Librarian

Community Development | Perth Metropolitan
- Closing date: 19/09/2024

**About Us**

The City’s Community Development Directorate provides a broad range of facilities, services, projects, and events that directly impact the daily lives of our 243,000 residents and visitors.

The Directorate works to develop safe and vibrant places and deliver services and facilities to support a community that is healthy, welcoming and thriving.

Our Stirling Libraries team have been helping the community through education, entertainment, enriching family life and bringing people together irrespective of age, background, or gender. The City’s Libraries deliver a variety of programs and services for all ages focusing on literacy, lifelong learning, and digital literacy.

**About the Position**

Our team are looking to recruit Librarians to fill permanent full-time and part-time positions at Mirrabooka and Karrinyup Library. Applicants seeking casual positions are also encouraged to apply.

This key role supports the Branch Librarian in the overall management and administration of the branch library, and delivery of library programs and services.

**Key Responsibilities**

The duties of the Librarian will include but are not limited to:

- Contribute to the ongoing development of library services and the Community Services Business Unit via specific project teams as required and the strategic planning process.
- Contribute to the development of programmes, including training Library Officers, to assist library patrons requiring support with computers and technology, including accessing eContent as required.
- Develop and deliver innovative ideas and best practice, reference, information and other programmes and services to the public as part of the cultural, educational, and informational functions of the library.

**About You**
- Tertiary qualifications in Library and Information Science, demonstrating eligibility for Associate Membership of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).
- Demonstrated understanding of public library and community places and their service provision.
- Experience planning and delivering programs (within branch and outreach).
- Digital literacy skills in general and library-specific technologies
- Understanding of public library and community places and their service provision.
- Valid Working With Children Check

For further information, please refer to the position description.

**What We Offer**

The City offers some great benefits including flexibility in when and where you work to ensure a work-life balance. You will also enjoy a range of other benefits including:

- Free parking and easy public transport access
- Superannuation matching of up to 6%
- Professional development opportunities, including training, memberships, and study assistance
- Excellent leave entitlements including annual leave loading and the ability to purchase up to an additional 4 weeks’ annual leave per year
- 50% discount on gym memberships at our Stirling leisure centres - only applicable for perM/Fixed-term employees
- Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave
- Employee health and wellness program and initiatives including yearly flu vaccinations
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
- Generous study assistance
- Active social club
- Employee recognition program
- Novated Leasing (where applicable)

This permanent position is a Level 5/6 Inside Workforce Agreement positions which attract a salary from $77,514.91- $90,264.87 gross pro rata per annum plus superannuation.

**To be eligible to work for us, you need to provide, or have ability obtain a**:

- A copy of Australian driving licence
- National Police Clearance (valid within the last 3 months)
- Pre-Employment Medical and DAS clearance
- The right to work in Australia

**More about the City**

The City of Stirling is a diverse and thriving local government in Western Australia, with over 243,000 residents, spanning 30 suburbs, the City is a cosmopolitan, multicultural and economic hub.

With over 1,400 employees, the City embraces its diverse workforce by supporting work-life balance and offering opportunities for progression and development. Here at City of Stirling we celebrate and support inclusion and diversity.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the City of Stirling, the Wadjak People of the Nyoongar Nation, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. We will act with compassion and respect towards all people and value people of all abilities, ages, religions, faiths, sexualities, gender identity and cultural backgrounds.