Overview:

• Full-time, Fixed Term position until 31st of December 2025
• Salary Level HEW 8 + 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements
• Based at the Bundoora campus, and hybrid ways of working

About You
Senior Coordinator, Monographs & Digital Collections is responsible for acquisition, metadata management, and creation and maintenance of access for resources. The role supports teaching, learning and research at RMIT University. The position is responsible for 6 employees who acquire and process electronic and print one-time purchases, including subscription textbooks.
The successful applicant will display a high degree of technical knowledge, including analytical skills for collection acquisition and access. A high degree of knowledge of the Alma library management system will also be required to support sound decision-making for 2025 projects. Understanding types of electronic purchasing, and implications of decisions on acquisitions workflows, will be favourably considered.

To be successful in this position, you’ll have as a minimum:

• Experience in a library acquisitions, metadata or digitisation environment, good understanding of current and emerging practices in this area, particularly in the management and acquisition of eBooks and digital objects
• High degree of technical knowledge, including analytical skills, for collection acquisition and access
• Proven record of innovation, commitment to continual improvement and strong problem-solving skills
• Experience with a large Library Service Platform along with project management experience
• Demonstrated commercial acumen and experience in maintaining effective vendor relationships and sound negotiation skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team, inspire staff development, drive performance and successfully lead a team
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and through positive influence
• Demonstrated focus on customer service resulting in the delivery of excellent customer outcomes

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.
About the Portfolio
RMIT University Library is a creative partner in the achievement of RMIT University’s teaching, learning and research strategic goals. It engages with other groups within the University to design initiatives that have a positive impact on the student experience including the provision of direct support, peer mentoring facilitation, advice and guidance for students’ academic skill development. It provides accessible and inclusive resources, services and facilities to support the information needs of RMIT’s large and globally distributed student and staff population and supplies expertise for the management of the University’s archives and business information. In 2022 The Library recorded
over 15 million engagements with its communities across its products and services.
To support the goals and operations of the University, the Library is arranged into 5 main functional areas: Learning; Teaching and Research; Collections; Quality and Engagement; and Information Management and Archives. The Library increasingly delivers digital collections and services to maximize access by the RMIT user population. In 2022 RMIT University had an enrolled population of over 90,000 students of which there were over 12,000 VE students, over 74,000 postgraduates and over 6,000 studying from offshore. The Library’s programs apply equally to this large and widely distributed range of students. At RMIT Melbourne, the University Library operates from 4 locations: the Swanston Library; the Bundoora Library; the Carlton Library and the Brunswick Library and manages a Makerspace on the city campus. At RMIT Vietnam, the Library supports over 9,000 students from 2 locations: Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. All libraries are networked for wireless. They provide flexible spaces for individual and group study, computer equipped group study rooms and seminar rooms for academic and library research skills training.
www.rmit.edu.au/library
To Apply
Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply’ link at the top of this page.
For further information about this position, please see the Position Description hyperlinked below or contact Amanda Martimbianco via email
amanda.martimbianco@rmit.edu.au
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Position Description - Senior Coordinator, Monographs & Digital Collections
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Applications Close:
2 Feb 2025 11.59 pm
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