About The Role:
Are you a community-minded leader who thrives in dynamic environments? Do you bring energy, creativity, and a people-first mindset to everything you do?
We’re looking for a confident, collaborative, and future-focused leader to champion library and community experiences at Ngutungka West Lakes — our integrated Community Centre and Library and a vibrant community hub. There may also be opportunities to work across our Community Experience teams and/or facilities.
In this role, you’ll lead and support a team of Library & Information Officers, fostering a culture of collaboration, curiosity, and continuous improvement. You’ll drive performance, strengthening team capability, and ensuring the consistent delivery of brilliant customer experiences.
Working alongside fellow Team Leaders in the Community Experience (Libraries) team, you’ll facilitate service excellence, overseeing the day-to-day operations, identifying and acting on opportunities, and ensuring our services are locally responsive. Your leadership will position our libraries as vibrant community hubs, providing outstanding customer support and equitable access to resources. You’ll help create a space where people feel supported, connected, and inspired to learn, explore, and belong.
This is your opportunity to apply your leadership, passion for libraries, and commitment to community in a role that makes a real and lasting impact.
About You:
You’re a progressive and compassionate leader who is deeply passionate about people - your team, your peers, and your community. You value authenticity, empowerment and innovation, and are ready to roll up your sleeves and lead by example.
To thrive in this role, you’ll bring:
About Our Organisation:
The City of Charles Sturt is a vibrant community home to around 130,000 people across 105 different cultures. We champion unity in diversity and strive to reflect our community within our workforce – wherever you are from, you are home in the City of Charles Sturt.
We prioritise customer and employee experience and a supportive environment where everyone belongs. With over 500 employees, our people and our community "Means the World" to us which highlights the importance of our places, our people and our service to the community.
We work flexibly and support one another. Visit our careers page to explore the benefits of joining our team and talk to us about what flexibility works for you.
About Our Team:
The Charles Sturt Libraries team delivers responsive, customer-focused library services across five libraries, including two community hubs, mobile library and outreach services. The Community Experience team works alongside the broader library team to create inclusive, welcoming and accessible services that support community connection, learning and participation across the City.
The Detail:
The position is offered on a full-time, permanent basis and is classified at Level 5, with a salary range of $103,798 to $108,265 per annum + Super + Annual Leave Loading.
A current unprohibited Working with Children Check must be maintained for the duration of the employment period in this prescribed position.
Click ‘Apply for this job’ to take the next step in your leadership journey and help us bring libraries to life! Applications close 9.00am, Monday 27 July 2026.
For further information about this vacancy, please view the attached position description.
Enquiries about this position may be made to the following:
Vanessa Shepperd, Coordinator Community Experience
vshepperd@charlessturt.sa.gov.au
(08) 8408 1572
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