Dubbo Library Team Leader
Closing date: 30/04/2025 9:00 AM AUS Eastern Standard Time
Location: Dubbo
Department: Macquarie Regional Library
Compensation: Annual Package AUD $78,184.00 - $90,862.00
Employment type: Full Time
At the heart of community. At the start of the future.
That’s where you’ll find Dubbo Regional Council and this opportunity to shape our region as our new Library Team Leader.
Our people care deeply about serving and strengthening our community. We work for 55,000 residents and 1.65 million people who visit our region each year - and when you join us, you’ll be part of that impact every single day. We’re at the centre of huge and important environmental, economic and societal change that will ensure a more sustainable future – for the Dubbo region, New South Wales, and beyond. It doesn’t get much bigger than that.
Join us as our new Library Team Leader and develop your skills and future career.
Find purpose and impact
You will make an impact by leading a team of Library Assistants in delivering branch library services and customer experiences. With a focus on day-to-day processes and procedures, the Dubbo Library Team Leader works collaboratively with the broader library team and stakeholders in developing and providing quality services and programs that meet community needs, while supporting the branch library’s continuous improvement plans, strategies and program. You will be a highly motivated library professional with a passion for serving the community. You have previous experience in leading a small team in delivering community-based library and information services and programs. You enjoy working with a diverse range of stakeholders to achieve excellence in the delivery of library services.
The opportunity is based in our library at Dubbo but on occasion, there may be opportunity to work within other nearby branches.
You’ll make an impact by:
- Manage daily operations of the branch, including staff, resources and services
- Model, promote and support leadership, decision making and problem-solving through planning, coaching and developing staff
- Deliver excellence in customer service experience and regularly review and evaluate assigned branch programs, plans, and activities
- Support internal and external stakeholder engagement and relationship management
What you'll bring
To thrive in this role, you will need:
- Diploma in Library and Information Science with eligibility for professional Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) membership
- Demonstrated understanding and ability to apply library services and customer experience principles in delivering library programs, events and activities
- Demonstrated experience in developing and motivating a team to deliver library services that enhance community outcomes
- Demonstrated experience in a range of digital technologies and the use of technology applications to support community needs and improve library service delivery
- Demonstrated skills and ability to plan and deliver programs and events
Ready to make a difference? Ready for your opportunity? Ready to find more from work and life?
Join us and help strengthen our community and your career.
This position offers an attractive annual salary ranging from $78,184 to $90,862.
To find out more about this role, explore the Position Description and feel free to reach out to our Manager Macquarie Regional Library on 02 6801 4500 to make an enquiry.
If this role sounds like you, we would love to hear from you, simply click Apply Now!
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Why Dubbo Regional Council?
At Dubbo Regional Council, you’ll find a great combination. Here’s what you can expect in your career with us:
- Find purpose and impact
Everything you do at Dubbo Regional Council makes a difference for so many people, in so many ways. It’ll always be that way. But right here, right now, we’re at the heart of some big change - and this is your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help us shape the future for communities here and beyond.
- Find personal and professional growth
You’ll find so much variety here. We’re doing diverse, high-impact work at scale. For you, that means plenty of opportunity to develop your skills and future career.
- Find people you can count on and a lifestyle you love
Your career matters, but so does your life outside of work. You don’t have to sacrifice one for the other. Here, you’ll achieve and grow in a great place to live and work, with people who truly care.
You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:
- Find a better balance - enjoy flexible working options, plus generous leave allowances.
- Enjoy a 35-hour workweek with adaptable working hours, embracing a 19 day month with a rostered day off!
- Make your pay go further with a variety of salary-packaging options, including Rainbow Cottage Childcare, novated vehicle leasing, self-education expenses, disability/income protection insurance, and so much more.
- Be rewarded for your impact with our annual Staff Excellence Awards and find real connection with our supportive team environment and active social club.
- Prioritise your health and wellbeing with our Fitness Passport, comprehensive Wellbeing Program, annual flu vaccination, and Employee Assistance Program for you and your family.
Dubbo Regional Council is part of Wiradjuri Country and we acknowledge all clan groups that reside within the Dubbo and Wellington Wiradjuri Nation. We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.