On-Site Project Manager, Library Associates [recruiter], New Orleans, LA

Under the direction of the corporate Account Manager, LAC seeks an On-site Project Manager (PM) for a long term project in New Orleans, Louisiana that will last approximately 2 years. The PM provides on-site management of all aspects of both the on-site Recovery Cataloging Team and the On-site Recover Processing Team. The project is expected to start in January of 2008.

Responsibilities

* Supervise and schedule on-site staff on a day-to-day basis and manage the production processes to include meeting production timelines, benchmarks, and quality standards;
* Oversee quality assurance;
* Maintain statistics, monitor production progress, order supplies, and prepare project reports and records as required;
* Act as the on-site liaison with the project staff and keep LAC Account Manager and Head Cataloger aware of the production progress and management issues concerning the on-site staff;
* Hold staff meetings with project team leaders and staff on a regular basis or as needed;
* Participate in conference calls with Project Manager and off-site Cataloging Project Manager on a regular schedule (TBD);
* Maintain active communications and coordinate work effort with the client organization and LAC corporate staff;
* Other duties as directed.

Qualifications

* M.S. in Library or Information Science, Bachelor’s in business administration with a concentration in project management, operations management or technical management preferred.
* Minimum of 5 years of technical services experience in a library, of which, 2 years must be in a supervisory capacity;
* Knowledge of national cataloging standards and practice including AACR2 and MARC21 formats;
* Recent experience with an integrated library system, preferably Endeavor Voyager;
* Effective verbal and written communication skills;
* Experience managing and supervising a large cataloging/processing project consisting of both professional and paraprofessional staff;
* Ability to work independently in a challenging multi-task project environment.
* Ability to work in a foreign language, desired;

To Apply

Please email resume,cover letter and salary expectation to Patty De Anda, pdeanda@libraryassociates.com, with a courtesy copy to Keith Gurtzweiler, keith@libraryassociates.com. Please let us know what position you are applying for in your email and cover letter as we have several positions available.

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