Associate Director for Collections and Operations - School of Law

Position overview

Position title :

Associate Director for Collections and Operations

Salary range :

The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See the following table for the salary scale for this position : https : / / www.ucop.edu / academic-personnel-programs / _files / 2025-26 / policy-covered-july-2025-scales / t27.pdf. A reasonable full-time salary estimate for this position is $128,700 - $265,000.

Percent time : 100%

Anticipated start : Spring 2026

Application Window

Open date : October 17, 2025

Most recent review date : Friday, Oct 31, 2025 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date : Sunday, Nov 30, 2025 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Berkeley Law) is one of the nation's premier law schools, located at one of the world's great universities. The Law Library holds one of the largest law collections in the world, housing an extensive collection of Anglo-American, international, foreign, and comparative law. The Law Library serves a faculty of more than 100, including tenured and tenure-track, clinical, adjunct, and visiting professors and lecturers; more than 1000 J.D. students; 250 LL.M. students; 150 Professional Track LL.M. students in the summer; graduate students from the School of Jurisprudence and Social Policy; more than 100 visiting scholars each year; as well as researchers from other scholarly and legal communities. These include members of the University of California community, private attorneys, and members of the general public. Berkeley Law is the home of the prestigious Robbins Collection, which specializes in religious and civil law, and includes rare books and manuscripts. The Law School has a wide variety of research centers, clinics, and student-initiated projects.

Position Overview

The UC Berkeley School of Law Library seeks an Associate Director for Collections and Operations to play a key leadership role in ensuring seamless and efficient access to Law Library services and resources that support the academic and research needs of students, faculty, and the wider campus scholarly community. Reporting to the Associate Dean of the Law Library, the Associate Director for Collections and Operations is a member of the Law Library's senior management team, contributing to strategic planning and decision-making. This position oversees the administration of the Collections Department (acquisitions, cataloging, collections), ensuring efficient and effective operations. Additionally, this role involves leadership in Law Library operations, budget management, space planning, and staff supervision. The Associate Director acts as a resource for Law Library staff, offering guidance and fostering a collaborative work environment. This position also leads department meetings and facilitates communication across Law Library teams to enhance coordination and workflow.

Departmental Leadership and Management

• Serves as a key member of the Law Library's management team, contributing to strategic planning and decision-making.
• Oversees the administration of the Law Library's Collection Services Department, ensuring efficient and effective operations.
• Plans, coordinates, manages, and evaluates the department's services, including acquisitions, licensing, cataloging, processing, and updating of Law Library materials.
• Provides leadership in Law Library operations, including budget management and space planning.
• Recruits, hires, and supervises all department librarians, library staff, and library assistants.
• Serves as a resource for staff, offering guidance and fostering a collaborative work environment.
• Leads department meetings and facilitates communication across Law Library teams to enhance coordination and workflow.

Collection Development and Resource Management

Library Operations, Budget Administration, and Space Planning

Emerging Technologies

Reporting and Cross-Departmental Coordination

Participation in Research and Instruction

Working Conditions

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Advanced degree (JD, MA, PhD, or equivalent international degree)

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)

Preferred qualifications

Application Requirements

Document requirements

Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Cover Letter - Please discuss your experience overseeing collections and operations in an academic or law library. This may include your role in managing library collections, technical services, discovery systems, physical space, and staff. Describe how your work has supported faculty scholarship, student success, or institutional priorities, and how you have approached collaboration across departments. We also invite you to share your management philosophy, including for example, how you foster an inclusive and effective work environment.

Reference requirements

Apply link :

https : / / aprecruit.berkeley.edu / JPF04921

Help contact : academicpositions@law.berkeley.edu

About UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service, consistent with UC Regents Policy 4400 and University of California Academic Personnel policy (APM 210 1-d). These values are embedded in our Principles of Community, which reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these values can thrive.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.

For more information, please refer to the University of California's Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment Policy and the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy.

In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and / or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

Job location

Berkeley, CA