Liaison Librarian

**Job no**: 0058125
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full time; Continuing
**Department**: Student and Scholarly Services
**Salary**:UOM 6 - $89,182 - $96,536 p.a. plus 17% super (pro rata for part-time)

The University of Melbourne would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campuses are situated, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung Peoples, the Yorta Yorta Nation, the Dja Dja Wurrung People. We acknowledge that the land on which we meet and learn was the place of age-old ceremonies, of celebration, initiation and renewal, and that the local Aboriginal Peoples have had and continue to have a unique role in the life of these lands.

**About Student and Scholarly Services**
Student and Scholarly Services provides student administration and services from recruitment and point of enquiry to graduation. This team also delivers wellbeing and scholarly services to students and staff.

**About the Role**
The Liaison Librarian (Learning & Teaching), you will work within a team of information professionals, principally delivering services to support students and academic staff in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and the Faculty of Business and Economics coursework programs.

You will principally work across two liaison teams, the Education Liaison Team and the Business and Economics Liaison Team to develop students’ scholarly and digital capability through the curriculum and co-curricular programs.

Responsibilities include:

- Work with liaison colleagues, academics and other Scholarly Services staff to develop, deliver and evaluate innovative learning & teaching-related programs
- Support faculty learning and teaching programs and initiatives
- Contribute to the strategic development of relationships with key faculty academics and staff, Scholarly Services colleagues and other professional staff
- Maintain a working knowledge of current online and print information resources

**About You**
You will have excellent communication skills including the ability to build effective client relationships. You will also have high levels of self-motivation and initiative, ensuring you consistently provide excellence in library services.

You will be able to initiate new and innovative approaches to university learning and teaching services while working in a rapidly changing environment, particularly through online learning.

You will also have:

- Post graduate qualifications in librarianship or a relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training. Eligibility for associate membership of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
- Demonstrated knowledge, skills and experience for contemporary academic librarianship particularly those relevant to supporting students and teaching staff
- Demonstrated knowledge and skills for learning and teaching in higher education, such as pedagogy, learning design, digital learning and design and creation of digital learning resources
- Strong digital skills and confidence e.g., web skills, multimedia technologies, productivity tools, social media

**Please note: To be considered for this role you must have current valid work rights for Australia.**

**About the University**
The University of Melbourne is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

**Benefits of Working with Us**
In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of a vibrant campus life, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

- Flexible working arrangements, generous personal, parental and cultural leave
- Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading
- Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs
- Discounts on a wide range of products and services including Myki cards and Qantas Club
- Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families

**Be Yourself**
We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and encourage and celebrate diversity. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, females, people of all ages, with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.

**Join Us**
- Demonstrated knowledge, skills, and experience for contemporary academic librarianship particularly those relevant to supporting students and teaching staff
- Demonstrated knowledge and skills for learning and teaching in higher education, such as pedagogy, learning design, digital learning and design and creation of digital learning resources
- Ability to initiate new and innovative approaches to university learning and teaching services in a rapidly changing