Job Title: Collection Maintenance Officer
Location: Adelaide CBD, SA (North Terrace precinct)
Work Type: Part-Time (0.8 FTE / approx. 30 hours per week)
Tenure: 6-Month Casual (Immediate)
Classification: ASO3 Equivalent
About the Role
Randstad is proud to partner with a premier South Australian cultural and heritage institution located in the heart of Adelaide. We are seeking an adaptable, detail-oriented Collection Maintenance Officer to join their dedicated Collection Storage & Care team up to a 6-month casual term.
In this role, you will play a key part in collection handling and management, retrieval services, and collection preservation. You will balance active retrieval shifts in specialised storage areas with technical collection maintenance tasks, ensuring community and researcher requests are fulfilled accurately and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
- Collection Retrieval: Print and manage daily requests, retrieve books, bound newspapers, archive boxes, maps, and special collection items from storage within scheduled timeframes.
- Collection Care & Processing: Barcode, label, rehouse, and assist with ongoing cataloguing updates and stocktakes.
- Systems & Data Entry: Utilise internal library management systems to locate materials, update tracking records, and adapt smoothly across legacy and new platforms.
- Customer Fulfilment: Coordinate with public service and customer service desks to ensure retrieved collection items are staged on schedule.
Shift Schedule & Hours
- Roster: 4 days per week (0.8 FTE / 7.5 hours per day).
- Core Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday are essential; the fourth day (Monday or Friday) offers mutual flexibility.
- Daily Hours: Core business hours for the team fall between 8:30 AM and 4:00 PM, incorporating rostered retrieval shifts (e.g., 9:00 AM–12:00 PM or 1:00 PM–4:00 PM) alongside independent office/maintenance duties.
- Availability: Candidates should have general availability across the standard holiday period (excluding official public holidays).
What We Are Looking For
- Qualifications: Diploma of Library and Information Services (or equivalent library technician qualification) is strongly preferred; candidates with substantial relevant library/collection handling experience are also encouraged to apply.
- Technical Agility: A fast learner with strong computer literacy who can comfortably navigate legacy database systems while transitioning to modern platforms.
- Problem-Solving & Judgment: Independent troubleshooting skills to navigate large, complex collection layouts and knowing when to escalate complex queries.
- Compliance Checks:
- Current National Police Clearance (NPC).
- Valid Working with Children Check (WWCC).
- Physical assessment to be undertaken prior to commencement of employment
How to Apply
If you are eager to contribute to South Australia’s documentary heritage and thrive in an active, supportive team environment, hit apply button and follow the instructions after clicking on the link to apply thorugh our website.
For confidential enquiries or a discussion about the position, please reach out to: addy.singh@randstad.com.au
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