Skills and Abilities: Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills; Advanced ability to critically evaluate materials using professional review sources, publishing trends, bibliographic data, circulation analytics, and community demographic information, balanced by a strong understanding of the library's commitment to the stewardship of core collections; Ability to assess collection gaps and strategically build sustainable, responsive, and future-oriented collections; Capacity to identify systemic risk, bias, or imbalance in collection practices and implement corrective strategies; Authority and expertise to assess/evaluate the professional collection decisions of selectors across the system; Ability to professionally manage and respond to formal materials challenges and reconsideration requests in accordance with Board policy; Demonstrated ability to analyze data and apply metrics to decision-making; Demonstrated experience with the provision of library services to all types of patron groups, such as children, students, adult learners, and those living in poverty; Ability to function effectively in a political environment, where real-world compromises are sometimes necessary for the health of the organization; Ability to exhibit good judgment according to a formalist system of ethics and establish a cordial and effective working relationship with the public, support staff, colleagues, Board members, and County officials; Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment; Ability to think conceptually; Ability to organize job duties and work independently; Ability to plan and coordinate the work of others to obtain established results; Ability to resolve conflict rather than create it, and implement change rather than block it. Experience: At least six years' experience as a librarian in primary area of responsibility, with four years of managerial experience with demonstrated ability to develop, manage, and sustain a major system resource or function in a public library setting; demonstrated leadership in collection development/management, materials selection, and system-wide collection management planning; demonstrated experience in budget management in government context.