The Details:
- Full Time Contract - 4 years
TRP from $215,358pa (base from $189,606pa)
- Mon - Fri | 38 hour week
- 5 weeks annual leave
- Hybrid, flexible working environment, including some work from home days.
- Location: North Lakes
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Join City of Moreton Bay as our Library Services Manager and help shape a public library service that supports and inspires our communities today and into the future.
Following a recent internal promotion, we're excited to begin the search for this key leadership role within our cultural services team.
This is your opportunity to step forward in your library career with Australia’s third‑largest Council, leading the delivery of a large, contemporary, and geographically diverse public library network. You’ll guide the service to meet the needs and aspirations of our current and future customers. We'll look to you to drive:
- Strategic direction and leadership... to a team of over 150 library professionals working across our 10 branches, mobile service, collection development, programming and more.
- Continuous improvement... foster a culture focused on innovation and evolution within contemporary public libraries - enhancing service delivery, coordinating facility improvement projects, and championing fresh ideas for our growing community.
- Operational excellence... ensure the effective and efficient operation of the Library Service, overseeing end‑to‑end functions including collection development, customer programming, online and remote service delivery, and the use of facilities as places of refuge during disaster response events.
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About you
You’re an experienced leader in libraries, confident navigating complex environments and passionate about delivering exceptional community-focused services... and ready for that next challenge! We will be looking for you to demonstrate:
- Strong leadership experience with a track record in leading and developing high performing teams.
- Contemporary library knowledge including a good understanding on effective design and delivery of contemporary library services for diverse communities. You will be excited to bring new and innovative ideas to the table, and showcase your experience in leading change and implementing solutions.
- Operational and Strategic Capability skilled in financial management and operational oversight, paired with exceptional communication skills and ability to think big picture in a complex, political environment.
You will also need to be available and willing to participate in the on-call roster (approx. 1 in 5 weekends).
Why City of Moreton Bay?
What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.
We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.
This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.
At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what can be – for our city, our Council and your career.
Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:
- See it. To build a city of the future, first, you have to see it. The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our city. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.
- Shape it. You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters – and it’s yours to shape and own.
- Live it. Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don’t live here, you’ll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.
You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:
- Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training And Research Scheme (STARS).
- Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.
- Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.
- Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling service and leader support hotline.
Ready for a career that matters?
Join City of Moreton Bay, and help shape our city of the future.
Click on the 'Apply Now' button below to complete your online application. Please upload a current resume that demonstrates how you meet the requirements for this role. You will also have the option to add a cover letter should you wish.
As part of the recruitment process, applicants will be required to undergo a National Criminal History Check.
To obtain further details please contact our Careers team at careers@moretonbay.qld.gov.au.
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Your Future City.
See it. Shape it. Live It.
City of Moreton Bay extends across the traditional lands of the Jinibara, Kabi Kabi, and Turrbal peoples, and we acknowledge and pay respects to Traditional Custodians. We believe diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our people and communities, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.
