Library Technician
2 months ago
Location: Geelong
Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 19/12/2025
Organisation: Schools (Government)
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Education and Training
Reference: 1449157
**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Demonstrated high level experience with library management systems, in particular Accessit Library and Spydus Management Systems.
**SC2** Demonstrated experience with digital facilities (Clickview, eBook platforms) and managing print and online resources.
**SC3** Demonstrated high level organizational and planning skills, including experience in rosters and managing staff.
**SC4** Demonstrated working collaboratively, independently and with initiative, whilst being flexible, creative and innovative.
**SC5** Demonstrated outstanding communication and interpersonal skills including effectively communicating with students, teachers and the general public.
**Role**:
The Library Technician reports to the Co-Ordinator of Library and is responsible for managing all technical services in the library to support school library teaching and learning programs, and to provide public library service to users of the GRLC Vines Road Library.
**Responsibilities**:
With the Co-ordinator of the Library create a warm, welcoming, learner-centred library environment where
- students feel safe and supported, especially during break times and before and after school
- students develop the habits of browsing and selecting and undertaking sustained silent immersion in reading
- senior students understand and develop the habits of focused and sustained study during class time
- students feel confident to consult library staff for help with research and reading.
Manage and carry out all school library technical operations and services involving:
- Acquisitions and processing
- Library space, furniture and equipment maintenance and tidiness
- Collection management and tidiness
- Library management systems (2)
- Circulation
- Bookings and rosters
Manage and carry out all GRLC operations and services including:
- Client services
- Loans
- Collection management, tidiness
**Who May Apply**:
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.
**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**Child Safe Standards**:
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
**DE Values**:
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
**Conditions of Employment**:
- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
**Location Profile**:
Western Heights College is a government co-educational single campus secondary college located in the heart of the Hamlyn Heights, Herne Hill and the Geelong West region just a short drive from the Geelong city centre, the Geelong Ring Road and nearby rural towns. The college is located within state-of-the-art modern buildings which connect learning, to our community and reflects our leading-edge work in curriculum design and delivery for our community.
The college¿s purpose is to empower students to strive for success and excellence in their educational journey with a focus on learning growth, high expectations, holistic well-being, creativity and innovation reflected strongly in the schools 3 values community, courage and integrity. Stage 3 planning has commenced for the school to complete its masterplan which will see the college state of art gymnasium constructed on-site to enable a highly specialised sports and physical activity program to grow. The college offers flexible indoor and outdoor learning spaces as well as an array of educational opportunities to empower students to strive for success and excellence in their educational learning journey.
The college has a strong focus on literacy and numeracy across the college. Global learning and thinking are a priority for the College with the school inclusive of cultural diversity, offering EAL and Chinese mandarin as it¿s language. The college has sister schools based in China.
Leadership, interpersonal development and student voice and agency in learning are a focus for the school with its offerings of exceptional dance, music, theatre studies, technology, STEM and art