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Finance/Millennium Payments Assistant #15588

  • Job ID: 15588
  • Location: Main Campus-Berkeley
  • Full/Part Time: Full-Time
  • Regular/Temporary: Regular
  • Department: Library
  • Application Review Date: The First Review Date for this job is May 3, 2013

Departmental Overview

The Library is one of the largest divisions on the Berkeley campus. Library Business Services, a unit within Administrative Services provides financial management, accounting, budgeting, purchasing, payroll system administration, inventory control, grant management, and oversight of recharge operations. Library Business Services establishes internal policy and procedures for administrative functions and business services for the University Library and its 24 subject specialty libraries. The Library is supported by a General Fund budget of over $36 million, approximately 500 restricted and unrestricted funds totaling another $40 million and employs over 400 employees which include faculty, librarians, professional and support staff. The Library also employs approximately 600 students throughout the academic year and summer.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Finance/ MILLENNIUM Payments Assistant functions as a member of a team of Accounts Payable Specialists responsible for managing the timely and accurate completion of payment processing for the Library's collection of electronic resources, print serials, monographs, and other material or media purchases. The position also resolves invoice and billing problems, reviews approved invoices for monograph purchases submitted by other units. Verifies and/or makes corrections on the invoices to ensure that BFS vendor codes, item deductions, fund information, currency conversions, and other information is correct and complete, and keys invoice information into MILLENNIUM, the Library's Acquisition software for transmittal to BFS, the campus financial system. Updates order records with payment information and makes corrections as required. Updates vendor information in MILLENNIUM, adjusts invoices for deductions and currency conversions and directs payable invoices to student assistants for keying into MILLENNIUM. The position also processes all travel, entertainment, reimbursement and payment requests for the departmental staff, enters deposits into the CDS system and provides backup for Event Planner Card & bluCard purchases.

Required Qualifications

  • Knowledge of general accounting practices and theory and the understanding and the proper use of the chart of accounts.
  • Working knowledge of the Travel & Entertainment and purchasing procedures and policies according to UCB and UCOP guidelines.
  • Demonstrated ability to use BFS (or comparable accounts payable application) to be able to track vendor payments, process invoice data according to batch-load file specifications for electronic transmittals, request wire transfers, handle special payment requirements to foreign vendors, and to gather and analyze financial data.
  • Demonstrated experience using MILLENNIUM, BearBuy, BFS, CDS and BAIRS.
  • Demonstrated great interpersonal skills and effective oral and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrated strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Team player.

Preferred Qualifications

  • An intermediate computer skill is required to be able to work in word processing and spreadsheet programs, conduct research via the Internet, and to use FTP software to perform downloads of bibliographic and invoice data from foreign vendors, and to retrieve search results from MILLENNIUM.

Salary & Benefits

Monthly:$3,061 - $3,480

Annual: $36,732 - $41,760

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit: http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf

How to Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Apply through jobs.berkeley.edu.

Criminal Background Check

This position has been designated as sensitive and may require a Criminal Background Check. We reserve the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of a Criminal Background Check.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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Storekeeping Supervisor 1 (5041U) #15827

  • Job ID: 15827
  • Location: Main Campus-Berkeley
  • Full/Part Time: Full-Time
  • Regular/Temporary: Regular
  • Department: Library
  • Application Review Date: The First Review Date for this job is May 31, 2013

Departmental Overview

The UC Berkeley Library is an internationally renowned research and teaching facility at one of the nation's premiere public universities. In a highly-diverse and intellectually-rich environment, Berkeley serves a campus community of 25,500 undergraduate students, 10,300 graduate students, and 2,000 faculty. The Library comprises 20 campus libraries - including the Doe/Moffitt Libraries, the Bancroft Library, the C. V. Starr East Asian Library and subject specialty libraries. With a collection of more than 11 million volumes and a collections budget of over $15 million, the Library offers extensive collections in all formats and robust services to connect users with those collections and build their related research skills. The Library has a current operations budget of approximately $39 million with approximately 380 FTE employees and 600 student employees hired throughout the academic year and summer.

The University Library Transportation/Mail Unit provides services related to the processing, delivery and collection of interlibrary mail and official university mail as well as the distribution of books, salvage and furniture to all library departments, subject specialty libraries and affiliated libraries on the UC Berkeley Campus. This includes sorting and classifying outgoing mail according to postal regulations (foreign and domestic) for all classes of mail; preparing packages for shipment according to postal regulations and various carriers; retrieving and delivering mail between Library units; operating/maintaining postage meter machines; distributing mail by classification; delivering mail to the U. S. Postal Service. The unit provides information for other Library and campus departments about classes of mail, postage rates, customs requirements, and weight and size limitations. Work is performed according to a daily set schedule based on mail pickup and delivery times.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Library Transportation & Mail Services Supervisor is responsible for managing the daily operation of the Library Mail Services, a satellite official mail receiving and distribution center on the Berkeley Campus. The supervisor is responsible for managing all incoming shipments of purchased library materials, many of which are extremely rare and valuable and must be tracked from receipt to final distribution within the campus. The position designs and manages distribution schedules for incoming and outgoing deliveries for over 80 destinations within the Main Library complex, Subject Specialty Libraries' around the campus, Northern Regional Storage Facility (NRLF), Campus Mail Services and outside vendors. The position negotiates purchasing contracts with express mail services (FedEx, UPS, DHL) as well as postage vendors and their software programs (Neopost/Neotrak) to continuously improve service and reduce costs to the university.

The position manages the following daily operations:

  • Manage the weekly new book deposits to NRLF working with Doe Circulation and NRLF managers.
  • Manages the library stock inventory and determines appropriate stock levels and purchase amounts.
  • Trouble shoots inventory supply item quality control issues with library staff.
  • Determines the specifications and negotiate contracts for the purchase of five Library vehicles.
  • Maintains and coordinate maintenance for library vehicles ensuring adherence to campus transit policies and procedures.
  • Ensures adherence to emergency protocols and follow established accident procedures.
  • Manages the scheduling of library maintenance work order requests such as modifying work stations, equipment, installing projector screens in TLIB classrooms, hanging pictures, build poster frames, replace lock cylinders, build chairs for FMS Café, blue fallen crown moldings to 30ft ceilings, remove bolted shelving, fix jammed microfilm drawers in periodicals, ergonomic keyboard placement and equipment, change flat tires on ILL electric carts, bolt furniture as required for earthquake safety, move staff as required, drill holes in built in furniture to route cables, reattach call number panels in stacks, etc.
  • Manages the removal of surplus furniture and equipment from Library to Excess and Salvage.
  • Manage distribution of large incoming freight such as statues or large crated exhibits.
  • Ensure work safety procedures are adhered to in the work areas.
  • Orients new staff and provides staff training on procedures and processes on a continual basis.
  • Develops truck driver training programs and optimum performance standards.

Required Qualifications

  • Excellent inter-personal skills for dealing with subordinate staff and other Library employees
  • Must be committed to a high level of public service
  • Working knowledge in storeroom and inventory practices, procedures used in the receipt, storage, and distribution of merchandise.
  • Working knowledge of mail, package, shipping and express service operations, as well as related policy and regulatory compliance requirements for postal and other services, domestic and international.
  • Requires skills in verbal and written communication in the English language, active listening, flexibility with change, critical thinking, multi-tasking and time management.
  • Skills in decision making, problem solving and interpersonal communications.
  • Skills in implementing and monitoring customer service standards.
  • Intermediate computer applications skills.
  • Ability to coach and mentor staff.
  • Demonstrated effective management skills, experience in training and supervising mail room and transportation personnel.
  • Demonstrated effective oral and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrated supervisory experience
  • Must have an excellent attendance record and the availability to work flexible hours. Position is subject to background check.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Transportation and Mail service supervisory experience in a university library environment
  • Experience resolving duty and tax issues for International shipments e.g. shipping rare books requiring commercial invoice, electronic export information with Dept. of Commerce harmonic codes.

Salary & Benefits

Monthly: $3,500 - $5,191

Annual: $42,000 - $62,300

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit: http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf

How to Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Apply through jobs.berkeley.edu.

Driving Required

A valid driver's license and DMV check for driving record is required.

Criminal Background Check

This position has been designated as sensitive and may require a Criminal Background Check. We reserve the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of a Criminal Background Check.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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Digital Collections Assistant (6760C) #15823

  • Job ID: 15823
  • Location: Main Campus-Berkeley
  • Full/Part Time: Part-Time
  • Regular/Temporary: Regular
  • Department: Library
  • Application Review Date: The First Review Date for this job is May 31, 2013

Departmental Overview

The Bancroft Library's Digital Collections Unit (DCU) provides expertise and services to support curation (building, acquiring, managing, preserving, and accessing) of digital collections. The DCU contextualizes and expands the reach of Bancroft's Digital Collections through the use of emerging technologies and online engagement. The DCU supports in-house and externally contracted digitization services, acquisition and processing of born-digital materials, archival collection information management, and management of Bancroft's social networking, digital humanities/social sciences computing projects, and other digital initiatives.

Responsibilities

The purpose of the position is to support digital collection activities within the library. Major responsibilities include describing, tracking, scheduling, routing, encoding, and digitally processing collections as part of internal and external digital initiatives and digital acquisitions, ensuring timely access to those collections online, supporting digital curation lifecycle services, EAD and MET production, encoding support, and creation and maintenance of contextual sites, online engagement activities, and social media.

Required Qualifications

  • Ability to communicate well verbally and in writing
  • Ability to meet a high standard of quality of work, work independently & expeditiously.
  • Ability to coordinate, schedule, and handle heavy workloads.
  • Ability to meet deadlines and ensure regular workflows.
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple work assignments.
  • Ability to work both alone and in a team environment.
  • Ability to train, schedule, and supervise student employees.
  • Ability to pay attention to detail & handle interruptions.
  • Ability to type accurately and proofread work.
  • Ability to safely move carts & book/flatbed trucks loaded up to 100 lbs.; lift & bend with boxes or volumes weighing up to 40 lbs.; carry large/awkward map carriers; climb and reach on step stools and rolling ladders; handle dollies and metal trucks.

Salary & Benefits

Monthly: $3,125 - $4,063

Annual: $37,500 - $48,756

As a part-time position, compensation will be 43.75% of the full time rate.

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit: http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf

How to Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Apply through jobs.berkeley.edu.

Other Information

There are two 43.75% temporary positions available.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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Library Financial Analyst #15586

  • Job ID: 15586
  • Location: Main Campus-Berkeley
  • Full/Part Time: Full-Time
  • Regular/Temporary: Regular
  • Department: Library
  • Application Review Date: The First Review Date for this job is May 3, 2013

Departmental Overview

The Library is one of the largest divisions on the Berkeley campus. Administrative Services provides financial management, accounting, budgeting, purchasing, payroll system administration, inventory control, grant management, and oversight of recharge operations. Library Financial Services establishes internal policy and procedures for administrative functions and business services for the Library and its 24 subject specialty libraries. The Library is supported by a General Fund budget of over $35 million, approximately 600 restricted and unrestricted funds totaling another $40 million and employs over 400 employees which include faculty, librarians, professional and support staff. The Library also employs approximately 600 students throughout the academic year and summer.

Responsibilities

This position reports to the Library Chief Financial Officer and works closely with other members of the Library Finance Group. The position exists to support the complex annual budget process for the University Library, to support the transition to Cal Planning - specifically in the area of multi-year forecasting. The Financial Analyst will administer day-to-day financial/business functions and provide broad support to internal department constituents. The incumbent will be expected to effectively interact and achieve work objectives by maintaining sound working relationships with all departmental staff. Work is performed under general supervision and guidelines, requiring the exercise of independent judgment, application of appropriate UC and campus policies and advanced problem solving skills. The incumbent must be able to identify changing priorities and to apply excellent organizational skills to effectively manage office workflow. The incumbent must demonstrate strong technical writing skills, including knowledge of grammar, punctuation, and effective formatting techniques. Provides analytical support for budget, financial, or resource analysis projects and performs financial or resource research and studies. Examples include generating, modifying, and conceiving of new financial or other resource reports, or analyzing and forecasting staff salary budgets, contracts, grants, gifts, endowments, or user fees. Gathers, analyzes, prepares and summarizes recommendations for financial and/or resource plans, including annual resource allocation approaches, trended future requirements, operating forecasts, sources and uses, et cetera.

  • Applies professional concepts to perform moderate analysis to understand past performance and determine present and future performance and/or resource allocations.
  • Coordinates and implements data management tools, and related business processes.
  • Manages all accounting functions including proper account fund set-up, compliance with federal and UC regulations, monthly reconciliation of expenses, transfer of funds and expenses, and the fiscal close process.
  • Reviews all appropriations and expenditures and maintains current spending plans.
  • Reviews financial reports, adjustments and journals for departmental activities.
  • Researches existing policy, learns new business systems, and implements new changes to unit operations.
  • Participates in the development and revision of standard operating procedures and guidelines.
  • Work on projects as requested by the Chief Financial Officer.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.
  • Knowledge of finance policies, practices and systems.
  • Ability to present information in a clear and concise manner, both in writing and verbally.
  • Ability to understand, articulate and adapt university accounting, payroll, and purchasing policy and procedures.
  • Experience in developing budgets of moderate scope, conducting strategic/financial planning and forecasting, and designing financial reports.
  • Ability to download data and create customized financial and budget reports, as well as rapidly retrieve and organize information from a broad range of web-based resources, and prepare information for presentation.
  • Thorough knowledge of and proficiency in Windows PC operations and applications including Excel (including chart functions), Word, Outlook/bMail, bCal (or similar), internet browsers, and Powerpoint.
  • Ability to lead/manage and complete ad hoc analytical projects independently from beginning to end.
  • Exercise initiative and independent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to contribute creative innovations to the budgeting and financial reporting process.
  • Ability to take action and implement changes with minimal direction or supervision.
  • Mature ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion and professionalism in handling sensitive, often difficult, and highly confidential information.
  • Ability to manage competing deadlines utilizing excellent time management and organizational skills.
  • Willingness and ability to learn and implement new systems and programs, along with the keen ability to seek and utilize new information.
  • Experience in budget management including revenue, expenditure, projection, and variance analysis to perform cost-benefit studies and breakeven analysis.
  • Possess the ability to analyze fiscal data, information, and present in a logical format.
  • Experience in using automated financial systems for financial projection, tracking, reporting and analysis.
  • Ability to run queries and analyze reports from an automated financial system, creating Excel spreadsheets and preparing customized reports for management decisions is essential.
  • Ability to perform effectively both as an individual contributor and as a member of the Library Finance team; solid communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with all levels of staff, both verbally and in writing; solid ability to multi-task with demanding time-frames.
  • Ability to use discretion and maintain all confidentiality; ability to use sound judgment in responding to issues and concerns.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Preferred knowledge of University's financial and budgetary processes, policies, and practices.
  • Working knowledge of common campus-specific and other computer application programs.
  • Proficient in BFS, CalPlanning, BAIRS, OPTRS, CalAnswers, BearBuy, etc.

Salary & Benefits

Monthly: $3,850 - $5,725

Annual: $46,200 - $68,700

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit: http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf

How to Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Apply through jobs.berkeley.edu.

Criminal Background Check

This position has been designated as sensitive and requires a Criminal Background Check. We reserve the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of a Criminal Background Check.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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Serials Cataloger #15579

  • Job ID: 15579
  • Location: Main Campus-Berkeley
  • Full/Part Time: Full-Time
  • Regular/Temporary: Regular
  • Department: Library
  • Application Review Date: The First Review Date for this job is May 16, 2013

Departmental Overview

In addition to maintaining the Library's catalog OskiCat, the Catalog Department is responsible for receiving, processing, cataloging, and marking of all new monographs, as well as cataloging serials, electronic resources, data, and other types of non-print media for the UC Berkeley Main Library and the Subject Specialty Libraries. Serials Cataloging, a unit within the Catalog Department, is responsible for cataloging and maintaining records for serial publications in all formats and languages (except Chinese, Japanese, and Korean).

Responsibilities

  • Performs original serials cataloging and resolves complex problems related to existing serial records in all formats and languages (except Chinese, Japanese, and Korean); may contribute bibliographic records to the national Cooperative Online Serials program; performs name, series authority and subject heading work as necessary.
  • Performs bibliographic maintenance; responds to maintenance requests using the BadCat request system.
  • Analyzes, evaluates, interprets and revises or proposes revisions to established guidelines.
  • Writes documentation and provides training pertaining to unit procedures and policies.
  • Serves as an expert liaison (e.g. serves as serials expert to other Library units and on Library-wide committees and task forces).
  • May lead a team of library professionals.

Required Qualifications

  • Extensive experience with original and copy cataloging of serials in all formats and in several languages (excluding Chinese, Japanese, and Korean).
  • Extensive experience performing maintenance on bibliographic records, holdings statements, and item level information for serials. Experience with OCLC, AACR2, Library of Congress Rule Interpretations, LC Subject Headings, LC Classification, and CONSER standards.
  • Excellent problem solving skills.
  • Ability to anticipate how Serials Cataloging workflows and processes relate to and affect the work of other Library units, such as Acquisitions, Circulation, etc.
  • The ability to implement and maintain a variety of simultaneous workflows.
  • An aptitude for complex, analytical work requiring attention to detail.
  • Must be dependable and able to excel in a fast-paced, collegial work environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience cataloging non-print formats; experience with the Millennium integrated library system; knowledge of RDA (Resource Description and Access); knowledge of serials receiving and check-in practices.

Salary & Benefits

Monthly: $3,850 - $5,725
Annual: $46,200 - $68,700

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit: http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf

How to Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Apply through jobs.berkeley.edu.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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Security Supervisor #15584

  • Job ID: 15584
  • Location: Main Campus-Berkeley
  • Full/Part Time: Full-Time
  • Regular/Temporary: Regular
  • Department: Library
  • Application Review Date: The First Review Date for this job is April 25, 2013

Departmental Overview

The UC Berkeley Library is an internationally renowned research and teaching facility at one of the nation's premiere public universities. In a highly-diverse and intellectually-rich environment, Berkeley serves a campus community of 25,500 undergraduate students, 10,300 graduate students, and 2,000 faculty. The Library comprises 20 campus libraries - including the Doe/Moffitt Libraries, the Bancroft Library, the C. V. Starr East Asian Library and subject specialty libraries. With a collection of more than 11 million volumes and a collections budget of over $15 million, the Library offers extensive collections in all formats and robust services to connect users with those collections and build their related research skills. The Library has a current operations budget of approximately $39 million with approximately 380 FTE employees and 600 student employees hired throughout the academic year and summer.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Facilities Manager, the Security Supervisor directs and supervises security personnel to enforce library and campus policies and California State laws applicable to libraries. The position is responsible for managing the safety and security program and for guarding university property to protect people, prevents theft, violence, or infraction of rules. The position supervises the protection of University property with a high intrinsic or monetary value such as rare books, manuscripts and artifacts, and high risk areas such as open art displays or highly flammable materials.

Duties assigned to security personnel by the supervisor include providing directional/informational assistance to students, staff faculty, library users from the general public, and visitors, as well as assisting with crowds and traffic at public events. The supervisor is responsible for creating the workflow for all interactions with UCPD as needed and consults with UCPD Crime Prevention Unit and acts as liaison with the campus Police. The supervisor manages the operation and maintenance of the electronic security system, conducts weekly audit/review of alarm activations & camera recordings for any anomalies and ensures the alarm and camera devices are properly functioning. The supervisor investigates incidents and complaints, conducts follow up investigations, reviews daily activity reports and responds to issues noted accordingly. The position establishes a flexible, viable and continuous program of crime prevention, education and coordination between the Library Security Unit, staff, students, faculty and patrons. The position ensures high quality public relations with all persons visiting the libraries. The supervisor controls public safety rule infractions and irregularities in the libraries. The supervisor maintains prominent presence in the libraries to deter criminal activity. The position acts as Facilities Manager in absence of the incumbent.

Required Qualifications

  • Excellent inter-personal skills for dealing with subordinate staff, other Library employees, regular Library patrons as well as disruptive individuals visiting the Library.
  • Must be committed to a high level of public service
  • Demonstrated expertise in the professional treatment of persons who threaten the safety of people and the orderly research environment of the Library.
  • Demonstrated effective management skills, experience in training and supervising security personnel.
  • Demonstrated effective oral and written communication skills.
  • Must have proficient computer skills and experience in the operation and applications related to electronic security systems (e.g. The Software House, C-cure 900 Alarm and CCTV - Installed Unit and Intrasa and dedicated camera platform).
  • Must have an excellent attendance record and the availability to work flexible hours.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Security guard state license (BSIS) and safety training certificate.
  • Certification in First Aid, CPR and AED.
  • Certificate of Training in C-cure Alarm and CCTV security system
  • Security guard supervisory experience in a university library environment

Salary & Benefits

Monthly: $3,175 - $3,946
Annual: $38,100 - $47,350

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit: http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf

How to Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Apply through jobs.berkeley.edu.

Criminal Background Check

This position has been designated as sensitive and requires a Criminal Background Check. We reserve the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of a Criminal Background Check.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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Donor Stewardship and Events Coordinator (6299U) #15559

  • Job ID: 15559
  • Location: Main Campus-Berkeley
  • Full/Part Time: Full-Time
  • Regular/Temporary: Regular
  • Department: Library
  • Application Review Date: The First Review Date for this job is April 22, 2013

Departmental Overview

The Library Development Office (LDO) provides development and advancement services to help meet the priority needs of the Library and its programs by organizing and implementing annual and capital fund raising efforts to secure contributions and grants from individuals, corporations, foundations, and professional organizations. The LDO raises between $6 and $12 million each year from over 5,000 donors to Library programs. With its past success in generating major gifts, the LDO will continue its specialized efforts to identify, cultivate, and solicit major gift prospects. Donor stewardship and donor recognition are important parts of the development program for the continuation and expansion of private support.

With the end of the $3 billion Campaign for Berkeley this calendar year, the Library will be very focused on completing fund raising for the Moffitt Undergraduate Library. The Campaign for the University Library has been very successful in its goal for supporting its research collections, but still needs to raise $35 million for the Moffitt project. The Library campaign will definitely extend beyond the end of the campus campaign. This position will provide support for fund raising by coordinating and managing the Library's program of donor stewardship and research, and special events.

Responsibilities

Under the general supervision of the Development Director, the Coordinator works with the Major Gift Officer, the University Librarian, volunteers, the Library Advisory Board's Stewardship Committee, and campus faculty and administrators to provide support for the Library's efforts to cultivate and steward donors and potential donors who may be individuals, corporations, or foundations for all levels of campaign giving. In particular, this position will create and implement programs to involve potential donors with the Library and the campaign. The Coordinator helps develop and implement communications strategies involving donor stewardship. He/she will coordinate fiscal stewardship and reporting to current donors and endowment donors. Stewardship involves the acknowledgment of current donors and the building of long term relationships leading to increasing and continued giving, as well as providing valuable volunteer support for the Library. The position will also be involved with support activities for campaign volunteers, as well as with all Library donor-related events and programs.

The Coordinator will be responsible for preparing campaign stewardship reports to assist both with cultivation and solicitation of potential donors. Reports will involve donor research to determine potential levels of giving and event planning strategies.

The position works collaboratively with University Relations and campus fundraising colleagues as needed throughout the campus, especially regarding donor stewardship and cultivation activities.

Required Qualifications

The Coordinator must possess an understanding of donor stewardship and event planning including donor relations and public relations concepts and techniques. He/She must possess specialized knowledge to effectively support the identification and cultivation of major gift prospects employing stewardship and special events strategies. This knowledge must include the understanding of the organization and implementation of fund raising campaigns and strategies as well as donor recognition events.

Leadership and diplomacy skills are critical, as well as techniques to work with diverse constituents, including alumni, business leaders, faculty, staff, senior administrators, and high level campus volunteers and board members.

Excellent persuasive writing and oral communication as well as an understanding of marketing and event planning principles are also required.

Proven skill and experience in project management involving events, donor recognition, and donor relations.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience stewarding donors in a university, library, museum, or comparable fundraising environment.

Understanding and knowledge of donor communities that support libraries and museums.

An interest in and knowledge of the Library's collections, programs and services, and prior experience working directly with library or museum donors and foundations are highly desirable

Salary & Benefits

Monthly: $3,850 - $5,725

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit: http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf

How to Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Apply through jobs.berkeley.edu.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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Applications Programming Manager 1 #15501

  • Job ID: 15501
  • Location: Main Campus-Berkeley
  • Full/Part Time: Full-Time
  • Regular/Temporary: Regular
  • Department: Library
  • Application Review Date: The First Review Date for this job is April 12, 2013
    This requisition will remain open until filled.

Departmental Overview

The UC Berkeley Library provides scholarly information to all faculty and students in the support of the University's research and instruction mission. The Library Systems Office (LSO) provides technical support for Library, including developing; purchasing and/or supporting all types of hardware platforms and software applications. Library Applications and Publishing supports a variety of in house and vendor supplied software applications, including the Millennium Integrated Library System.

Responsibilities

  • Project management of multiple projects related to the Integrated Library System.
  • Maintain and continually improve the Integrated Library System.
  • Oversee problem resolution and requests for reports or statistics submitted to the OskiCat virtual helpdesk and via other means.
  • Document, analyze, and communicate about problems and enhancement requests.
  • Act as a liaison to vendors and partners such as OCLC and CDL for projects, problems, and requests for new functionality that relate to the ILS.
  • Supervise 6 FTE.
  • Support and encourage staff training and documentation of procedures by content experts.
  • Help support the Asktico documentation repository.
  • Advocate for quality, standardized, efficient procedures and workflows relating to ILS functions.
  • Identify opportunities for automation
  • Produce and review statistics to inform decision relating to the ILS.
  • Perform data quality control to identify training issues and correct problems in batch when possible.
  • Coordinate and manage software upgrades for the ILS.
  • Review existing workflows and suggest improvements.
  • Occasional evening/weekend work required.

Required Qualifications

  • Ability to function effectively in an environment of competing priorities, balancing important tasks, urgent tasks, and ongoing maintenance.
  • Experience working with library data.
  • Experience with automation of manual tasks.
  • Understanding of project management best practices and procedures.
  • Demonstrated ability to engage stakeholders up and down the line and to support front line staff.
  • Excellent communication skills, ability to influence others through shared vision.
  • Strong collaboration skills, including the ability to allow all voices to be heard, and to support flexible and innovative group thinking.
  • Ability to engage peers to make decisions and take action to complete initiatives.
  • Supervision experience.
  • Experience with Innovative Interface's Millennium ILS.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Scripting experience.
  • Experience documenting procedures.
  • Basic Linux familiarity.
  • Familiarity with data stewardship best practices around privacy and disaster recovery.
  • Experience with Innovative Interface's Sierra ILS.
  • Experience with Drupal.
  • Experience with migrating systems
  • Knowledge of interface design
  • Excellent supervision skills
  • Highly developed analytic and communication skills (both oral and written) including the ability to communicate technical issues effectively with both technical and non-technical staff
  • Strong organizational and planning skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Proven ability to work within in a team environment and actively promote collaboration
  • Project management experience

Salary & Benefits

Annual: $89,800 - $111,500

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit: http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf

How to Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Apply through jobs.berkeley.edu.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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Library Assistant II (6761C) #15475

  • Job ID: 15475
  • Location: Main Campus-Berkeley
  • Full/Part Time: Part-Time
  • Regular/Temporary: Regular
  • Department: Library
  • Application Review Date: The First Review Date for this job is April 06, 2013

Departmental Overview

The Sheldon Margen Public Health Library is one of the subject specialty libraries of The Library of the University of California Berkeley. It serves the campus community, particularly the faculty, staff and students of the School of Public Health, as well as the staff of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the Occupational and Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) unit of the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA), and the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory (ECL) of the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA), who are provided library services by contract arrangement with the University, and the general public who have need of our services. The library has a collection of approximately 107,000 volumes and receives about 550 print serial titles. The staff consists of 4 FTE librarians, 4.435 FTE staff personnel, and 2 FTE student staff. One off-site library, the Occupational and Environmental Health Library (OEH) in downtown Oakland, is administered by the Head of the Sheldon Margen Public Health Library. The Document Delivery Unit handles over 12,000 requests for publications each year and provides a current awareness service.

Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Document Delivery Coordinator, the person will enter and maintain data in several library databases; identify, locate, page, photocopy, and scan material; verify citation information using PubMed and other bibliographic databases; and process mail for contract clientele. Travel to libraries around the campus to retrieve material. Compile monthly and annual contract statistics.

Under the direction of the Techical Services staff, the person will assist with monographic, binding, and mail processing.

Required Qualifications

  • Must be able to work 3 days per week.
  • Demonstrated record of punctuality and good attendance.
  • Demonstrated aptitude for accuracy and detail to detail.
  • Proven ability to work independently and in a team environment performing a full range of clerical tasks.
  • Demonstrated ability to move heavy book trucks, go to other libraries and carry books between libraries.
  • Familiarity with library operations and UCB libraries.
  • Excellent computer skills and be familiar with Windows and Microsoft Office programs.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience utilizing database management programs.
  • Knowledge of or experience using bibliographic databases (e.g. PubMed, Web of Science, etc.)

Salary & Benefits

43.75% of Monthly: $2,759 - $3,563

This position is funded by the California Department of Public Health.

How to Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Apply through jobs.berkeley.edu.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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