Library Assistant - Tabor College Millswood

• 1 year contract (Possible extension after Annual Review)
• 0.4-0.6 FTE
• Commencement date ASAP 2025
• Millswood Campus

Who is Tabor? We are a Private Higher Education Provider, providing tertiary education with a Christian perspective within a more personal learning community. We are not only passionate about our students’ academic growth but also their personal and spiritual growth. Our Faculties include Ministry Practice, Humanities and Social Sciences and Education. At Tabor we focus on the community professions, offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and courses that equip teachers, counsellors, youth workers, pastors and ministry workers, musicians and creative writers.

At Tabor we are unashamedly Christian and strive to be personal and user-friendly in our engagement with students and stakeholders. All that we are and do is infused by a Christian ethos that recognises spiritual formation as essential to flourishing in life and work.

The College was founded in 1979 and has grown to a dynamic and vibrant education centre located in Adelaide with approximately 900 students. The Millswood campus is only five minutes south of the city, in a beautiful setting with plenty of free parking and access via public transport.

Tabor's Library is the front face of Tabor to the community and students. The Library offers a reception service to welcome external stakeholders to our facilities and a focal point for student study and community.

The role involves
The Library Assistant (LA) is the front face of Tabor, greeting staff, students and visitors to the College and assisting with the provision of Library resources. The Library Assistant will assist the Library team leader with project work in response to the needs of the Tabor Library. The Tabor Library team also manage and provide a point of contact in welcoming visitors to the college and directing phone calls. This roles helps facilitate connection to the full range of study guides and assistance and pastoral care by Tabor to enhance student wellbeing and scholarly success.

We are keen to meet you if you are a person with

• Passion for the education and training of students in a Christian organisation
• Knowledge of library management systems and cataloguing.
• Excellence in interpersonal and oral and written communication skills
• A warm and welcoming personality, willing and able to thrive in a team environment but also the ability to work independently and show initiative.
• Knowledge required to provide a circulation service (issues, returns, renewals and reservations)
• Demonstrated knowledge of key issues and trends in academic libraries, including the role of information technology, information literacy and communication.
• The ability to catalogue using the Dewey Decimal classification and library of congress subject headings.

Also you would be

• Self-motivated, highly organised, detail orientated and able to function well under deadline pressures and meet targets

Essential qualifications:

• A diploma or degree in Library and Information Studies or other relevant library qualification or actively enrolled in such qualifications
• Tertiary or Academic library experience is highly regarded

To apply:

1. Applicants can access the Job and Person Specification https://lp.tabor.edu.au/Library_Assistant
2. Address the Criteria to demonstrate your capacity to excel in this role.
3. Applications will only be shortlisted for interview if they send an application answering the Criteria and include your CV detailing relevant qualifications and experience.
4. Email: [email protected]

Applications close Thursday 27th March 2025 at 5pm unless the position is filled by a suitable candidate earlier.
Applications are encouraged from people who share Tabor’s Christian ethos.

The application form will include these questions:

• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
• Do you have a current Working With Children (WWC) Check?
• What Office product experience do you have?
• What's your highest level of education?