About Our Job The Denver Public Library (DPL) is a growing urban library system that serves the residents of the City & County of Denver. DPL sees more than 4 million visitors every year across its 27 locations, serves Denver's most vulnerable communities through outreach and mobile services, hosts thousands of programs a year and manages a collection of more than 1.4 million physical and digital materials. We believe a strong library is vital for a strong community. DPL is committed to serving the evolving needs of Denverites through inspired programming, diverse collections, culturally-representative spaces, and equitable policies & procedures.
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About Our Department: The mission of DPL's Digital Inclusion (DI) department is to leverage the resources of DPL and community partners to bridge the digital divide for marginalized communities and connect everyone in Denver with the technology access and education they need to thrive. DI oversees and coordinates a variety of technology education opportunities and our system of six ideaLAB makerspaces and helps inform policies and procedures related to DPL's public computers and circulating technology collection.
About This Position: As DPL's Creative Technology Program Manager, your job will be to plan, coordinate and evaluate creative technology services and programs for library customers and staff across the entire Denver Public Library system. DPL's Creative Technology services currently include 6 all-ages makerspaces, workshops on a variety of topics from sewing to coding, and a collection of "maker kits" that are used by staff to run creative technology programs at libraries throughout the system. Your primary work location will be the Central Library, however, you will also spend time at other DPL locations and some of your work may be done remotely.
You will work closely with the Digital Inclusion Manager, Technology Education Program Manager, ideaLAB Program Administrator and other DPL staff throughout the system to ensure that DPL's makerspaces and other creative technology offerings meet the practical needs of customers and staff and are focused on advancing digital equity in our community.
Specific duties include:
- Plan, coordinate and evaluate Creative Technology services, spaces, and programs and analyze usage and trends.
- Ensure that DPL's Creative Technology services, spaces, and programs meet community needs, advance digital equity and encourage creativity and learning.
- Assess the impact and effectiveness of the library's Creative Technology services, spaces, and programs and continuously refine and improve them.
- Lead development and implementation of customer and staff creative technology training strategies, curriculum, instruction plans and materials.
- Develop, document and share best practices and guidelines for Creative Technology at DPL.
- Meet with community groups and other agencies to plan new creative technology programs and get input about the program's direction.
- Collect and maintain useful and accurate data about DPL's Creative Technology services, spaces and programs.
- Identify potential partners and program participants, and plan strategies for reaching target audiences.
- Work closely with other library departments, branch libraries, and community organizations, to build relationships that support and expand creative technology services and programs throughout the City of Denver.
- Help develop the DI department's budget and strategic goals.
- Supervise DPL's ideaLABs Program Administrator and Program Coordinator staff and matrix manage makerspace staff at 6 library makerspaces.
About You: Our ideal candidate has:
- A sincere desire to improve our community and promote social justice.
- Enthusiasm for creative technology, making, and learning new things.
- Great communication skills.
- At least 2 years experience working in a makerspace.
- Experience developing and/or implementing creative technology programs.
- Experience coordinating programs/services across multiple locations for diverse audiences.
- Supervisory experience.
- Knowledge of digital inclusion principles and best practices.
- Knowledge of maker learning and instructional design principles and best practices.
- Skill in managing projects and experience in managing multiple projects at once.
- Skill in providing strong, dedicated and compassionate leadership.
- Skill in making data driven decisions.
- Skill in communicating, collaborating and establishing effective working relationships with employees, volunteers, organizations and the public.
- Ability to apply an inclusive and trauma-informed lens to supervision, services and programs.
- Ability to facilitate, lead, coach, mentor and encourage accountability with staff who do and do not report to you.
- Ability to creatively solve problems, negotiate, and handle stressful situations in a positive manner.
- Ability to model positive attitude, excellent interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity and a sense of humor in working with customers, coworkers and community.
- Ability to train and lead others in new processes.
- Ability to demonstrate innovation and flexibility.
- Ability to frequently adopt and teach new tools, software and technology.
- Ability to travel to various locations within the City of Denver regularly.
Minimum Qualifications: - Education requirement: Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration, Management, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, or a related field.
- Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of full performance professional level experience developing, implementing, and administering programs.
- Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education for all classifications.
Please submit a cover letter that explains your interest in this role, and why you believe you would be a good candidate. We value colleagues from all communities and identities. If you're excited about this position, we encourage you to apply even if your professional experience does not align perfectly with the listed "ideal candidate" expectations.
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Position Type Unlimited
Library Hiring Range $72,534.00 - $96,108.00
Starting Pay Agency Denver Public Library
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