Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) Executive Director job posting

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Dear Colleagues,

The Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI), a nonprofit, is seeking a new Executive Director. This volunteer position would be an excellent service opportunity for librarians, faculty, doctoral students or others already familiar with the field of international literature, especially books for children and teens. Here is the link to the job posting on the GLLI blog. I also reproduce it below:

Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) Executive Director Job Description

The Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) is a nonprofit that “strives to raise the visibility of world literature for adults and children at the local, national and international levels.” GLLI is at a moment of transition: activities it has created or assisted with are viable, launched, and respected. With these achievements, several original board members are stepping down and new ones are joining the board. GLLI seeks new leadership to support, sustain, and expand its existing operations, and to oversee the next stage of its growth. This will be a dynamic individual committed to international youth literature, well-connected to organizations with related goals, with creative ideas for supporting GLLI's existing initiatives and for envisioning new directions for its members. This is a volunteer post, but one that gives the right person an important platform to build international bridges through books. Work is conducted remotely. The time commitment is approximately 10 hours a week and is flexible. If desired, the position could be shared between two people prepared to closely collaborate.

Duties:

Responsible for the planning, organizing, and directing of the organization’s projects. Current projects consist of:

• the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize, an annual award that recognizes the author, translator, and publisher of the most outstanding translated work for young adults originally written and published (or simultaneously published) in a language other than English.
• the GLLI blog, with its various regular features and special focus months covering books for adults, teens, and children; current readership is about 100,000.
• the Carnegie-Whitney grant-funded “Building a Global Youth Literature Collection 101” starter kit website geared to children’s librarians plus a “hub” that aggregates relevant web-based materials – a unique resource.

Monitor and coordinate with the Prize committee, run the blog, and oversee maintenance of the starter kit by qualified volunteers.

Report to the board.

Create a yearly project budget for board approval. The budget will be a modest one.

Identify, recruit, train and develop a talented team of volunteers to help with projects.

Ensure business practices comply with regulatory and legal requirements.

Build on existing partnerships and develop new ones to publicize GLLI projects.

Represent the organization online and (as possible) in person.

To inquire or apply: contact Annette Goldsmith, GLLI Secretary, [email protected]