• 12 months fixed-term and 32 hours per week opportunity
• Lead a multi-purpose team of library, heritage, and content professionals
• Deliver and manage library physical and digital collections, heritage services and resources, and digital content across Selwyn district
• Work closely with local and external partners

About the team

Selwyn District Council's Arts, Culture and Lifelong Learning (ACLL) Team is an innovative, dynamic, and talented team that provides a wide range of public library, cultural, literacy, and learning experiences right across the Selwyn District.

We have an opportunity for someone to join us for 12 months to cover a period of parental leave and are seeking an experienced professional with leadership experience from the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museum) sector.

About the role

This varied 32 hour per-week role leads a multi-purpose team of professionals to successfully deliver and manage public library collections, heritage services and resources, the Selwyn Libraries website, social media, and other forms of digital content.

A member of the ACLL Leadership Team, the role values strengths in; leadership, planning, procurement, contract management, financial management, reporting, loan management, and managing strong relationships. Due to the volume of work and importance of our library collections, having demonstrated experience working in libraries will be advantageous.

Another key part to this role is managing the development of heritage services and resources, including Kā Kōrero o Waikirikiri Selwyn Stories, our online heritage repository. Central to this work are the ongoing relationships with strategic partners; Ngāi Tahu Archives, Archives NZ, Christchurch City Libraries, Lincoln and Canterbury Universities, Canterbury Museum, and local heritage groups. For this reason, you will need to demonstrate a good understanding and capability to successfully engage in Māori cultural settings.

Skills and experience

To be successful in this role our ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in the following areas;

• Working in a GLAM sector (Galleries, Libraries, Museums, Archives) institution, particularly libraries.
• Successfully leading teams to meet set objectives
• Experience or knowledge of effective collections management practices, including procurement, circulation, and monitoring of library physical and digital collections
• Financial management, budgeting and reporting
• Strong relationship management
• Ability to respectfully engage in a Māori cultural setting
• A relevant qualification

We believe that diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives makes us stronger. We are committed to creating a workplace that is inclusive and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. If you meet many of the qualifications but not all, we still encourage you to apply — your unique perspective is valuable to us.

About us:

Selwyn is New Zealand's fastest growing district. We have a fantastic quality of life, great communities, and a thriving economy. Our Council works actively with residents to provide the services and facilities that help our communities to thrive and grow.

Our head office is based in Rolleston (only 25km from Christchurch), which offers an enviable family lifestyle, outstanding local facilities and an easy drive to the ski fields, rivers and hills that make up Canterbury's stunning landscape.

Our values are important to us and represent the way we work: · Be a good human · Be brave - Think differently · Better together- Make it happen for Selwyn.

We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

If you'd like to play a part in making Selwyn the best place to live, work and play, join us today