City of Ryde Council

Supervisor Librarian

• Join the leadership team of busy West Ryde Library
• Be part of a progressive library service
• Attractive salary & excellent condition
• Part time position – 18.75 hours/week, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

About Us: 

City of Ryde, just 12 kilometres from Sydney CBD, is a place of unique lifestyle and opportunity. It is home to an engaged and culturally diverse community of around 130,000 people, and a strong and growing Smart City economy including more than 13,000 local businesses, Macquarie Park, world-class hospitals, and a leading university. All balanced with beautiful bushland, riverfront parks, open spaces, and sport facilities.

Our council delivers a broad range of services, projects, programs, and events. We are actively committed to innovation, sustainability, resilience and providing exceptional customer experiences, and this relies on attracting and keeping great people. We offer a range of benefits, including flexible work arrangements, health and wellbeing programs, a learning and development program including study support, and a reward and recognition program.

The City of Ryde library service comprises of five branches at Ryde, North Ryde, Eastwood, West Ryde and Gladesville as well as a significant online library. Our libraries are places of social inclusion where members of our community borrow items for leisure and lifelong learning, learn about new technology, participate in activities, attend children’s and adults’ programs and carry out study and research for school assignments or business projects. They are lively, busy places and serve a culturally diverse customer base.

About the Role: 

We are seeking a motivated professional with strong leadership and strategic thinking skills, a collaborative, inclusive approach and a passion for innovative community engagement that will contribute to the ongoing vision for the West Ryde branch.

This position supports the West Ryde Library Team Leader in all aspects of branch operations including leadership of customer service shifts, maintenance of the library collection, delivery of programs for children and adults and monitoring the maintenance of the branch to maintain a safe, neat, welcoming library.

In addition, West Ryde Library houses a range of STEM focused installations for children and adults including PCs with Adobe Creative Cloud and other specialised software.

This is a job shared position. The hours are:

• Wednesdays – 4.75 hours - 12:15pm – 5:00pm 
• Thursdays – 7 hours – either 9:00am-5:00pm or 12:00pm-8:00pm 
• Fridays – 7 hours - 9:00am-5:00pm

Please note that this position involves regular rostered weekend and evening shifts. This role is on a temporary contract ending 03 July 2026.

Your commencing annual salary will range from  $ 78,882.55 and $ 86,395.18 per week pro rata plus Superannuation dependent on your experience and qualifications. 

Your focus will be:

• Providing professional and responsive customer and information services including readers advisory, promotion of library service and programs and the development and maintenance of community relationships.
• Assisting in proactively identifying and meeting community needs, ensuring that the collection, programming and services target current and emerging needs particularly in the area of STEM education
• Leading and developing a cohesive team of up to 10 staff including individual staff development through continuous improvement
• Assisting the Team Leader to manage an effective and efficient operation, the physical library space, the collections and patron satisfaction with your hands on management style
• Liaising with Team Leaders and staff from other library sections to ensure consistency of service quality and assist the development of library-wide innovations.

Note: This is a Child Related position and employment is subject to verification of the Working With Children Check status. The cost of obtaining a WWC clearance is at the applicant's expense. For more information please go to the Office of the Children's Guardian website.

Culture & Benefits

• Commitment to providing opportunities for work/life balance
• Long service leave after 5 years, then accrued monthly 
• 18 weeks paid parental leave (for eligible employees)
• 3 extra grant days at Christmas to ensure you have time to enjoy the holiday 
• Annual performance reviews and Award increases
• Opportunity to sign up as a fitness passport member
• Various health & well-being initiatives (i.e. flu vaccinations, etc.)

How to apply

Please ensure you give full answers to the online application questions, showcasing your abilities and experience. Your answers, in conjunction with your resume, will determine if you are invited to an interview. 

Please note you do not need a “password” to use our on-line application system, however you have the option save and return to your application prior to the closing date. In addition to answering the online questions, this position requires you to attach your Resume to complete the application process.  Please note, you are not required to submit a cover letter or a statement addressing selection criteria.

Closing Date: Sunday 16 February at 11.30 pm

If further information is required, please see the Position Description or contact Vanessa Henderson on (0421) 880 807 or Liz Wilkinson on (0422) 441 415 for a confidential discussion.

                                                 City of Ryde is committed to Equal Employment and Child Safety