AddressPosition Details
- Continuing | Full-Time
- Higher Education Officer Level 8 | $106,842 - $118,281 p.a.
- Location: Kaurna Country / Bedford Park
- View Position Description
About the Library
The Flinders University Library is a pivotal resource, instrumental in supporting the achievement of the University's goals and mission. The Library is critical to the University's learning and research endeavours and the team is dedicated to transforming lives through championing equitable access to and engagement with knowledge. The Library has branches in various locations, including Bedford Park, Sturt, the Gus Fraenkel Medical Library, Tonsley, and City Campus.
About the Role
We have an exciting opening within our Library team as the Library Coordinator (Collection Strategy). The role is responsible for the Library's processes of acquisition, access, integration and deselection of scholarly works and digital content to support the Research, Learning and Teaching activities of the University. The successful incumbent will promote ideas and review practices and policies and support the delivery of Library services.
Some of the key responsibilities of the role include:
- Leading and managing a team of Library professionals, including induction and training in the processes of procurement and management of scholarly information resources.
- Contributing to the management of the financial and physical resources.
- Establishing, developing, and maintaining effective working relationships with vendors, publishers and agents' representatives.
About You
As the successful candidate, you will be a passionate leader who can successfully guide an established team of librarians and technicians. You will have excellent people skills and temperament, allowing you to work well within the library community and across multiple teams. You will have fantastic customer service and negotiation skills, allowing you to negotiate with external stakeholders to achieve optimum outcomes in line with the Library's and wider University's needs.
You will also demonstrate:
- Postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or education and/or training.
- The ability to evaluate and interpret complex data to provide advice to the library leadership team and other stakeholders.
- Extensive experience leading a team at different levels to provide high quality services in procurement and provisioning of collections and resources.
- Ability to develop new initiatives, developing and leveraging collaborative relations across and outside the organisation.
Please note, this position is eligible for relocation support. Therefore, interstate applicants are welcome to apply.
Life at Flinders
We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.
Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?
- 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
- Flexible working arrangements
- Wide range of professional development activities and services
- We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
- Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gymand childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).
Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment
Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.
Prescribed Conditions for Employment
- A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.
- Please note that you may be required to provide evidence that you are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations, in line with the Flinders University COVID-19 Vaccination Policy
How to Apply and Information
- To apply online, please visit the Jobs@Flinders website via the job portal: Library Coordinator (Collection Strategy)
- You are required to submit a Suitability Statement along with your CV addressing the below five Key Position Capabilities of the position description.
- Extensive experience leading a team at different levels to provide high quality services in procurement and provisioning of collections and resources.
- Highly developed consultation, negotiation and interpersonal communication skills with capacity to influence people and behaviour; effective written and verbal reporting skills.
- High Level Judgment and problem-solving skills including the ability to evaluate and interpret complex data to provide advice to the library leadership team and other stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to develop new initiatives, developing and leveraging collaborative relations across and outside the organisation.
- Postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or education and/or training.
- For more information regarding this position, please contact Melinda Dodd.
- Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
- Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy
Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACDT) Sunday 30 June 2024
Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.
At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
