**Children's and Youth Services Librarian Role:**
We are seeking a highly skilled professional to provide exceptional customer service, deliver high-quality early literacy programs, and foster meaningful engagement with our young people.
The successful candidate will be responsible for engaging with our diverse community to provide excellent customer service, assisting with library initiatives that bridge the digital divide, organizing and delivering children's and youth programs, conducting collection development work with our children's and youth collections, supervising members of the Children's and Youth Services team, and providing outreach to schools, kindergartens, day care centres, and other places where our families and young people gather.
**Key Responsibilities:**
* Provide exceptional customer service to our diverse community
* Assist with library initiatives that bridge the digital divide
* Organize and deliver children's and youth programs
* Conduct collection development work with our children's and youth collections
* Supervise members of the Children's and Youth Services team
* Provide outreach to schools, kindergartens, day care centres, and other places where our families and young people gather
**Required Skills and Qualifications:**
* Teamwork, supervisory, and communication skills
* Demonstrable problem-solving skills
* Ability to deliver projects and programs within agreed timeframes
* Ability to lead, motivate, and coach staff to achieve team goals and objectives
* Demonstrable experience in targeted community-based library programs
* Demonstrable experience in information provision and collection management
* Fluency in a community language is desirable
* Eligibility for professional membership of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
* A current Working with Children Check
**What We Offer:**
* A dynamic and supportive work environment
* Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
* Collaborative team culture