• Full-time continuing appointment
• Total remuneration range $97,423 to $110,491 pa
• Campus

location:
Toowoomba, Springfield or Ipswich
• To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia. Join the University of Southern Queensland’s Library team and help ensure learning, teaching and research content remains accurate, accessible and discoverable. As Repositories Officer, you will support the Library’s learning and teaching systems and research repository while contributing to responsive, innovative and continually improving services for students, teaching staff and researchers. The position may be based in Toowoomba, Springfield or Ipswich. Who you are You are a detail-focused library professional who takes pride in creating accurate, consistent and accessible records. Comfortable working across digital library systems, you can manage a high volume of work, meet deadlines and apply sound judgement when solving problems within established policies and procedures. You communicate clearly, build effective relationships and work equally well independently or as part of a collaborative team. You bring curiosity, strong digital literacy and an evidence-based approach to improving library services in a University environment.

What you'll do
Working as part of the Collections and Repositories team, you will:
• process and review course readings and other learning and teaching resources;
• create, edit and maintain metadata for learning, teaching and research content;
• process, moderate and audit research outputs contributed to the University’s research repository;
• support compliance with copyright, licensing, publisher policies and accepted metadata standards;
• maintain accessibility and apply appropriate access controls;
• undertake data cleansing and metadata integrity activities;
• compile and analyse repository statistics to support reporting and evidence-based decision-making;
• review procedures, guidelines, FAQs, system performance and work processes; and
• contribute to continuous improvement across the Library’s repositories and services.



What will help you succeed To succeed in this role, you will have:
• an undergraduate degree, or an Associate Diploma with at least two years of subsequent relevant library experience;
• demonstrated accuracy and attention to detail in records processing, data entry and data cleansing;
• experience working with cataloguing standards and metadata schemas;
• knowledge of copyright, including copyright for educational purposes, and open access publishing;
• familiarity with course readings management, repository and catalogue software and associated systems;
• high-level digital literacy across repositories, library systems, communication tools and generative AI;
• the ability to compile and analyse statistics and use professional literature to recommend improvements; and
• strong written, verbal, interpersonal and collaborative skills. Experience supporting learning, teaching and research within an academic library environment will be highly regarded. For further information about this role, please contact Mrs Tracy Quixley, Senior Repositories Coordinator via +61 7 3470 4039 or Tracy.
[email protected]. Building on its strengths as Australia’s leading regional university, UniSQ partners closely with its communities to drive innovation and create opportunity through education and research. Guided by our values of respect, integrity, and excellence, UniSQ’s Strategic Plan 2026–2030 sets a clear ambition: to be Australia’s most transformative university by embracing our regional identity, fostering inclusive learning and research environments, and delivering globally relevant outcomes with strong local impact. The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students,



partners and community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances. Find out more about UniSQ at www.unisq.edu.au. To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia. Reference Number: 0195_10/26

Location:
Toowoomba, Springfield or Ipswich campus Term: Full-time continuing appointment (36 hours/week)

Salary:
Total remuneration range $97,423 to $110,491 pa (includes salary range of $82,162 to $93,182 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading) Closes: Wednesday, 11th of November 2026 at 11:30 pm (AEST) At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision-making. UniSQ is a child safe organisation. As part of the University of Southern Queensland's commitment to fostering a protected, respectful and rewarding work environment and in compliance with our legal obligations, we require candidates to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender Based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender Based Violence, during the course of their previous employment or in any legal process. This information helps us meet our legal obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence, and will be considered when determining a candidate's suitability for employment, so that we can keep our University community safe. If you know that this role is right for you, please submit your current resume together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your skills and experience relative to ‘Who we’re looking for’ in the position description. For more information on our selection process please refer to your recruitment journey available on our website.

📌 Repositories Officer (Australia)
🏢 University of Southern Queensland
📍 Australia