Library Director for LTH Library

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is consistently ranked as one of the world's leading universities. There are approximately 47,000 students and more than 8,800 employees in Lund, Helsingborg, and Malmö. We unite in our efforts to understand, explain, and improve our world and the conditions of people.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Gender equality, equal opportunities, and diversity are fundamental principles for all parts of our operations.

Workplace Description

The Department of Quality Support is part of LTH's administration.

The department's main areas are: quality assurance, management of educational administrative systems, doctoral education administration, and libraries.

Within the department, quality coordinators, system administrators, educational coordinators responsible for system support, doctoral education coordinators, and librarians work. We are a small department with close collaboration within the department and with other departments within LTH's administration. We support LTH's management and organization within the department's areas of expertise.

The LTH Library is a unit within the department and currently has five employees. The unit is tasked with supporting the faculty's students, teachers, and researchers, as well as the general public regarding access to information and information literacy. Our subject areas include technical subjects as well as architecture and design, and the library's main work areas are media and teaching. The LTH Library is a workplace undergoing change with a focus on creating the library of the future.

We Offer

Lund University is a government authority, which means you receive special benefits, generous vacation, and a favorable occupational pension.

We also have a flexible working hours agreement that creates good conditions for a balance between work and leisure. We also apply Lund University's remote work agreement, which may allow for some remote work.

At LTH's administration, we also have an active well-being group that organizes various activities and contributes to our good work environment.

Read more on the university's website about being employed with us here (https://www.lu.se/om-universitetet/jobba-hos-oss).

Job Responsibilities and Areas of Responsibility

The Library Director, also the unit manager, is responsible for proactively and in close dialogue with management and operational representatives working with LTH's strategic and operational development in the library area.

As Library Director, you will lead the work at the library unit and have budget, personnel, and work environment responsibility for the unit's employees. E-media is part of the unit's budget. You are expected to lead and develop both the group and its individuals by engaging and creating participation, so that together you meet the needs of the operation.

The Library Director reports to the head of the Quality Support department and is part of various networks at Lund University, collaborating with both LTH's institutions and Lund University's common functions and other faculties.

You may also, within the framework of the position, work operationally as a librarian, for example, serving at the information and lending desk, working with media and periodicals, reading and writing support, and teaching.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who can take on the role of manager and leader and who, through your leadership, can develop the unit. You have a good ability to listen, utilize employees' competencies, and create participation and security in a group.

You have a good understanding of and knowledge about library operations and the library's role in education and research. As a person, you have good collaboration skills and a professional approach to work and colleagues. It is important that you are meticulous and have flexibility and the ability to solve the needs that arise.

Requirements for employment are:

• Academic degree in library and information science or equivalent
• Experience in library operations in the university and higher education sector
• Experience in driving and developing work, routines, and processes
• Good administrative skills and experience in administrative work within the higher education sector or public sector
• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English in speech and writing.

We are looking for someone with good collaboration skills, who is clear and structured.

Desirable qualifications for employment are:

• Management experience from library operations
• Leadership training
• Experience in managing library operations in the university and higher education sector
• Experience in working with e-media
• Experience in working with reading and writing support
• Experience in teaching within library operations.

Consideration will be given to how the applicant is assessed to complement and strengthen the work within LTH's library through their experience and competence and contribute to its future development.

Other

Interviews are planned to be held during March. Desired start date is May 2026 or by agreement.

How to Apply

Applications are submitted via our recruitment system. At the university, we work with competency-based recruitment, and you will be asked to answer questions during your application. Questions 1-10 are asked by Lund University in all recruitments and are used for statistics; we do not expect you to have a doctoral degree for this position. Questions related to the position will come after the standardized questions, and we ask you to answer these as they form the basis for our selection.

Welcome with your application!

LTH – Lund University of Technology – is part of Lund University. At LTH, we educate people, build knowledge for the future, and work hard to develop society. We create space for brilliant research and inspire creative development of technology, architecture, and design. Nearly 12,000 students study here. Each year, our researchers – many of whom work in world-leading profile areas – publish about 100 dissertations and 2,000 scientific results. A number of research results and student projects are refined into innovations. Together we explore and create – for the benefit of the world.

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