Carlow County Council Invite applications for the post of Senior Executive Librarian.

The post of Senior Executive Librarian is a professional post requiring a degree and postgraduate qualification in librarianship or degree in librarianship.  The Senior Executive Librarian is a senior management post within Carlow Library Service and the job profile is likely to evolve as the service changes and develops to meet the changing needs of the public.  The Senior Executive Librarian works closely with staff at all grade levels and reports directly to the County Librarian.  The post requires a high level of professional library and management skills, which include strategic and operational roles.

Further Information is available in the Candidate Information Booklet, available on our website www.carlow.ie 


 

Education, Training, Experience
Each candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed application forms:
 

• Hold a degree (level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications) in the area of Library and Information Studies
• Have satisfactory experience of library work including satisfactory experience at a management level

• • Have the knowledge and ability to discharge the duties of the post concerned;
  • Be suitable in all other relevant respects for appointment to the post concerned;

1. A citizen of the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA consists of the Member States of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway; or
2. A citizen of the United Kingdom (UK); or
3. A citizen of Switzerland pursuant to the agreement between the EU and Switzerland on the free movement of persons; or
4. A non-EEA citizen who is a spouse or child of an EEA or UK or Swiss citizen and has a stamp 4 visa: or
5. A person awarded international protection under the International Protection Act 2015, or any family member entitled to remain in the State as a result of family reunification and has a stamp 4 visa or
6. A non-EEA citizen who is a parent of a dependent child who is a citizen of, and resident in, an EEA member state or the UK or Switzerland and has a stamp 4 visa