Library Assistant

**State Library of New South Wales**
**Library Assistant**
**Library and Information Services/Information and Access**
**2 x ongoing, full-time roles**
- Opportunity to work at one of the top cultural institutions in NSW
- Competitive remuneration package up to $74,725 p.a. (package includes salary between $53,168 - $66,809 p.a., plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading)

**About the State Library**
The State Library of New South Wales is one of Australia’s oldest and most important public institutions. Collecting actively since 1826, the Library preserves and presents the social, cultural and scientific history of our State and our Nation for the benefit of all. Its rich collections, both physical and digital, alongside partnerships with the public library network across NSW and other vibrant collaborations enable Australians to examine their past and imagine their future. In short, the Library occupies a unique position at the very heart of our civil society.

The Library and Information Services Division provides high quality information services and access to the State Library’s rich, heritage, print and digital collections and develops and preserves these collections for future generations. Library and Information Services is reader-focused, encourages an innovative and outward focused approach, maximises the use of technology and is a leader in digital innovation to continually improve information services and enable independent reader access. The Division collaborates across the Library and with other libraries and cultural institutions.
The Library and Information Services Division has two branches with Library Assistant
- Collection Access and Description Branch which is responsible for the acquisition, arrangement and description of collection materials and the tasks required to ensure that they are ready for access and inclusion into the collection.

**About the Role**
These roles are situated in the Information and Access branch. The Library Assistant will file, retrieve, shelve and physically organise library materials in a high volume, team environment to facilitate access to information and collections by readers.

**Knowledge and Experience**
To be successful in this role, you will have the following knowledge and experience:

- Sound numeracy, literacy, accuracy and attention to detail with ability to file, retrieve, shelve and physically organise library materials in a high-volume work environment.
- A desirable criteria for this role is current enrolment in a course of study that leads to a qualification acceptable for either professional or library technician membership of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)

**How to apply**
- A cover letter up to two pages outlining how your skills and experience meet the key knowledge and experience for the role, including a response to the targeted questions
- An up-to-date copy of your CV

**Target Questions**

***Please keep your responses to a maximum of 3 paragraphs for each question.
- This position will require you to provide high quality service to clients in the reading rooms. Please outline what skills and experience you have that will enable you to do this.
- Please provide an example of a situation when you were required to learn and implement a new procedure in a short period of time. How did you go about this and what were the challenges?

Subject to current health orders, assessments may be administered online.

**Talent Pool**
Applicants not initially offered a role but assessed through the recruitment process as being suitable will be placed in the Talent Pool to fill future vacancies as they arise. Placement in the Talent Pool remains valid for 18 months. Please note, the selection panel may request that you provide responses to further targeted questions, or at interview, as part of the selection process.

**Am I eligible to apply?**
- an Australian citizen or
- a permanent resident of Australia, or
- a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand passport or
- a citizen of another country with an appropriate visa that allows you to work in Australia for the period of temporary employment or if you are seeking ongoing employment, you must hold a permanent visa that allows you to work in Australia.

**Role Description (pdf)**
**Role Description (word)**
**NSW Public Sector Capability Framework**
**State Library Accessibility Guide