At a Glance
- Tasks: Help preserve and share Blacktown's history while assisting library customers.
- Company: Join the Blacktown City Council’s Library Services team.
- Benefits: Secure full-time role, competitive salary, flextime, and ongoing training.
- Other info: Enjoy a supportive environment with great career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by connecting people with their local history.
- Qualifications: Library experience, strong customer service, and digital literacy skills.
The predicted salary is between 74000 - 80000 $ per year.
Library Technician - Community Learning - Local History
Connecting people, culture, and knowledge.
Join Blacktown City Council’s Library Services team and help preserve and share the history of the Blacktown community.
You support the Local History Librarian while providing practical library services that help customers find information and use library resources.
You assist customers at library service points, answer information enquiries, shelve and check resources, and help customers use online and digital services.
You organise, index and preserve photographs, maps, newspapers and other local history material.
You also research and digitise material for Blacktown Memories, assist with oral history recordings, prepare resource guides and support information sessions.
Your work keeps Blacktown’s history organised, accessible and preserved for future generations.
You work within the Community Learning team, contribute to regular staff meetings and work rostered public desk shifts, including evenings and weekends where required.
You must bring suitable library experience, strong customer service and communication skills, digital literacy and sound problem-solving skills.
At Blacktown City Council, good people make great teams, and great teams build great cities. Here, you will find the stability and support to keep growing, along with:
- a secure, permanent, full-time role with one of Australia's largest councils
- an entry level salary commencing at $1,420.05 per week
- access to Council's flextime arrangement
- 12% superannuation and competitive leave entitlements
- ongoing training and development support
- access to Fitness Passport, social clubs and wellbeing programs.
- Our commitment to safety
Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.
We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.
- Contact officer: Mary Ternes on 9839 6621
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Library Technician in Blacktown employer: Blacktown City Council
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