A permanent part-time (3 days a week) professional librarianship position is available at Supreme Court Library Queensland (SCLQ).

About the role:

Do you love libraries and helping people find information?

Are you qualified and experienced in delivering research services and library customer support?

Do you have experience working in the legal sector, specifically within the courts and/or libraries?

Are you a motivated person willing to work productively with a customer-centric team delivering timely and high-quality legal information services?

Then this is the role for you!

The Customer Services and Research Librarian (Brisbane) works as part of the Research and Education team to deliver high-quality legal information services to library customers, including research assistance, legal research training, and support in using library technology and legal research resources.

Responsibilities

Utilise your legal and/or information management insight and expertise to provide high-quality information services to members of the judiciary, legal profession and other library customers

Actively engage with library customers to understand their needs and provide a responsive service

Develop and maintain a high level of expertise across a range of legal research tools

Provide professional responses to legal research enquiries, informed by analysing and evaluating the legal issues involved

Provide training and support to members of the judiciary, legal profession and other library customers

Provide basic information technology support to, and troubleshoot problems experienced by, library customers

Assist library customers to develop effective and efficient legal research methodologies

Undertake necessary administrative functions, such as processing of customer registrations, loans and payments, and measurement, compilation and analysis of information services activities and data for reporting purposes

Contribute to the development of, and participate in, activities that promote greater understanding and increased use of library services

Proactively manage personal workload and competing priorities

Take personal responsibility to deliver agreed outcomes, demonstrating and fostering professional and ethical behaviour, and committing to personal development

Build and maintain positive relationships with colleagues, customers and key stakeholders

Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, including identifying potential efficiencies and enhancements in collection management and information services functions

Remuneration is competitive: $92,279 to $100,551 annual salary (pro rata for part-time) depending on skills and experience (plus leave loading and superannuation).

Working conditions are flexible and family friendly. The required workdays are Monday and Tuesday with flexibility for the third day.

Position description

Download the position description

How to apply

Apply online via Seek with your CV and a concise response (no more than 3 pages) to the selection criteria contained in the position description.

Applications close Monday 23 June 2025.

About us

SCLQ: your law library is Queensland’s principal legal information provider. We are an independent statutory authority established in 1862 to serve the administration of justice in Queensland by providing legal information services to the Queensland judiciary, legal profession and broader community.

SCLQ strategic plan 2019-24

More information

Visit www.sclqld.org.au/careers