Library Technician

Posted: 08/11/2024

Closing Date: 20/11/2024

Job Type: Temporary

Location: Macquarie

Job Category: Services Administration

**Our Purpose and Ambition**

NextSense is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people with vision or hearing loss across Australia. We work with children, adults, and their families, providing a holistic approach to hearing services for newborns through to people over 90 years old, and helping children who are blind or have low vision to develop the right skills, mobility, and independence to confidently explore their world.

NextSense has been breaking boundaries since 1860, and we've been expanding our services ever since. Today, we deliver world-class education (both to children with sensory loss and to professionals in the field), cochlear implants, allied health services, therapy, research, and clinical services to children and adults. We're a registered NDIS provider, working with our clients to achieve their own goals and potential.

We're committed to research and innovation; harnessing the latest technologies and new ways of thinking and educating the next generation to lead the way in hearing and vision services.

We are currently creating a world-leading centre for innovation on-site at Macquarie University that represents a new era for hearing and vision loss. This nationally significant social infrastructure project will be a place to nurture, trial and share new ideas and form new partnerships that will drive better outcomes for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision.

**The Role**
- Providing courteous and helpful service to all library users addressing their inquiries and resolving any issues promptly.
- Balancing collaboration and autonomy by managing a shared inbox.
- Highly developed communication skills, demonstrating the ability to communicate clearly, personably, and effectively in a variety of settings.
- Maintain productive working relationships with key stakeholders.
- Cataloguing therapy resources and equipment under an adjusted cataloguing system customised to the unique requirements of the NextSense service offering.
- Updating and maintaining the library management system to ensure the accuracy and accessibility of information.
- Assisting in the general set-up of the physical library, managed across multiple spaces.
- Assisting with the day-to-day management of the Shared Resources Library as it supports its users (selection, loaning, cleaning, re-shelving).
- Ensuring proper maintenance and repair of resources, which may involve troubleshooting and liaising with therapy staff to identify who to outsource repairs and replacements to.
- Supervise and oversee the delegation of work to library volunteers under the guidance of the Therapy Resource Librarian.

**What we can offer you**
- Competitive remuneration ( Band 2 of our NextSense Enterprise Agreement)
- 100% salary packaging allowing you to increase your take home pay
- Access to industry leading education and professional development
- On-campus benefits at Macquarie University where we operate out of our new purpose-built state-of-the-art Head Office
- Wellbeing program including Employee Assistance Program
- Hybrid/Flexible working arrangements

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
To be successful in this role you'll need to demonstrate you meet the following selection criteria.
- Demonstrated experience and success (minimum of five years) within a library setting.
- High-level technical skills, including knowledge of library management systems and relevant organisational systems.
- Demonstrated ability to work to deadlines.
- Valid driver's licence
- Current Criminal Record Check
- Working With Children Check