Library Collection & Digital Services Supervisor

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Why 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 -Connected. Liveable. Thriving, our region is a model of sustainability, where caring for our environment, creating vibrant communities and growing our local economy is a way of life.

About the Role

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.

As the Library Collection Services Supervisor, you will lead collections and digital teams to deliver accessible and sustainable library collections and library systems to support seamless interactions between customers and library resources.

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Key duties:**

•     Effectively lead the Libraries Collections and Digital Services Team to ensure:

• • a strong customer focus and high quality outcomes.
  • A highly engaged and motivated team
  • A collaborative approach to delivery and change management.

•    Deliver a community-responsive library collection by leading the strategic development and procurement of resources across physical and digital formats to:

• Ensure collections are diverse, current, and aligned with library service standards
• Anticipate and meet community needs and aspirations, supporting established and emerging programs
• Achieve compliance with Council procurement policies and industry best practice

•   Manage vendor contracts and develop relationships with suppliers to ensure all services and goods meet the agreed standards, contract requirements including key performance indicators and are delivered within pre-determined timeframes.

•   Provide effective financial management, including the preparation of an annual budgets and meet all targets, including the controlling, monitoring and administering of all income and expenditure across areas of responsibility.

•   Monitor developments in emerging and new technologies and collection development  and proactively collect and analyse key data to both drive continuous improvement fulfil all reporting requirements for collections and digital services. 

About you

• You will demonstrate substantial knowledge and experience in the provision and development of customer focused collections and digital services.
• You will have strong experience in managing procurement activities and vendor contracts in line with Council procurement policies and industry best practice.
• You will have highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with particular emphasis in the areas of building effective relationships, consultation, negotiation, conflict resolution and assertiveness.
• You will demonstrated experience in leading, developing and motivating work teams in an environment of continuous improvement and regular collaboration.
• Substantial knowledge and experience working with the relevant policies, standards, tools and technology relevant to Library Collections
• You will attain a tertiary qualifications in Librarianship, Community Development, Management or other related discipline

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.

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 2025-2030.

For specific enquiries contact Jane Stronach during business hours on 5475 8919.

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 [email protected].

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.