Team Leader Library

About Us

Kempsey Shire Council (KSC) is located on the Mid North Coast of NSW known for its genuine hospitality pristine beaches subtropical rainforests mountain ranges rock river gorges sprawling farmland and peaceful villages.

We are a progressive proactive and dynamic organisation and we pride ourselves on the respectful and supportive workplace we have cultivated. With 360 dedicated staff managing $1.5 billion worth of assets across many sites throughout the Shire KSC work closely with our community to build an inspired connected Macleay Valley.

Your New Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team delivering bestpractice library services into the future for our community.

Reporting to the Customer Experience Manager the Team Leader Library is responsible for managing the daytoday operations programming and staffing of Councils Library service to deliver a public library experience that is welcoming inclusive and supportive of lifelong learning principles.

As a leader the Team Leader will be responsible for fostering our positive team culture building strong and effective relationships with key stakeholders and leading the team to deliver high quality outputs.

About You:

To be successful in this role you will possess tertiary qualifications in Library and Information Management (or a related discipline); be eligible for membership to the Australian Library and Information Association; possess experience in the provision of public library services at a senior level; and experience with acquisitions collection management budgeting and database and records management.

You should also possess an energetic and positive leadership style with the ability to bring out the best in others; and strong interpersonal communication and networking skills to build relationships with internal and external customers.

Key accountabilities include:

• Work with the Customer Experience Manager to review best practice and service delivery to ensure a relevant user friendly and industry compliant Library service is delivered across the Kempsey Shire.
• Lead develop and inspire the team including (but not limited to) planning day to day supervision rostering leave requests and training / development plans.
• Present and maintain the branch libraries as a welcoming inclusive and safe spaces including addressing any facility maintenance matters
• Manage and maintain all aspects of the collection including cataloguing selection layout shelving stocking/weeding and presentation

For a complete list of the Key Accountabilities and Core Competency requirements please download the Position Description.

Benefits of working for Kempsey Shire Council:

As the successful candidate youll enjoy:

• A permanent fulltime position 35 hour work week
• Monthly RDOs
• Weekly salaryof $1724.94 to $1941.44 (plus superannuation).
• Generous leave entitlements including access to Long Service Leave after five years
• A working environment focussed on wellbeing including flexible work arrangements rostered days off EAP access social club and health and wellbeing programs.
• Fitness Passports for discounted access to a range of gym and pool facilities.
• Career development and learning opportunities access to study leave if required.
• Novated Leasing and salary packaging options (for eligible roles).
• A supportive collaborative working environment designed to help you grow!
• A fantastic lifestyle and work life balance on the beautiful MidNorth Coast.

Interested

Please apply via Councils website Note that you will be required to prepare and submit:

• A short statement (maximum 2 pages) outlining how your experience abilities knowledge and personal qualities will enable you to achieve the key accountabilities of the role (as listed in the Position Description); and
• Your current resume.

Applications Close: COB Wednesday 28 May 2025

Please note that Council reserves the right to close this job advertisement before the stated closing date if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore we encourage all interested applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.

Have questions Please contact Rebecca Box Customer Experience Manager for a confidential discussion on Ph:.

Please Note: Our recruitment notification process is primarily via system generated emails. Please ensure your email is correct before submitting your application to avoid missing crucial updates.

If you experience any difficulties applying online please contact the Recruitment team on or email

Thank you and good luck with your application.

Kempsey Shire Council is an equal opportunity employer and we celebrate our diverse inclusive and valuesled workforce. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people people with diverse culture and linguistic backgrounds and people with a disability. In addition Kempsey Shire Council will provide reasonable adjustments for suitably qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require additional assistance to participate in the recruitment process please discuss with the advertised contact person. You can ask for reasonable adjustments to be made at any time during the recruitment process.