* $119,378 to $132,004 gross pa
* Full-time, continuing appointment (36 hrs per week)
* Toowoomba, Springfield or Ipswich campus
* Full-time, continuing appointment (36 hrs per week)
* Total remuneration range: $100,677 to $111,325 gross pa + 17% super + Leave Loading
* Campus location: Toowoomba or Springfield or Ipswich campus
* To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.
Are you passionate about creating an exceptional library experience for students, staff, and academics? Do you thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment where innovation and strategic thinking are key? If so, this opportunity could be the perfect fit for you.
Who you are
You are a collaborative, confident library professional with deep expertise in repositories, research data and scholarly communication. You care deeply about open research and quality service and thrive in complex, evolving environments. Bringing curiosity, sound judgement and a solutions-focused mindset to your work, you enjoy leading and building capability in others, translating emerging trends into practical services, and working across disciplines to enhance repository services.
You are motivated by quality, impact and service excellence, and you are ready to influence how research and learning outputs are accessed, shared and preserved.
What you'll do
You will lead and strengthen UniSQ Library's education and research repositories, delivering next-generation infrastructure that improves access, visibility and impact of research and learning outputs. From day one, you will guide a skilled team and key stakeholders, lift metadata quality, strengthen compliance and drive continuous improvement.
Over your first 6–12 months, you will help shape the strategic direction of repositories at UniSQ, improve discoverability and usage, and position the Library as a trusted partner in research and learning. Your work will have visible impact - supporting researchers, educators and students, elevating the University's research profile, and creating opportunities to innovate, lead initiatives and grow your professional influence.
What will help you succeed
* A relevant degree and strong experience in research support and/or learning and teaching, with expertise in metadata standards, library systems administration and reporting
* Proven leadership and people management skills, with a collaborative approach to mentoring and team development
* Deep understanding of academic library environments and emerging trends in research data, open research and scholarly communication
* High-level digital and information literacy, with hands-on experience in repositories, research information systems or research data management platforms
* Sound knowledge of copyright, intellectual property and best practice in managing scholarly and research content
For further information about this role, please contact Mandy Callow, Senior Manager (Collections and Repositories) via or .
Building on its strengths as Australia's leading regional university, UniSQ partners closely with its communities to drive innovation and create opportunity through education and research. Guided by our values of respect, integrity, and excellence, UniSQ's Strategic Plan 2026–2030 sets a clear ambition: to be Australia's most transformative university by embracing our regional identity, fostering inclusive learning and research environments, and delivering globally relevant outcomes with strong local impact.
The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students, partners and community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences.
We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances.
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To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.
Reference Number: 0162_11/25
Location: Toowoomba or Springfield or Ipswich campus
Term: Full-time continuing appointment (36 hours/week)
Salary: Total remuneration range $119,378 to $132,004 gross pa (includes salary range of $100,677 to $111,325 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)
Closes: Tuesday 3 February, 2026 at 11:30 pm (AEST)
At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision-making. UniSQ is a child safe organisation.
As part of the University of Southern Queensland's commitment to fostering a safe, respectful and rewarding work environment and in compliance with our legal obligations, we require candidates to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender Based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender Based Violence, during the course of their previous employment or in any legal process.
This information helps us meet our legal obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence, and will be considered when determining a candidate's suitability for employment, so that we can keep our University community safe.
If you know that this role is right for you, please submit your current resume together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your skills and experience relative to 'Who we're looking for' in the position description.
For more information on our selection process please refer to your recruitment journey available on our website.