- Contribute to national programs that provide advice and support for learning, teaching and research
- Collaborate with academic staff to develop and implement programs to enhance students' information and digital literacy skills
- Full-time, continuing position based at our Strathfield Campus Library
About ACU:
Australian Catholic University (ACU) is an inclusive community which welcomes students and staff of all beliefs. ACU has over 2,500 staff supporting more than 34,000 students across eight campuses - Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.
As valued members of our community, all staff members are expected to have an understanding of ACU's mission and values and to demonstrate an active contribution to them.
About the Libraries Directorate:
ACU's network of libraries provide an online library service 24/7 and serve a range of client groups including students, staff, reciprocal borrowers and community borrowers who have varying information and access requirements. Our Vision for the library service is to enact the ACU Mission through coordinated, future-oriented resource provision and access via integrated and innovative solutions that optimise the effectiveness of the available resource base. Our committed staff meet the individual and collective information needs of clients by continually refining their professional expertise to provide an exemplary service. For further information on the Library, including its policies, consult the ACU Library website: https://library.acu.edu.au.
About Client Services:
The Library operates on the service principle of 'One Library, many locations'. Staff at any of the campus libraries collaborate with library colleagues across all campuses in delivering an agreed range of services to achieve consistency in service delivery. There are two organisational units in the Library: Client Services and Resources and Access. The Client Services unit is responsible for the operation of six campus libraries and for the provision of Library services for staff and students at the Adelaide and Blacktown Campus. Client Services staff provide online and face to face assistance to ACU staff and students.
About the role:
As a senior member of the Library Academic and Research Services (LARS) Team, as the Senior Librarian, you'll provide a full range of library services to students and staff of assigned Faculties, Research Institutes and Directorates on campus.
More specifically the role entails:
- Ensuring the library maintains an awareness of developments within academic and other client groups to enable the library to develop services and collect resources to meet changing and ongoing needs.
- Collaborating with other LARS team members and teams on the same or other campus libraries, in Client Services and in Resources and Access
- Working in a national faculty team to provide advice and support to researchers.
- Applying nationally developed protocols in response to the research and pedagogic requirements of the discipline/s supported.
- Providing advice and assitance to students to develop their information and digital literacy skills.
- Contributing to the services provided by the Strathfield Campus Library.
You will need to have:
- An undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Library Science or Information Management allowing eligibility for professional membership of ALIA; or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- Experience in the provision of liaison and reference services in a university library or similar environment.
- Demonstrated high level interpersonal, advocacy, communication and negotiation skills, including experience in providing specialist advice, presenting and producing reports and facilitating training sessions.
- Proven ability to work well both independently and within a team, in a local and distributed environment.
- Demonstrated experience in collaborating with client groups preferably in an academic library.
- An understanding and awareness of contemporary teaching, learning and research issues in the university environment.
The University pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement.
How to Apply:
Obtain the Position Description from the website. Applicants are expected to address all selection criteria listed in the position description. To apply for this role click the 'View Position Description and Apply' buttons above or below. Visit Hints and Tips on how to apply.
Total remuneration valued to $107,300 - $116,130 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $90,670 - $98,131 (pro rata) pa (HEW 7), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
General enquiries can be sent to Kerry Bedford, Associate Director, Library Client Services at: kerry.bedford@acu.edu.au
Only candidates with the right to work in Australia may apply for this position.
Equal Opportunity and Privacy of personal information is University policy. For more details visit: www.acu.edu.au/careers
Find out more information on the benefits of working at ACU at: www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/careers-at-acu/why-work-at-acu
ACU is committed to diversity and social inclusion in its employment practices. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities and people from culturally diverse groups are encouraged.
Advertised: 14-FEB-2022
Applications close: 06-MAR-2022 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time