Circulation Manager, Circulation, Hughes Main Library

Overview

GREENVILLE COUNTY (SC) LIBRARY SYSTEM

Job Announcement, No.  
• Re-Opened:
December 11, 2025
• Posting Date:
October 16, 2025
• Final date to receive applications:
Open until filled
• Position:
Circulation Manager, Circulation, Hughes Main Library
• Pay: $62,342 per year, plus benefits
• Status:
Regular Full-time, Exempt
• Available:
November 2025
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Location:

Hughes Main Library, 25 Heritage Green Place, Greenville, South Carolina
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Schedule:

Daytime hours Monday – Friday, with occasional evening, weekend, and holiday hours as needed. Schedule requires flexibility to cover unanticipated staffing needs.

• Manages system-wide circulation functions and projects.
• Manages the Main Circulation unit at the Main Library and supervises all full-time unit staff.
• Manages the Main Library adult fiction and audiovisual collections.
• Embodies the Library System’s code of service by creating an atmosphere where customers and employees feel invited, informed, impressed and inspired.
• Greets customers and employees with a welcoming smile, and enthusiastically provides knowledgeable and meaningful assistance.
• Performs work in accord with the Library System’s vision and mission, using good judgment and ethical behavior in the application of established policies and procedures.

Required:

• Master’s Degree in Library Science from an A.L.A. accredited college or university.
• Four years of professional library experience at a supervisory or leadership level.
• Demonstrably progressive work experience showing an increase in the level of duties and responsibilities.
• Certified or eligible for certification by the South Carolina State Library.
• Other combinations of experience and training, which meet the minimum requirements, may be substituted.

Preferred:

• Supervisory or leadership experience in a public library.

• Must have the ability to concentrate for long periods of time; speak clearly and distinctly; hear and/or comprehend verbal communication; see and interpret all job-related materials.
• Operate library equipment as assigned; lift up to 25 pounds and push book carts weighing over 100 pounds; sit/stand for long periods; walk, bend and stoop; reach, grasp and use hands; type for long periods; tolerate dust and mold associated with library materials.

• Manages the Library System’s circulation-related policies and procedures, facilitating periodic evaluation of policies/procedures and recommending changes to Library Administration, as appropriate. (E)
• Creates documentation and works with the Circulation Training Specialist and Human Resources Training staff to implement system-wide training on circulation functions, as needed. (E)
• Collaborates with the Virtual Services Coordinator, ILS Administrator, Circulation Training Specialist, and other staff regarding ILS circulation policy configuration and resolution of issues relating to circulation functions. (E)
• Collaborates with the Virtual Services Coordinator and other staff to ensure successful, efficient use of self-checkout kiosks, automated materials handling equipment, and other technologies for system-wide circulation functions and materials handling. (E)
• Collaborates with Facilities Maintenance Manager, Branch Library Services Manager, and other staff to optimize transfer of library materials between Library System locations and ensure efficiency, consistency and alignment in system-wide materials handling practices. (E)
• Monitors the record quality and oversees the maintenance of the patron database in the ILS. (E)
• Serves as liaison to other libraries with reciprocal borrowing arrangements. (E)
• Works with Information Services Manager to facilitate effective delivery and return of interlibrary loan materials. (E)
• Provides assistance in reader’s advisory and circulation services. (E)
• Assigns, instructs, directs, and supervises Main Circulation staff, with support and assistance from the Main Circulation Supervisor. (E)
• Confers with the Adult Services Director and Human Resources regarding unit personnel needs, problems, vacancies, recruitment, specific position requirements, and overall employee relations. (E)
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