Associate Director

• Develop and apply contemporary ideas and solutions that meet library client needs
• Lead with flair, imagination, sound judgement and curiosity
• Full time, five (5) year contract, with competitive remuneration
• Melbourne, North Sydney or Brisbane based

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic senior librarian to provide bold and strategic leadership to deliver a unified vision for library learning experiences and scholarly research services that advance the university's strategic priorities in research excellence, student empowerment, innovation and inclusive communities. The Associate Director bridges scholarly services with key stakeholders, ensuring seamless, high-quality service delivery that advance the university's strategy and mission.

Reporting to the Library Director and contributing as a senior-level university librarian on external committees and professional groups, you'll proactively lead and develop staff in service delivery and design to ensure their successful contribution to the broader Library and university's strategic goals and direction.

With a recognised track record of achievement in strategy, planning, service delivery and collections management, you'll develop meaningful and effective internal and external client relationships to realise client needs and ensure ongoing client satisfaction. Through emerging technology adoption and contemporary practice, the Associate Director will guide, motivate and empower staff to build future-ready capabilities, drive change and deliver meaningful impact.

You'll be tertiary qualified in Library Science or Information Management, coupled with conferring eligibility for professional membership of the Australian Library and Information Association. You'll also possess significant experience in leadership and management at senior level in an academic library, including demonstrated understanding of the higher education business environment, including financial, human resources, operational, compliance and risk.

Key to your success will be in your ability to foster an innovation culture aligned to ACU's distinctive mission and values, devise and drive student information and digital literacy skills and champion change leadership initiatives; by engaging, empowering and influencing across research, professional staff and executive audiences.

General enquiries can be sent to: Janet Fletcher, Library Director at:

How to Apply:

Step 1: Review the Position Description and become familiar with Our Mission and the Application process

Step 2: Click the 'View Position Description and Apply' button, and populate your candidate application details, including your:

• resume (maximum 5 pages).
• responses to the Selection Criteria and Core Competencies in a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) or in the online Declaration and Criteria application page.
• brief online responses to any pre-screening employment questions.

Applications close: 02-NOV-2025 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time

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About ACU:

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is an inclusive community which welcomes students and staff of all beliefs. ACU has over 2,500 staff supporting more than 34,000 students across eight campuses - Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.

ACU aspires to be a home for our staff, offer the care of a family and develop an academic and professional community. Whatever your faith or culture, and whether you are academic or professional staff, there are many opportunities both for learning and contributing at ACU.

As valued members of our community, all staff members are expected to have an understanding of ACU's mission and values and to demonstrate an active contribution to them.

ACU does not accept candidate applications submitted by external recruitment agencies through the ACU careers website.