Senior Collections Coordinator

• Total remuneration range $119,378 to $132,004 pa
• Full-time continuing appointment
• Toowoomba, Ipswich or Springfield campus

Are you passionate about creating an exceptional library experience for students, staff, and academics? Do you thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment where innovation and strategic thinking are key? If so, this opportunity could be the perfect fit for you.

Who you are

You are a collaborative, confident library professional, who brings sound judgement and a strategic mindset, translating this into effective collection management strategies for print, digital and electronic mediums. You are motivated by quality, impact and service excellence, and you are ready to influence how research and learning outputs are accessed, shared and preserved.

What you'll do

You will negotiate the procurement and licencing of scholarly content, utilising effective communication skills. You will ensure the correct processing of licences, quotes and renewal are undertaken.

Over your first 6–12 months, you will help improve the utilization of the Library’s collections, including open access resources and position the Library as a trusted partner in research and learning. Your work will have visible impact - supporting researchers, educators and students, elevating the University’s research profile, and creating opportunities to innovate, lead initiatives and grow your professional influence.

What will help you succeed

Your ability to collaborate with others, managing team productivity and harness your problem solving skills to provide positive outcomes for UniSQ will be imperative. Demonstrated experience with collections and information resources and advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and systems will be highly desirable.

A degree that is recognised as eligible for associate membership of the Australian Library and Information Association, paired with at least four years experience in a Library environment is an essential requirements for this position.

For further information about this role, please contact Mandy Callow, Senior Manager (Collections and Repositories) via +61 7 4631 1850 or Mandy.Callow@unisq.edu.au.

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: 0156_11/25

Location: Toowoomba, Springfield or Ipswich

Term: Full-time continuing appointment (36 hours/week)

Salary: Total remuneration range $119,378 to $132,004 pa (includes salary range of $100,677 to $111,325 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)

Closes: Thursday, 5 March 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 safe, 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.

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