Supervisory Librarian, Head, Reference and Instruction

Supervisory Librarian, Head, Reference and Instruction Legislive Branch Library of Congress Summary The Congressional Research Service (CRS) seeks a Supervisory Librarian for its Knowledge Services Group (KSG). The selectee will serve as the section head of the Reference and Instruction Services section, responsible for providing reference, legal research, document delivery, and instruction services to internal and congressional clients. Learn more about this agency Summary The Congressional Research Service (CRS) seeks a Supervisory Librarian for its Knowledge Services Group (KSG). The selectee will serve as the section head of the Reference and Instruction Services section, responsible for providing reference, legal research, document delivery, and instruction services to internal and congressional clients. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/06/2026 to 05/27/2026 Salary $169,279

• $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent
• Position Work schedule Full-time
• Flexitime.

Service Excepted Promotion potential 15 Job family (Series) 1410 Librarian Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Other Drug test No Announcement number

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Control number 867993400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency U.S. Citizens Duties Help The ideal candide will have experience managing reference and legal research services in a fast-paced environment; knowledge of reference and legal research sources, in particular those reled to legislive, legal, and public policy analysis; and knowledge of informion research methodologies. A critical responsibility is the review of responses and reports produced by the section to ensure th they meet the high standards expected of CRS products and services. The section head works collaborively with staff across CRS as well as other parts of the Library of Congress on informion requests/projects and to resolve issues. Supervises a group of employees performing work up to the GS-13 level. Plans and assigns work, sets and adjusts priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work. Establishes guidelines and performance expections for staff, provides feedback and evalues employee performance. Resolves informal complaints and grievances. Recommends appointment, promotion, or reassignment and develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary. Provides advice and counsel to workers reled to work and administrive mters. Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests and certifies time and tendance records for staff. Assures th subordines are trained and fully comply with safety regulions. Oversees, conducts and reviews research on highly complex reference and legal research questions, providing authoritive and definitive results. Oversees the staffing of the CRS reading rooms, and the provision of document delivery and instruction services to CRS research divisions and congressional clients. Keeps up to de on current legislive issues. Plans and reviews the section's products and services, ensuring th they meet professional standards and policy guidelines and are responsive to the needs of clients. Develops, organizes, and schedules training for individuals and groups various levels of sophisticion, on a wide variety of research tools and research methodologies. Organizes, conducts, or participes in customized group and individual training and troubleshooting for partners and clients. Promotes existing and new informion services, dabases, and other research tools to CRS staff and congressional clients. Serves as a principal liaison for collaborion between KSG groups, other CRS divisions and offices, and other Library of Congress units and offices. Consults with informion professionals throughout CRS and the Library of Congress on instruction, research, reference and document delivery requests as well as the management of the CRS reference collection. CRS works exclusively for the United Stes Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Sene, regardless of party affiliion. As a legislive branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS has been a valued and respected resource on Capitol Hill for more than a century. CRS is well known for analysis th is authoritive, confidential, objective, and nonpartisan. Its highest priority is to ensure th Congress has immedie access to the nion's best thinking on public policy issues of interest to its Members and Committees. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Conditions of Employment The Supervisor leads his/her staff toward meeting the Library's vision, mission, and goals by acting decisively, leveraging diversity and inclusiveness, demonstring flexibility and resilience, fostering continuous improvement and innovion, and fostering integrity and honesty. To view the Library's Supervisory Core Competencies click the following link: Supervisor Core Competencies Library of Congress employees are prohibited from using illegal drugs, including marijuana. The Library is part of the Federal Government and abides by federal law, so regardless of individual ste or District of Columbia laws, marijuana use is illegal, considered criminal activity, and can affect your employment the Library. In addition, past or current drug use and activities (e.g., selling or distributing) may deem you ineligible for employment. Qualificions Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision. Ability to develop, implement, manage, and evalue reference and research services to meet client needs

• Ability to lead and manage staff
• Ability to communice in writing and review the writing of others
• Ability to manage instruction services to meet client needs Ability to interact collaborively with others Ability to convey informion and effectively communice other than in writing Educion A.

Completion of 1 full academic year of gradue study in library science in an accredited college or university, in addition to completion of all work required for a bachelor's degree; OR B. A total of least 5 years of a combinion of college-level educion, training, and experience. To qualify on this basis, the applicant must establish conclusively th the educion, training, and experience provided a knowledge and understanding of the theories, principles, and techniques of professional librarianship; a knowledge of literure resources; and the knowledge and abilities essential for providing effective library and informion services. You MUST submit a legible copy of your college/university transcripts to your online applicion. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable the time of applicion. Official transcripts required if selected. Failure to submit the required legible documention the time of applicion will result in disqualificion of your applicion. Foreign Educion

• Educion completed outside the U.

S. must be deemed equivalent to conventional/accredited U.S. educion programs to be acceptable for Federal employment. If your college/university is outside the U.S., your transcripts must be accompanied by a report from a credential evaluion service th is a member of the Nional Associion of Credential Evaluion Services (NACES) or the Associion of Internional Credentials Evaluors (AICE) . Failure to submit a foreign educion evaluion report will result in disqualificion of your applicion. Additional informion The Congressional Research Service, within the Library of Congress, is part of the Legislive Branch of the federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service. The salary range indiced reflects the locality pay adjustment for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. This is a supervisory, non-bargaining unit position. The position description number for this position is 376875. Although it is the Library's policy to afford the maximum pay benefit to employees when setting res of pay, a new appointee who has had no previous Federal service will generally be paid step one of the grade. The Library of Congress is an equal opportunity employer. All who meet the eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply. Applicants must submit a complete applicion package th is received by the closing de of this announcement. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please email ADA@loc.gov. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion determined on a case-by-case basis. The Library of Congress is the nional library of the United Stes and is part of the Legislive Branch of the Federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service. Appointment/retention is subject to a favorable evaluion of an approprie personnel security/suitability investigion. For more informion, please see: https://www.loc.gov/careers/working

• the-library/frequently-asked-questions/vetting-personnel
• the-library/ The Library reserves the right to fill a lesser or greer number of vacancies indiced during the life of this vacancy announcement.

Initial permanent appointments to the Library of Congress require completion of a one-year probionary period. In addition, per Library of Congress Regulion 9-532, an appointee or internal selectee is subject to a one-year supervisory probionary period if this is their first supervisory/managerial position the Library of Congress. Probionary periods served other Federal agencies do not count toward this requirement. The Library of Congress may offer repayment for all or part of federally insured student loans. However, not all service units within the Library of Congress participes in the repayment of federally insured student loans. Therefore, determinion to repay a federally insured student loan is subject to approval by the approprie service unit. The selected applicant may be required to file a financial disclosure stement with the House of Representives, U.S. Congress, in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 95-521, Ethics in Government Act of 1978. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. The Library of Congress evalues applicants through an applicant questionnaire and a structured interview. Applicants may also be screened for some jobs through licensing, certificion, and/or educion requirements, a narrive/applicion review, and/or a preliminary telephone interview. The knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) th are marked with a double asterisk (

• ) in the vacancy announcement and the applicant questionnaire are considered the most critical for a position.

To be considered for final selection, applicants must demonstre fully acceptable experience in these designed KSAs in the narrive/applicion review, preliminary telephone and/or full structured interview. The various assessment tools listed above are designed to verify or explore applicants' experience, knowledge, and training directly reled to the job in order to identify the best qualified applicants for selection. Are you a veteran? Please indice the type of veterans' preference you are claiming in your applicion merials and/or applicant profile and provide the approprie supporting documention to valide your claim. Those applying for 5-point preference must submit Member Copy 4 of your DD 214. Those applying for 10-point preference must fill out an SF-15 (click here for the form) and provide the required documention listed on the back of the form. If required supporting documention is not tached, Veterans' Preference will not be considered in the applicion process. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help You MUST submit a legible copy of your college/university transcripts to your online applicion. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable the time of applicion. Official transcripts required if selected. Failure to submit the required legible documention the time of applicion will result in disqualificion of your applicion. Foreign Educion

• Educion completed outside the U.

S. must be deemed equivalent to conventional/accredited U.S. educion programs to be acceptable for Federal employment. If your college/university is outside the U.S., your transcripts must be accompanied by a report from a credential evaluion service th is a member of the Nional Associion of Credential Evaluion Services (NACES) or the Associion of Internional Credentials Evaluors (AICE) . Failure to submit a foreign educion evaluion report will result in disqualificion of your applicion. Current or former federal employees must submit their most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent). Applicants with disabilities may be considered under special hiring procedures and must submit an approprie certifice of eligibility when applying for this position. The proof or disability/certificion may be issued by the Ste Vocional Rehabilition Office, Disability Services or Career Services office of the applicant's college or university, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The letter must verify th the applicant has a severe disability and must be ded within three years of the de of the applicion. The program does not accept certificion from health care providers. For more informion contact the Library's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity 202-707-6024 or email spp@loc.gov.

FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFICATION WILL CAUSE YOUR APPLICATION TO NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM.

How to Apply Help Please carefully follow all instructions under the How to Apply tab to ensure you are considered for the position. Please note, there is no page restriction to your resume, and you are allowed to upload a resume longer than two pages in the resume section within the applicion process. When the applicion system prompts, please proceed to the agency site to complete your applicion. You are required to apply online for this announcement. We are unable to accept mailed or emailed documents. You must complete the entire applicion process, including submission of all documents BEFORE this announcement closes. To do so, complete the following steps. Step 1: If you do not already have one, cree a resume on USAJOBS. Although you must enter your Social Security Number for USAJOBS, this informion will not be provided to the Library of Congress. Step 2: Review the Job Announcement. We recommend you go to the end of the Qualificion and Evaluion section of the job announcement to preview the online questions th you will answer in Step 4. You may wish to customize your USAJOBS resume to ensure th it supports your responses to these questions. Step 3: Click on the "

APPLY ONLINE

" button to the right of this announcement. Follow USAJOBS' instructions to access your account and submit your resume. You redirected to the Hiring Management website to complete the applicion process. If this is your first time in Hiring Management, you asked to answer questions reled to your eligibility for Federal employment. You able to upde this informion and save it to our account for future announcements. Step 4: Once you have completed the eligibility questions, you taken directly to the vacancy applicion questions. Answer all questions honestly and thoroughly. Step 5: Hiring Management offers three options th will electronically tach your documention to your online applicion once you finish answering the questions in the job announcement. (1) You may select a document th you have already uploaded to USAJOBS for a previous announcement. (2) You may electronically upload a document directly from your computer to your applicion. Be certain to review your complete applicion for confirmion of the document uploaded and click on "Finished" to be returned to

USAJOBS. IMPORTANT NOTE

If you have multiple documents of the same kind, e.g. 2 undergradue transcripts from different schools or 2 SF-50s, etc., be sure th they are all in the same file on your computer or in your USAJOBS profile before uploading them. If you try uploading them individually, only the last one sent visible in our system. If you have any questions about this informion, please contact the person on this announcement BEFORE the closing de. Step 6: Click on "Finish" after you have completed your applicion. Once you have submitted your applicion, you can check your stus online through your Hiring Management or

MY USAJOBS

account. Your complete online applicion and any required supplemental documention (e.g., SF-50, etc.) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. It is your responsibility to ensure th all documents are received on time and th the merials are readable. Failure to do so will result in your applicion being excluded from considerion for this announcement. If you are experiencing any technical difficulty with the online process, you

MUST CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE.

For all technical issues please contact jobhelp@loc.gov, no ler than 4:30pm EST of the Closing De.

REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS WILL NOT BE GRANTED.

Agency contact informion Customer Service Center Phone 202-707-5620 JobHelp@loc.gov Address

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 101

Independence Ave.

SE LM-107

Washington, District of Columbia 20540 United Stes Next steps Please review our evaluion process under Evaluion. You may check the stus of your applicion for this position any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My USAJOBS" tab and clicking on "My Applicions." You will receive final notificion via e-mail when the vacancy has been filled. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help You MUST submit a legible copy of your college/university transcripts to your online applicion. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable the time of applicion. Official transcripts required if selected. Failure to submit the required legible documention the time of applicion will result in disqualificion of your applicion. Foreign Educion

• Educion completed outside the U.

S. must be deemed equivalent to conventional/accredited U.S. educion programs to be acceptable for Federal employment. If your college/university is outside the U.S., your transcripts must be accompanied by a report from a credential evaluion service th is a member of the Nional Associion of Credential Evaluion Services (NACES) or the Associion of Internional Credentials Evaluors (AICE) . Failure to submit a foreign educion evaluion report will result in disqualificion of your applicion. Current or former federal employees must submit their most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent). Applicants with disabilities may be considered under special hiring procedures and must submit an approprie certifice of eligibility when applying for this position. The proof or disability/certificion may be issued by the Ste Vocional Rehabilition Office, Disability Services or Career Services office of the applicant's college or university, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The letter must verify th the applicant has a severe disability and must be ded within three years of the de of the applicion. The program does not accept certificion from health care providers. For more informion contact the Library's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity 202-707-6024 or email spp@loc.gov.

FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFICATION WILL CAUSE YOUR APPLICATION TO NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT PROGRAM.

How to Apply Help Please carefully follow all instructions under the How to Apply tab to ensure you are considered for the position. Please note, there is no page restriction to your resume, and you are allowed to upload a resume longer than two pages in the resume section within the applicion process. When the applicion system prompts, please proceed to the agency site to complete your applicion. You are required to apply online for this announcement. We are unable to accept mailed or emailed documents. You must complete the entire applicion process, including submission of all documents BEFORE this announcement closes. To do so, complete the following steps. Step 1: If you do not already have one, cree a resume on USAJOBS. Although you must enter your Social Security Number for USAJOBS, this informion will not be provided to the Library of Congress. Step 2: Review the Job Announcement. We recommend you go to the end of the Qualificion and Evaluion section of the job announcement to preview the online questions th you will answer in Step 4. You may wish to customize your USAJOBS resume to ensure th it supports your responses to these questions. Step 3: Click on the "

APPLY ONLINE

" button to the right of this announcement. Follow USAJOBS' instructions to access your account and submit your resume. You redirected to the Hiring Management website to complete the applicion process. If this is your first time in Hiring Management, you asked to answer questions reled to your eligibility for Federal employment. You able to upde this informion and save it to our account for future announcements. Step 4: Once you have completed the eligibility questions, you taken directly to the vacancy applicion questions. Answer all questions honestly and thoroughly. Step 5: Hiring Management offers three options th will electronically tach your documention to your online applicion once you finish answering the questions in the job announcement. (1) You may select a document th you have already uploaded to USAJOBS for a previous announcement. (2) You may electronically upload a document directly from your computer to your applicion. Be certain to review your complete applicion for confirmion of the document uploaded and click on "Finished" to be returned to

USAJOBS. IMPORTANT NOTE

If you have multiple documents of the same kind, e.g. 2 undergradue transcripts from different schools or 2 SF-50s, etc., be sure th they are all in the same file on your computer or in your USAJOBS profile before uploading them. If you try uploading them individually, only the last one sent visible in our system. If you have any questions about this informion, please contact the person on this announcement BEFORE the closing de. Step 6: Click on "Finish" after you have completed your applicion. Once you have submitted your applicion, you can check your stus online through your Hiring Management or

MY USAJOBS

account. Your complete online applicion and any required supplemental documention (e.g., SF-50, etc.) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. It is your responsibility to ensure th all documents are received on time and th the merials are readable. Failure to do so will result in your applicion being excluded from considerion for this announcement. If you are experiencing any technical difficulty with the online process, you

MUST CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE.

For all technical issues please contact jobhelp@loc.gov, no ler than 4:30pm EST of the Closing De.

REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS WILL NOT BE GRANTED.

Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Customer Service Center Phone 202-707-5620 JobHelp@loc.gov Address

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 101

Independence Ave.

SE LM-107

Washington, District of Columbia 20540 United Stes Next steps Please review our evaluion process under Evaluion. You may check the stus of your applicion for this position any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My USAJOBS" tab and clicking on "My Applicions." You will receive final notificion via e-mail when the vacancy has been filled. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/06/2026 to 05/27/2026 Salary $169,279

• $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent
• Position Work schedule Full-time
• Flexitime.

Service Excepted Promotion potential 15 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Announcement number

VAR003349

Control number 867993400