Law Librarian - Library Team - City Attorney's Office (8151)

Appointment Type: Permanent Exempt (PEX) position; individuals who are appointed to Exempt Positions are appointed at the pleasure of their appointing officer and are considered to be "at-will."

• Application Opening: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
• Application Deadline: Continuous, earliest close 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, 2025
• Compensation Range: $123,058 - $149,500
• Recruitment ID: RTF0153547-01155487

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is looking for a qualified and motivated law librarian to join our Office.

About the Office

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is an innovative, nationally-recognized municipal law office working to protect and advance the rights and interests of the City and County of San Francisco and its residents. With over 300 talented and dedicated employees, the Office provides exceptional legal services to the City’s Mayor, Board of Supervisors, officials, and departments. Our work empowers City leaders with effective, responsive, and creative legal solutions and representation so they can deliver critical public services, and our affirmative advocacy enhances the lives and wellbeing of San Francisco’s residents and visitors.

The Office recognizes that diversity in the backgrounds, identities, ideas, and lived experiences of our employees enriches our workplace and enhances our work. We aspire to recruit, employ, retain, and promote talented individuals representing the full spectrum of our community, and welcome all candidates, including candidates of any race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and age, and candidates with disabilities. We have a clear vision: to be the place where a diverse mix of people want to come and stay, grow professionally, and find purpose and engagement, and where all employees feel welcomed and respected for their full authentic selves, and valued for their work and contributions to the Office and the City. To learn more about the Office’s efforts to provide an inclusive workplace where employees feel they belong and can meaningfully contribute, please visit: https://www.sfcityattorney.org/aboutus/dei/.

Currently, the Office offers a hybrid remote work schedule for eligible employees, with three days onsite and up to two days remote.

To learn more about the City Attorney’s Office please visit: https://www.sfcityattorney.org/.

About the Law Librarian and Library: The Law Librarian is an integral part of the City Attorney’s Office, providing research services and training to support the legal work of attorneys and professional staff across all practice teams. The position manages all aspects of the library’s administrative work including prioritizing resources within the budget, managing the budget, acquisitions, serials control, collection maintenance, contract negotiations, and invoice processing. The library has physical resources in the Office’s work spaces in both San Francisco City Hall and Fox Plaza.

Law Librarian Responsibilities: The responsibilities listed below represent the range of duties that may be assigned and are not intended as an exhaustive list.

• Develops and manages the law library annual budget.
• Manages overall library resources to prioritize and meet the legal research needs of the Office within the Library’s available budget. Evaluates usage of current library resources, evaluates alternate resources with an emphasis on digitizing resources, and makes recommendations for renewal of existing materials or purchase of alternate resources.
• Conducts research for employees in a timely and effective manner. Advises attorneys and professional staff on research strategy and resource selection to ensure research is accurate and conducted in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Trains employees in using information resources; develops, prepares and conducts presentations, including in-person, hybrid, web enabled trainings and asynchronous; prepares and updates guides, newsletters, and intranet pages on library services and information resources.
• Negotiates contracts for library resources, with assistance as needed from an assigned Deputy. Manages library contracts. Orders new materials and handles renewals.
• Provides employee onboarding to library services, including establishing employee accounts for Office subscriptions.
• Manages physical resources, including checking in and processing library materials, updating loose-leaf filing, and shelving library materials.
• Manages desk copy surveys, orders, and distribution.
• Routes print and electronic newsletters.
• Processes invoices.
• May collaborate on Office knowledge management initiatives and tools, including generative AI tools.
• May supervise other library personnel.

Education

• Master of Library Science (M.L.S.), Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) or equivalent degree from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited school; AND/OR
• Juris Doctor degree (J.D.) from an American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school

Experience

• One year of experience working as a law librarian

Desired Qualifications

• Two or more years of experience working as a law librarian in a law firm setting.
• Three or more years of experience in library vendor management, acquisitions, cataloging, and technical services.
• Knowledge of WESTLAW, LEXIS, internet legal resources and/or other on-line databases and software applications. Interest in new and emerging technologies and resources in the legal industry, e.g., generative AI.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and other web-based information delivery services, e.g., Koha ILS, LibGuides.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills. Communicates clearly, confidently, and persuasively.
• Collaborative, with a commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Responsible and reliable, with strong organizational skills and an aptitude for performing functions requiring a high degree of accuracy and careful attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks and deadlines, and prioritize and complete multiple assignments.
• Proactively stays current on new products and services, evaluates and recommends new resource and products.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift boxes up to 25 pounds, crouch and reach to reshelve items, and push/pull a wheeled cart loaded with books.

Verification

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements.

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.

Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

Selection Procedures

The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to the interview. Depending on the number of applicants, the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate the qualifications of candidates. If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited to participate in the oral/performance interview.

Salary and Benefits

The position has a 5-step salary scale ranging from $123,058 to $149,500. The successful applicant is appointed to a salary step based on years of experience and additional relevant degrees, certifications, credentials or skills.  The City offers robust health, retirement and other benefits. For more information please visit: https://sfdhr.org/benefits-overview. Job class 8151 is represented by the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21. Information about compensation and benefits is available by entering Classification Code 8151 at https://careers.sf.gov/classifications/.

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

• Information About the Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.sf.gov/ and begin the application process.

• Select the “Apply Now” button and follow instructions on the screen
• Upload a Resume

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Human Resources Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please send your inquires to Jumy Dang, Senior Human Resources Analyst, at [email protected].

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.