Library Technician

**Role Description/Criteria**

**The College**

Parade College is a member of the national body of Catholic schools known as Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA). The College aims to help young people grow into well-rounded individuals who will make a meaningful contribution to society. In a vibrant learning community, students are encouraged to explore and develop their talents to the fullest and aim for excellence in all their endeavours.

As a long-standing Catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition, Parade College strives to be a learning community that offers best practice education and pastoral care to its students to foster fullness of life and holistic growth for all.

The professional environment for staff at Parade College emphasises innovation, the importance of lifelong learning and quality relationships between staff, students and the College community.

**The Position**

Applications are invited for a customer focused **Library Technician**, wanting to become part of our dynamic library team at the College.

**The Position**

The Nash Learning Centre offers Parade students the opportunity to learn within a number of innovative learning environments. These flexible, dynamic, technology-rich spaces create situations where deep learning can occur in an engaging and inclusive atmosphere. Designed to be multidisciplinary and communal, all furniture can be configured in a number of ways for specific learning experiences, providing opportunities for staff and students to work together in new ways.

The Nash Learning Centre (NLC) offers; individual places to study, think, and read, group learning spaces, collaboration incubators, presentation and display spaces, project and wet areas, specialised focus laboratories, outdoor making and learning, breakout spaces, as well as places for teacher meetings and resource supply.

The Library Technician is responsible for the smooth day to day running of the learning centre. This involves maintaining bookings, general liaison, and being responsible for the physical environment of the library. The Library Technician also has an administrative and technical role; day to day coordination of print requests and printer maintenance through the dedicated print room, accessioning and creating data for items such as audio-visual materials, books, journals, and have responsibility for circulation duties, stock maintenance, and overdue items.

The Library Technician is responsible for the following duties (but not limited to):

- Print room duties in collaboration with staff and library technicians
- Circulation desk duties during the day for returns, borrowing and enquiries
- General supervision of students, and maintenance of behaviour within the Learning Centres
- Obtaining information requested by staff and students Facilitating staff and students' ability to use the Learning Centre Management System, the Learning Centre Homepage and relevant digital resources
- Maintaining a high level of knowledge of current fiction
- Fostering a love of reading
- Learning Centre Oliver System coordination (including overviews and cataloguing)
- Online learning design for LearnPath and other digital resources
- Facilitating maintenance of A/V equipment
- Statistics recording and reporting, including A/V resources.
- Previous experience working as a Library Technician preferably in a school setting.
- The ability to work collaboratively and energetically within a dynamic organisation.
- You are known for being proactive, demonstrating initiative and a willingness to accept responsibility.
- Undergraduate qualifications in library/information studies or be working towards this qualification(not essential).
- Experience in the Oliver Library Management System.
- Experience in cataloguing or A/V equipment maintenance.
- Current Working with Children Check, or willingness to obtain.
- In continuing to build our community we seek like minded individuals with an optimistic outlook, with a high level of personal drive and integrity._

**Working at Parade College**:

- Working within and around outstanding, grounds and facilities;
- Working with a collegial staff group;
- Onsite allocated car park space;
- Onsite gym;
- Pay and conditions set by a state-wide enterprise agreement, and
- The satisfaction of contributing to the educational development of our young people.

Please view the Position Description for further details about the role and the selection criteria.

**Application Requirements**

Applications must include:

- a **covering letter** addressing the **Key Selection Criteria** including your skills, qualifications and experience relevant to the role; together with
- a current **Curriculum Vitae**.
- This community is committed to the safety, wellbeing and protection of all children in our care._
- Parade College acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work._
- Parade College is an Equal O