AddressWhy work with us?
At Council, we’re proud of our region. We collaborate with community to achieve truly sustainable outcomes, enhance our enviable lifestyle, and create award-winning places and spaces that are uniquely Sunshine Coast. So, if you love it here as much as we do, and you want to shape our region for the future – you’ll want to join our team!
With the vision to be Australia’s most sustainable region - Healthy, Smart, and Creative, council is at the forefront of delivering a number of region-shaping projects that will see the region become a hub for innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity, along with opportunities and a lifestyle for all to enjoy.
About the Role
The Arts, Heritage and Libraries branch role is to enrich the lives of residents and visitors by providing arts and cultural leadership, opportunities, knowledge, development, connections and experience.
Contribute to the high quality customer service and effective delivery of day-to-day Heritage Library operations. Also, guide the development and implementation of a frontline service delivery model that enhances customer experience with continued delivery of quality services, and improved community access to information, services, technology, networks and resources relevant to community needs.
Primarily, you will:
- Deliver day to day operations of the Heritage Library services under the guidance of the Heritage Library Supervisor providing excellent customer service to internal and external customers.
- Assist in the provision of reference and information services in relation to Heritage Library resources including on-line information retrieval, inter-library loans and instruction on the use of library resources, technology and equipment.
- Investigate, identify and recommend emerging technologies and alternative approaches (emerging trends) to the storage, and access of Heritage Library resources.
- Collaborate with staff to assist with the planning and delivery of programs, promotion, and outreach as required to increase awareness of the Heritage Library’s services to external and internal customers.
- Assist with the presentation of the online and physical Heritage Collection that is appealing and engaging to the community.
- Assist with the development, maintenance and presentation of the Heritage Library’s Collection in accordance with contemporary library practice and the Collection Management Statement.
About you
The Heritage Library Officer excellent customer service to internal council departments and the local community. The position involves the creation and delivery of highly engaging programs to both adults and young people a passion for presenting local studies content in different formats.
As a professional in this field, you will be a flexible and tech-savvy information professional in implementing best practice measures in preservation, cataloguing and archiving collections.
Pre-Employment Medical Required
Essential to your success is physical agility and the level of fitness, strength and dexterity to carry out labouring and frequent heavy lifting & bending. As such, appointment to this position is subject to completion of a pre-employment medical assessment.
Our Culture & Employee Benefits
Council is committed to creating an inclusive, culturally diverse, healthy, skilled and dedicated workplace culture. As an employee you will enjoy a range of benefits and working styles to suit you:
- Wellbeing: Your wellbeing is important to us therefore we offer a number of different initiatives such as discounted health related memberships, fitness passport, employee assistance program and development opportunities.
- Flexibility: We know it is important to balance life and work, therefore we offer flexible working including a 9-day fortnight and a hybrid WFH model that help you be your best.
- Extras: Those extras make a difference therefore we offer salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation, smartphones and devices. We also pay you 17.5% leave loading and generous Superannuation where council will contribute 12% Superannuation in addition to your 6% superannuation contribution.
How to apply
Your written application should include:
- A 1-2 page cover letter demonstrating your ability to fulfil the mandatory and desirable requirements on the Position Profile. Keep the key responsibilities in mind when addressing this criteria; and
- A current resume or curriculum vitae.
Once you have these two documents ready, click ‘Apply Now’ and follow the prompts to complete your application.
Further Information
Helpful information to assist you in completing your application is available on the Sunshine Coast Council website.
To learn more about Council’s vision and projects, you can view the Corporate Plan 2023-2027.
For specific enquiries contact Helen Kaatz during business hours on 07 5441 8***.
We're working hard to create an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse community we serve. If you require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to the Recruitment Team *********@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au.
At Sunshine Coast Council, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background including First Nations, disability, religion and sexual orientation. To deliver the best service to our region we want a workforce that reflects the diverse community that we serve. Sunshine Coast Council strongly encourages all suitable applicants to apply for this role.
