as a Librarian.
Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:
The State of Indiana offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees which includes:
- Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans
- Wellness Rewards Program: Complete wellness activities to earn gift card rewards
- Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution
- Flexible work scheduling options, including the potential for hybrid remote work for employees whose work may be performed outside state facilities
- Deferred compensation 457B account (similar to 401k plan) with employer match
- Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options
- A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to:
- 150 hours of paid new parent leave
- Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave
- Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off
- 12 paid holidays, 14 on election years
- Education Reimbursement Program
- Group life insurance
- Referral Bonus program
- Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits
- Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- Free Parking for most positions
- Free LinkedIn Learning access
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruiting, selecting, developing, and promoting employees based on individual ability and job performance. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. We will comply with the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable state and federal laws.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodations to complete this application, you can request assistance by contacting the Indiana State Personnel Department at [email protected].
The State of Indiana has established a culture that welcomes equity, inclusion, and opportunity for all employees and applicants. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the transferrable skills to be successful in this position and we look forward to reviewing your application.