Librarian

Synopsis:
Librarian
- **Salary Range Band 5 $76,848 - $88,969 plus 11% Super**:

- **Permanent Full time opportunity**:

- **Predominantly located at St Kilda Library however will be required to work across five Library branches within the City of Port Phillip including on weekend and evening shifts as required to deliver service to our community.**

**About the Organisation**

The City of Port Phillip is an inner-city council with around 1000 employees who deliver more than 100 programs and services to our residents, businesses and visitors. These range from childcare and immunisations, to libraries, management of parks and open space, rubbish collection, road maintenance and more. City of Port Phillip has zero tolerance for child abuse and is a committed Child Safe organisation.

**About the Role**

Our Librarians are responsible for supervising our day-to-day frontline service to ensure the delivery of exceptional customer experiences through the expert provision of information, tech assistance and reader advisory services. Librarians also identify and deliver staff training, assist with rostering and contribute to policies and procedures that enhance our frontline service.

You will be a qualified and experienced Librarian who has a passion for serving your community, leading and supporting teams and creating safe, diverse and inclusive spaces for people of all demographics.

**Duties**:

- Effectively direct frontline library team operations to maintain service priorities and ensure that library user concerns and issues are responded to in a friendly and timely manner within the scope of their authority
- Contribute to staff deployment including ad hoc rostering to ensure service priorities are met
- Actively deliver high quality frontline information, tech help, reader’s advisory, and customer service to library users, to connect library users to programs, services and collections
- Assist in identifying staff training needs and participate in the provision of training for team members
- Contribute to the development of service enhancements and initiatives by maintaining an up-to-date awareness of the professional library sector

**Skills and Experience**
- Librarianship qualification recognised by the ALIA (Australian Library and Information Association), or equivalent proven experience in a public library service or in a fast-paced customer focussed environment
- Experience in service delivery and leadership in an environment that focuses on meeting community expectations through the provision of high-quality information services, access to resources and programs

**Culture**

People enjoy working at the City of Port Phillip because we are a welcoming, healthy and inclusive workplace. We offer a vibrant and diverse work environment where our employees can develop both professionally and personally whilst planning and delivering a range of important services and programs to the community.

**Benefits**
- We offer a workplace which accommodates your working style and needs.
- Be supported and empowered by a leadership team that is community focused, with a strong desire for change and a culture that encourages teamwork and innovation.
- Training and development opportunities, study assistance, flexible working conditions, paid parental leave, an active social club, a health and wellbeing program, and a well
- regarded Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

.**Security Requirements and Professional Obligations**

Prior to a formal letter of offer, preferred applicants will be asked to provide:

- Evidence of mandatory qualifications/registrations/licences,
- Sufficient proof of their right to work in Australia, and
- Sufficient proof of their identity.
- Evidence of COVID-19 Vaccination or valid medical exemption in line with City of Port Phillip Vaccination Policy
- Complete a National Police Check completed via City of Port Phillip’s Provider.
- Evidence of a Working with Children Check (employee type with City of Port Phillip registered as the organisation).

**How to Apply**

All applicants must provide a Cover Letter in response to the key selection criteria located on the last page of the position description. The Cover Letter should be no longer than 2 pages and include each heading in the Key Selection Criteria.

Applications close** 11.59pm Sunday 3 December 2023