Librarian - Community Linwood Job at Christchurch City Council in Linwood

Linwood Library provides our multicultural community with a safe and inviting space for all. One of our biggest strengths is creating strong, lasting connections with the community through events and programming.

About the role | Ko te mahi nei

Joining our passionate, community-focused team, the role of Librarian - Community takes responsibility for:

• Serving customers by proactively identifying their needs, and recommending library resources
• Developing, promoting and delivering a variety of library programmes and services to our diverse communities
• Supporting the training and development of colleagues, particularly with digital technologies
• Assisting the leadership team to chart the team's course, and support and motivate colleagues
• Community outreach through the development of new and existing relationships

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, energetic, self-motivated, customer-focused, and digitally literate.

Our ideal applicant will be:

• A library professional with a (minimum) Level 5 Library Diploma and one year's experience of working in a library or an equivalent diploma and two years' library experience.
• Great at building relationships with customers, finding ways to work together with them, meeting challenges and creating communities.
• Innovative and able to design, promote and implement programmes and services, making use of emerging technologies.
• Committed to engaging with the local community and helping diverse groups of people access information.

To thrive you will need to be a library professional who shows māramatanga and whanaungatanga in the way you continue to learn while supporting colleagues and helping them reach their potential. You will develop and use leadership skills in every aspect of the role.

Do you have the resilience to navigate the difficult moments to help people succeed? Are you skilled at listening to people and responding through service development? Are you confident engaging with rangitahi?

If you want to help build an outstanding library service for Christchurch, are creative and a team player please apply to join us.

What's in it for you? He aha ngā hua ki a koe?

Working for the Christchurch City Council allows you to contribute directly to the community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents and visitors. You will also benefit from:

• Access to training programmes, workshops, and development opportunities
• Collaboration - exposure to wider areas of the organisation
• Benefits - a variety of benefits for Council staff from health schemes to retail discounts

Through collaboration, innovation, and a strong commitment to community, the council provides an environment where one's skills and passions can shine, making it an exceptional choice for those seeking purpose and impact in their career. If this sounds like you, apply today!

To view a copy of the position description please click on the link at the bottom of the page.

Hours: 37.5 - 40 hours per week.

Linwood Library is open 9.00-6.00 weekdays, late night on a Thursday until 7.00pm. Weekends are 10.00am - 4.00pm.

Hours for this position: Full-time. One Thursday late close (7.15pm) every seven weeks, and a rostered Sun-Thurs week and Tues-Sat week also every 7 weeks.

Position: Permanent, full-time.

Salary: The salary band for this position goes from $65,502 - $72,780 per annum based on a 40 hour week. Starting salaries will be based on knowledge, skills and experience the successful candidate brings to the role, and relativities both, within the immediate team and in the broader organisation for the same or similar roles.

Consequential vacancies may be considered as part of this recruitment process; this means that if you are interested in applying for a Librarian - Community role at any location then you may want to put in an application in case a vacancy is created by an appointment to this role.

Reference # 37460

Posted on 29 Jan 2025

Closes on 12 Feb 2025 00:00

Location(s): Linwood

Expertise: Libraries

Job level(s): 1 to 3 years, 3 to 5 years, 5 to 7 years

Central City | Post date: 30 Jan 2025 | Close date: 13 Feb 2025 00:00 | Expertise: Information Technology | Work Type: Permanent, Full-time