Librarian - Canberra

Ongoing/non-going
- Full-time
- Canberra

An opportunity exists for a highly experienced law Librarian to join our National Library Services Team in the Canberra office.

The Library Services Team is seeking expressions of interest from librarians with significant experience in legal resource training, procurement of legal resources and collection management. The Librarian will be responsible for maintaining and providing a training program to lawyers, assisting with national acquisitions and collection management, and conducting legal research.

**About us**
Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) is the Australian Government’s central legal practice and part of the Attorney-General’s Department. AGS helps Commonwealth clients to manage legal issues, navigate new challenges and find solutions which deliver the best outcomes for Australia. We are a self-funded legal practice and compete for our work.

**AGS is unique.** AGS is dedicated to the national interest and is a trusted advisor to Government.

**AGS is innovative. **Drawing on an exceptional depth of experience and expertise, we assist the Australian Government in the development and implementation of solutions to legal issues that have national importance.

**AGS is diverse.** With offices in every capital city and a team of 670 staff, including 470 lawyers, we work in more than 40 different areas of law related to government.

**About the role**
The Library Services Team provides a highly valued service for legal research and resources to the lawyers and officers of the Attorney-General’s Department. This role is based in Canberra and will involve delivering high level, customer focused library services. A key part of this role will be to maintain, manage and deliver our Legal Research Training Program and undertake a broad range of legal library activities as part of a team. You will also be expected to efficiently undertake reference enquiries in response to client requests.

**In this role you will**:

- draw upon your extensive law librarian knowledge and skills to deliver excellent customer focused library services to clients and support the AGD library network
- manage and deliver a national legal research training program and develop training sessions in response to client requests
- support the national acquisitions manager with procurement and maintenance of subscriptions
- manage reference enquiries in response to client requests in a timely manner
- undertake a broad range of library activities as part of a small, dedicated and professional team.

For further information about the requirements of the role, please refer to the role description available below. Please note this role may be offered as ongoing or non-ongoing depending on operational requirements.

**About you**
- relevant tertiary qualifications in library studies / information management
- formal training qualifications or significant training experience
- experience in acquisitions, and knowledge of government procurement
- demonstrated ability to undertake high level reference and research work in a legal environment
- excellent knowledge of legal materials, maintaining collections and their data
- demonstrated ability in the use of:

- legal resources
- the delivery of in-person and remote training
- library technology and
- data management
- a willingness to take responsibility for tasks and a collaborative approach to cross-team development
- well-developed written and oral communication skills.

**To apply**

To apply, please click the ‘Begin’ button. Applications close at 5:00pm on Wednesday 5 April 2023.

**Further enquiries**
Further information can be obtained by contacting;

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