Under the direct supervision of the Library Board of Trustees, the Executive Director plans and directs all phases of library operations for Charleston County. There are sixteen (16) locations to serve Charleston County along with a Bookmobile and a Books by Mail Service. The CCPL has a $14.5 million budget.

The Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) Board of Trustees is seeking an Executive Director to bring a high degree of originality and excellent cognitive skills to the maintenance of superior service programs as well as to the development of new programs and services, policies and procedures and to the development and application of new information technologies and services.

The successful individual will possess as a minimum a Master of Library Science degree from an American Library Association accredited university in Library and Information Science.  The successful individual will also possess a minimum of ten (10) or more years of progressively responsible professional administrative experience and ten (10) years experience in a multi-branch operation serving an urban environment. It is preferred that the successful individual also have five (5) years as a Library Director in a library system similar or comparable to the CCPL.

The Executive Director reports directly to the CCPL Board of Trustees, while maintaining a close relationship with the Charleston County Administrator.