• Employment Type: Full Time (35-hour week)
• Duration: Continuing Role   
• Remuneration: Level 6 from $100k + 17% superannuation & leave loading
• Location:  Kensington NSW

Why Your Role Matters:

The Electronic Resources Unit plays a vital role in ensuring seamless and reliable access to electronic scholarly information, supporting the university’s research, teaching, and learning activities. As the service owner of Leganto, the Unit manages course resources, copyright, and data quality. The Senior Team Member, Electronic Resources, focuses on maximising the value of library resources by resolving complex issues and driving process improvements that enhance data quality and resource accessibility.

Reporting to the Manager, Electronic Resources and Data Quality (or Manager, Electronic Resources & Access), the role involves developing and maintaining accurate records for electronic titles and datasets, managing data integration from multiple sources, and ensuring compliance with library policies and copyright legislation. The position also includes generating reports, leading team activities, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives, and supporting the Library’s strategic planning through expertise and collaboration across working groups.

The role works at the UNSW Sydney Main Library. The role operates Monday to Friday.

Who You Are:

The ideal candidate will have skills and experience as follows:

• Degree from a higher education institution or equivalent level of knowledge gained through any other combination of education, training and/or experience.
• Demonstrated experience and skill in electronic resources manage, cataloguing, application of metadata in an academic library or equivalent environment.
• Proven accuracy and attention to detail. Ability to analyse management information and data and provide advice based on the analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to apply complex procedures to a range of online tools and to solve complex problems independently and to support and leading team members.
• Sound interpersonal and negotiating skills and ability to write clear technical reports regarding online systems.
• Ability to organise own work within a team environment, establish priorities and meet deadlines and goals.
• Demonstrated understanding of how to ethically and effectively leverage AI tools to diagnose complex issues, improve efficiency, and contribute to innovative solutions.

Within your application, you should include a cover letter addressing the following role priorities:

• Describe a time you were faced with a complex, ambiguous problem concerning descriptive records, data access, or system configuration within a library or university environment. What steps did you take to resolve the issue, and what was the outcome?
• Describe a time you led staff or contributed to a group implementing a significant process improvement or strategic plan. What was your role in leading and engaging staff and monitoring output? What measurable impact did this contribution have on Unit efficiency or service delivery?
• How do you ensure the accuracy of the underlying data, and specifically, how do you translate the findings of these reports into actionable steps for process improvement?

How to Apply:

Please submit your CV and a Cover Letter (two pages maximum) addressing the role priorities (as above).

Applications close: Thursday 4th December 2025 at 8pm.

The Organisation

UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. But what makes us different isn’t only what we do, it’s how we do it. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do.  If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.

Benefits and Culture:

UNSW offers a competitive salary and access to UNSW benefits including:

• Additional 3 days of leave over the Christmas period
• Access to lifelong learning and career development
• Progressive HR practices
• Discounts and entitlements 

More information on the great staff benefits and culture can be found here.

Get in Touch:

Alison Neil, Associate Director Electronic Resources

a.neil@unsw.edu.au

We strongly encourage candidates to reach out directly to Alison Neil with any role related questions.

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff. The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.