*Learn – Discover – Connect as Community Relations Manager, a NEW Opportunity! * A beautiful new addition has been completed, under budget, and we finally have spaces for our staff to continue to create new and innovate traditional library services and collections. As the Cultural Center of Hartland, Hartland’s Cromaine is expected by its community to offer music and art, as well as all of the science, engineering and technology engagement possible for all ages. *We have a full-time Community Relations Manager position *available to lead an all-new department called for in our new strategic plan. Your responsibilities include *grant-writing and gift development, oversight of the Library’s print and online communications,* including advertising, and contributing to and administration of the library’s extensive event calendar. *You’ll work with a highly collaborative management team and your own staff to produce creative, innovative, and exciting experiences that meet our community’s desires and exceed their expectations. * Cromaine District Library is located near the intersection of M-59 and US-23—easy to get to from Detroit, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Flint. Hartland’s Cromaine (built in 1927, expanded in 1980, and again in 2017). We have a serious commitment to outreach, participating in many events and exhibits beyond our walls as well as finding new ways to be active outside this building in a busy community. *To succeed in this position you must have a passion for this community—a small town kind of place with a long-standing culture of connection and commitment to caring. * Cromaine wins grants, including several National Endowment for the Arts’ The Big Read. Grants for technology in Youth, local business sponsorships for the summer concert series, exhibits from the Smithsonian and to be a pilot for a national grant program—we are a place to connect to culture, music, technology, makers, as well as reading in every format. *Many of the grants support a very full event calendar* (check it out at WWW.CROMAINE.ORG) which you will be instrumental in creating. We are an OverDrive (TLN’s Download Destination) plus Advantage, hoopla, and RB Digital (Zinio) library. We also offer Kanopy and Universal Class services supporting our lifelong learners. We welcome new technologies and ways to improve collections and services, taking seriously every patron request for both popular materials and those more esoteric. *We pay non-MLS managers from $19.00 to $20.50 per hour to start;* 40 hours per week with half-hour paid lunch; includes some evenings and weekends with Sundays at time and one-half. MLA membership and national conference attendance (in rotation) paid. Full-time positions at Cromaine have paid vacation, sick, and business time (available after completion of the introductory period), plus holiday pay, paid birthday, and paid bereavement leave. Health insurance (an HSA plan) is provided for the employee and the employee may purchase health insurance for dependents at the library’s rates. Dental insurance, optical coverage, life insurance, short- and long-term disability are all provided for the employee. You may purchase several AFLAC plans at the library’s rate with a pre-tax deduction. *TIAA-CREF defined contribution retirement is provided at 10% employer contribution and immediately vested with no required employee match.* Lead a staff committed to public service with a community that loves its library and its library staff even more. Send your application (available at WWW.CROMAINE.ORG), resume and a cover letter to “Community Relations” at PO Box 308. Or send by email (preferred to be “green”) to brentola@cromaine.org as soon as possible—*position applications received prior to August 30 preferred; applications accepted until filled. * -- Cecilia Ann Marlow Library Director Cromaine District Library 810-632-5200, ext. 105