Team Leader Content

**Georges River Council has an exciting opportunity for a Team Leader Content & Discovery to join our team, based in Hurstville.**

**About Georges River Libraries**

At Georges River Libraries, we foster a vibrant community where people come together to share ideas, knowledge, and experiences. Our inviting spaces provide a range of resources, including books, manuscripts, photographs, films, maps, and our unique 'Library of Things.' From quiet reading rooms to bustling media labs, our libraries offer an ideal environment for discovery, socialising, and play. Our friendly team is dedicated to assisting our community with their library and resourcing needs, helping inspire their world.

**About the Role**

As a team leader within our Cultural Engagement & Library Services Business Unit, you will lead the team responsible for engaging our diverse community with library services, outreach programs,
deliveries and the ongoing development of special collections.

In this role you will develop, deliver and evaluate targeted collections and services that support the educational and recreational needs of the diverse community in the Georges River area. This role is responsible for promoting engagement with library resources and developing, delivering and evaluating training programs to support staff knowledge of the collection and methods to effectively engage library customers.

This role is primarily based at **Hurstville Library** and will involve other locations as required.

**What we Offer**
- Permanent, Full time - 70 hours per fortnight
- Health and Wellbeing paid leave
- Fitness Passport Program offering discounted membership for you and your family to selected facilities
- Employee Assistance Program
- Salary Packaging Options
- Sponsored Study Program
- Parental Leave and Support
- Employee Rewards Program
- Ongoing Education and Resources
- Tertiary qualifications in Library and Information Science or equivalent
- Current Working with Children Check
- Current NSW Drivers Licence (Class C)
- Demonstrated experience developing, planning and delivering high quality training programs to customers and staff
- Demonstrated understanding of current public library collection trends
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing library collection development strategies including evaluation of the performance of collections and suppliers
- Strong commitment and proven ability to deliver a high quality, customer focused library service
- Demonstrated analytical, time management, organisational, financial, project management and creative problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated experience in supervising a team, including an ability to provide performance feedback, guide others through change and implement innovative approaches
- Highly developed oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, including effective negotiation, consultation and consensus building
- Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Office Suite as well as content management systems and technology in a public library or equivalent setting

**Desirable**
- Leadership experience in local government
- Leadership experience in a public library
- Experience delivering Readers’ Advisory programs

If you would like further information on this role, please contact Morgan Hills, Coordinator Library Programs and Marketing on 02 9330 9572.

**Applications must be completed and submitted via our website. Closing Date: Friday 25 October 2024 at 11. 59 PM AEST.**

**Offers of employment at Georges River Council are contingent upon satisfactory results of a thorough background check.**
- Georges River Council aims to be a leading, people-focused organisation delivering outstanding results for our community and city. We foster our values of Accountability, Professionalism, Unity and Honesty and take pride in promoting the image of Council in the community. _
- At Georges River Council we are committed to putting children first and championing child safety within our community. We actively advocate for the rights of children and young people and will uphold our commitment as a child safe organisation._