Discovery Librarian

• Focused on high-impact global research, high-quality teaching and active engagement with both industry and the community
• HEW 6, $77,616 - $83,686 plus 17% super
• Full-time, ongoing, Hawthorn location

About Swinburne 
Swinburne University of Technology has a long, proud history of educating and training students for over 100 years. Swinburne focuses on providing high-quality, career-oriented education with strong links to industry and the community. Swinburne currently has over 54,000 students.

Swinburne’s emphasis is on high quality, engaged teaching and research in science, technology, business, design and innovation – teaching and research that makes a difference in the lives of individuals and contributes to national economic and social objectives. 

Swinburne is a progressive university that aims to increase Australia’s capacity in science, technology and innovation as the drivers of modern, internationalised economies and workplaces. Our university is focused on high-impact global research, high-quality teaching and active engagement with both industry and the community.

About the job
The Discovery Librarian works to deliver a high-quality discovery experience in a range of Library information services including Library Search, Swinburne Commons, Swinburne ResearchBank, and Subject Materials. The position works with a range of discovery and publishing platforms including Primo, Alma, EQUELLA and Kaltura and actively seeks opportunities to improve the discovery experience through enhancement of systems and practices, and improvements in metadata management. The position takes a key role in the ongoing operations of Swinburne Commons, the University’s centralised service for the management and distribution of Swinburne digital media.

Skills and experience
To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the following:
• A relevant degree with subsequent relevant experience; or extensive experience and specialist expertise or broad knowledge in technical or administrative fields; an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in relevant technical areas including digital object content management, digitisation of text and other formats, and web authoring and editing.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge and expertise in the use of relevant metadata standards and normalisation practices to deliver a highly functional and user-friendly library discovery service.
A full list of the selection criteria is available within the position description

Benefits 
To find out more about the extensive benefits offered to Swinburne employees please visit:
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/jobs/why-work-at-swinburne/

Further information, contacts and support
The diverse culture within Swinburne is a source of strength. We have an inclusive working environment with employees from a variety of backgrounds. We acknowledge that diversity in the university workforce increases the effectiveness of teams and our capacity for innovation. We welcome applications from Indigenous people, workers of all ages, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We are proud to be recognised by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality 2016 and of key initiatives such as our Pride@Swinburne Strategic Action Plan and our Reconciliation Action Plan which are integral components of our 2025 vision to be world class university creating social and economic impact through science, technology and innovation. Swinburne has also received the Victorian “High Commendation” Multicultural Excellence Award (Business Category).

To start an application submit a resume, cover letter and response to the Key Selection Criteria, as listed in the Position Description.

Swinburne University of Technology is a Child Safe Organisation and as part of this commitment, we require all employees to have a current Working with Children’s Check. 

All appointments are subject to a valid Working with Children’s Check, therefore it will be a mandatory requirement to have and maintain a current Working with Children Check.

Please do not email or send paper applications, all applications must be submitted online.

For further information about the position, please contact Anton Proppe on +61 3 9214 4512. 

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Recruitment team on +61 3 9214 8600 (option 2).

Should you require further support for an interview due to special needs or consideration, please contact our Diversity Consultant, Dr. Walter Robles, on inclusion@swin.edu.au, or our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Officer, Sherrin Trautmann on strautmann@swin.edu.au. 

Position number: 31671
Applications close at 5pm, Monday 4 June 2018.