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

Company Description

This announcement has been reopened and amended to reflect the current minimum qualifications and compensation range. Applicants who previously applied during filing period June 10, 2025 through July 21, 2025 do not need to reapply and will be included in the applicant pool.

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, August 19, 2025
• Application Deadline: Continuous, earliest close 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 2, 2025
• Compensation Range: $125,528 - $152,516
• 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/.

The Office offers a hybrid remote work schedule for eligible employees with four days onsite and one day remote.

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

Job Description

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 n