News and Current Affairs Librarian

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**About Us**

SBS is one of the world's most unique and innovative media organisations, producing trusted, meaningful and engaging content that exists for all Australians to inspire, support and celebrate the diversity of our multicultural society.

Our purpose, for the last 49 years, has reflected and explored the evolving diversity of Australia, investing in initiatives to deepen its connections with communities, sharing their stories and giving a voice to those often unheard, with the aim of increasing understanding and respect of the differences that make up Australia.

SBS is a truly distinctive network, showcasing multicultural, multilingual and First Nations stories otherwise untold in the Australian media.

**The Department**

The News & Current Affairs Library is a dynamic, experienced team supporting daily news broadcasts, online news content creation and current affairs programs. We are dedicated to helping the News & Current Affairs producers bring to audiences the global and national news stories that matter. Our team works closely with journalists, producers, editors and fellow media managers in the heart of the SBS newsroom.

**The Role**

The purpose of this role is to support the News & Current Affairs producers to bring to audiences the global and national news stories that matter.

Reporting into the NACA Library Supervisor, in this pivotal role, you will be responsible for a range of tasks, including:

- Ensure that the most relevant content is available and delivered to journalists and producers to meet broadcast and publishing deadlines.
- Contribute to the curation of content for retention, re-purposing, and broadcast.
- Support effective workflows and add metadata to provide the most efficient delivery and curation of content across content management systems.
- Work autonomously and collaboratively within the team and across the organisation.
- This role is classified as Level 2 Content and Production ($66,575 - $86,965 base salary) under SBS Australia's current Enterprise Agreement. The successful applicant will be offered remuneration that is commensurate with their skills and experience_ in alignment with this framework.

**About you**

With your experience in carrying out research across databases and digital systems, your passion for news and current affairs, as well as your ability to remain calm under pressure, you will also be able to demonstrate:

- Strong organisational, research and analytical skills with excellent attention to detail and accurate data entry.
- Experience in information management and database systems.
- Effective communication skills, including the ability to build relationships across teams, effectively handover tasks to team members, train new team members, as required, and inform Library supervisor and colleagues.
- Broad knowledge of News, Current Affairs and Sport.

Feel like you meet most, but perhaps not all the criteria listed? Then, send through your detail as whilst we have specific requirements in mind we can look at how we can bridge the gaps

**Some of the reasons to consider working with us**:

- The people We truly celebrate and welcome difference at SBS and encourage everyone to bring their whole self to work & you’ll be part of one of the most inclusive companies in Australia
- The culture and the engagement of our workforce 93% of our employees have stated that they are proud to work for SBS
- We offer a range of benefits from, health care checks, salary packaging, Employee Assistance Programme, flexible work arrangements and discounted gym membership nationally with Fitness Pass.
- We’re agile and innovative in the way we work, as well as being a trusted and established brand. At SBS we have been broadcasting for over 49 years and our future is packed with many more exciting developments
- We also love to promote from within We have allocated training funds to do just that and help bridge the gaps when moving from role to role.

For other opportunities within our organisation please visit our careers website SBS Careers - Working at SBS

**Reasonable adjustments**

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