Collection Development Librarian

**Position Overview**:

- Ongoing | Full Time | $89k - $101k +15.4% super plus generous leave provisions
- Attractive flexible work arrangements to support work/life balance with 60/40 site based/work from home split
- Join a small supportive team and drive the acquisition of digital and physical resources to enable the research and operational activities of ANSTO

**About the Opportunity**:

- "The ANSTO Library is Australia's most comprehensive scientific centre for nuclear information. The library collection is a much-valued national resource that supports the scientific, research, commercial and educational activities of ANSTO, which make a significant contribution to the organisation’s reputation and impact. The Collection Development Librarian represents ANSTO as the CAUL Content Coordinator and plays an important role in driving the Library Subscription processing and oversight to facilitate compliance with licence conditions. This also involves leveraging the existing subscription spend to facilitate open access publishing for ANSTO and our collaborators through CAUL, and other international bodies as we transition to government funded research being available to all Australians."._** - Jenny Evans, Knowledge Centre Manager**

**About the Role**:
The Collection Development Librarian plays a pivotal and independent role will be responsible for in managing a highly focused collection of information resources selected and acquired across a range of formats and platforms to provide critical information support to ANSTO’s research and commercial activities.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Manage collection development of library resources to support the strategic research direction of ANSTO.
- Contribute actively to CAUL as the CAUL Content Coordinator for the ANSTO Library and develop professional networks with industry bodies and vendors consistent with industry best practice and those articulated by CAUL.
- Identify and select for acquisition new and relevant information resources for the collection, make decisions in relation to procurement and management of scholarly content for ANSTO Library, and update the ANSTO Library Collection Development Policy as required.
- Monitor expenditure on collection resources and assist the Knowledge Centre Manager in Library budget preparation for electronic resources and monographs, to ensure expenditure is maintained within allocation.

**About Us**:
**Benefits of Working with Us**:
ANSTO employees are passionate about what they do. We enjoy being part of an organisation making a difference in the lives of Australians.

We support and reward our employees through eligibility for:

- Training, development and mentoring opportunities
- Performance based salary increases
- Work-life balance with generous leave entitlements and flexible conditions

**How to Apply**:
For further technical information relating to this position please refer to the Position Description or contact Jenny Evans on (02) 9717 3363. For all other queries please contact Talent Acquisition on (02) 9717 3359.

To be eligible for appointment, applicants will require a security and pre-employment medical assessment.

**Application closing date: 21 May 2023 at 11.59pm**

**_All applicants must be Australian citizens._