Librarian, Information Services

2 months ago


Melbourne City Centre, Australia State Library of Victoria Full time

Seeking highly motivated individuals to provide high-quality services in an iconic location
- 2 fixed term, full-time opportunities (parental leave and long service leave backfill)
- Remuneration at VPS 3.1 ($73,842 - $81,753) plus 10.5% Superannuation

About the Opportunity
Librarians facilitate the provision of high-quality services to meet the information needs of visitors.

**Librarians are accountable for measurable outcomes including**:

- Connecting onsite and offsite visitors to resources across the library's historic and contemporary collections and information resources
- Delivering outstanding reference services through rostered desk shifts and extended enquiries
- Developing a range of proactive and engaging information resources including research guides and blogs, within the required timeframes and to agreed standards
- Developing, delivering and/or contributing to programming initiatives onsite and online

About You
With experience provisioning excellent reference services and interacting with visitors, the successful applicants will have a deep understanding of contemporary library and information management practice, including developments in reference and information services, collection development principles, metadata standards and information technology.

**You will come to us with**:

- Strong digital capability and computer skills
- Ability to research into a specific topic or issue to produce new knowledge
- Ability to prepare audio-visual and digital presentations and present them to a group of people in a formal and engaging manner
- Completion of a library and information science qualification conferring eligibility for associate membership of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
- Specialist knowledge of the Library's collecting areas (e.g. Victorian and Australian history and literature, arts, popular culture and the history of the book, world knowledge, family history) is highly desirable.
- State Library Victoria is a child-safe organisation. A valid Working with Children Check will be required before commencing.

State Library Victoria promotes a workplace that actively seeks to welcome and value the unique contributions of all people. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from cultural and linguistical diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQ+, D/deaf, disabled, neurodiverse people of all ages and abilities to apply.
State Library Victoria offers flexibility in leave entitlements such as leave for personal, family, work and cultural commitments. Please find a link to our Enterprise Partnership Agreement 2020 for more information here.
How to apply
- Resume
- Cover letter (maximum 3 pages) summarising how you meet the key selection criteria in the Position Description and the About You section of the advertisement.

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