Director, Library Services and University Librarian

Student Journey

- Fixed term full-time – 5-year contract
- Attractive salary package, including up to 17% superannuation.
- Salary packaging options available
- Armidale based role
- Relocation assistance available
- Free on-campus parking
- On-campus state of the art sporting and athletic facilities (Sport UNE)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
- Diverse and supportive workplace with UNE Ally Network, Equity Committee, Queer Space
- Applicant must have appropriate full-time Australian work rights for the duration of this position (UNE will not provide sponsorship for this position)

About the role

The Director, Library Services and University Librarian is a senior professional leader who shapes UNE's scholarly infrastructure and knowledge commons in service of its unconventional mission. This is not a role of institutional maintenance. It is a role for someone who sees the Library as a strategic platform - one that connects students to knowledge, researchers to impact, and communities to the intellectual life of the University - and who can drive its evolution in that direction.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will be an experienced library leader who sees the university library not as a collection, but as a strategic platform for student success, research capability and digital fluency. You bring a track record of designing services around learner and researcher needs, championing equitable access for distance, regional and First Nations communities, and building genuine partnerships with Schools, academics and community organisations. You are energised by innovation - digital-first access, open education resources,



AI-informed scholarship - and you understand how to position a library at the leading edge of what a regional university library can be.

You are equally comfortable with strategy and operations. You know how to lead teams, manage budgets, and make hard resourcing decisions while keeping people protected, supported and motivated. You build credibility through honest feedback loops, visible action, and a willingness to challenge institutional convenience in favour of genuine accessibility. Above all, you care-deeply about reducing educational inequality and extending the scholarly commons beyond the campus - into schools, communities and the region.

About Library Services

UNE Library Services delivers a comprehensive suite of resources and services that underpin learning, teaching, and research across the University. Our collections span millions of digital and physical resources - including journals, databases, eBooks, and specialist research materials - providing students and staff with access to world-class information regardless of where they are located.

Beyond collections, our Library teams provide expert research support, information literacy training, and academic skills development - equipping students with the capability to find, evaluate, and use information effectively across their entire degree. Our librarians work directly alongside academic teams to ensure resources are curriculum-aligned, current,



and accessible. We also manage UNE's institutional repository, research data management support, and copyright advisory services - making us a critical partner in the University's research enterprise as well as its teaching mission.

Underpinning all of this is a commitment to equitable access. As a university that serves a predominantly online and regionally dispersed student cohort, our Library must ensure that distance is never a barrier to academic success. That means investing in digital infrastructure, responsive virtual services, and systems that work for every student, every day.

Enquiries

To discuss this role please contact Tanya Pelle, Interim Executive Principal, Student Journey, phone: (02) 6773 5811, email: [email protected].

If you require any adjustments or support to fully participate—such as an alternative format for the application form—please contact your Talent Acquisition Consultant at [email protected] or on 02 6773 3705.

If you have a disability and would like a confidential conversation about working at UNE, you are welcome to contact our Health, Safety and Wellbeing Team.

Please visit www.une.edu.au/jobs-at-unefor further information about this position and other career opportunities at UNE.

Applicants must have appropriate Australian work rights for the duration of this position.

About Armidale

Armidale is an attractive and vibrant city that combines all the features of a bustling regional town centre with the tranquillity of rural living. It boasts gourmet restaurants and cafes, boutique shopping, quality schools and sporting facilities. Surrounded by mountain gorges, waterfalls and n

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