Library Officer

We have an exciting short-term opportunity for

• Library Officer
• to be a key member of the Library Service team and play a crucial role in improving educational outcomes for students and supporting teaching excellence.

In this role you will be primary responsible for collaborating with liaison librarians and educators to ensure that the necessary resources are available to support curriculum delivery. By following established processes, you will ensure that required readings and information resources are accessible to meet core teaching requirements. You will be responsible for updating records in the Readings system, Leganto, and the library system, Alma.

Additionally, you may serve as the first point of contact for customer inquiries across various service channels, conduct library orientations for students, and facilitate access to information resources through rostered desk duties. You'll also have the opportunity to contribute to a range of professional tasks, such as updating records in the library system, in collaboration with the Scholarly Resources team.

To be suitable for this role you will need to have experience in the below key accountabilities :

Completion of a diploma level qualification together with relevant experience in a library or similar environment, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and / or education and training.

Swinburne Horizon 2025 draws upon our understanding of future challenges. With this new strategic plan, we choose to build Swinburne as the prototype of a new and different university - one that is truly of Technology, of Innovation and of Entrepreneurship. We are committed to a differentiated university proposition in education and research, so that :

The achievement of our 2025 moon shots depends on our capacity to work collectively, always, as One Swinburne.

Please submit your CV and cover letter addressing your suitability for this position.

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Swinburne offers flexible working options contained in our leave and parenting / carer policies to support work-life balance.

Swinburne University of Technology is dedicated to creating a varied, welcoming, and open learning and work environment that embraces diversity, promotes inclusion, ensures fair access to opportunities, and actively opposes bullying, discrimination, sexual harm, victimisation, and vilification. We appreciate every individual in our community, regardless of ability / disability, age, cultural and ethnic background, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and family and relationship status. For further details on our efforts, please explore our Equity & Diversity website.

Swinburne is enhancing gender equity and diversity, with a focus on science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM), by participating in the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) program.

Swinburne University is actively engaged in improving representation and participation of women in STEMM fields, aiming to address ongoing gender inequity. As an inaugural recipient of the Athena SWAN Institutional Bronze Award, we have implemented our original SAGE Action Plan (2019-2021) and continue our commitment through the current SAGE Action Plan (2022-2025), focusing on meaningful actions to foster long-lasting change and advance gender equity and diversity in STEMM.