Library Technician

Elmo; Ballarat; Hybrid; AUD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

School fee discounts

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Ballarat Grammar is seeking a proactive Library Services professional to support the Junior, Middle and Senior Schools in a vibrant learning environment. Based mainly in the Middle and Senior School Library, you will manage print and digital resources, assist staff and students, and help maintain welcoming, well-organised spaces that foster reading and curiosity.

Experience in libraries or schools, a love of literature, and strong IT and interpersonal skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience working either in a Library environment or School setting.
• Passion for literature and fostering a love of reading.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to display compassion, patience and flexibility.
• Well-developed prioritisation skills, including ability to manage own workload and meet deadlines.
• Excellent IT skills, including strong database skills, library management systems and good visual digital platform design skills.

Responsibilities

• Based primarily in the Middle and Senior School Library, you will manage print and digital resources and support students and staff.
• Deliver high-quality library services and contribute to a welcoming, well-organised space that inspires reading and lifelong learning.
• Collaborate with staff to support teaching and learning across Junior, Middle and Senior Schools.

Skills

Library experience

Love of reading

Interpersonal skills

Prioritisation

IT skills

Database skills

Tools

Library management systems

Database management

Digital platform design

Job description

Job Category: Education, Childcare & Training

Ballarat Grammar is one of regional Australia’s leadingco-educational schools with a proudhistorydating back to 1877 and a flourishing community of over 1,900 students from 6 months to Year 12, including around 260 boarders.

Job Description

• Hours of work - 8.30am to 3.30pm, Monday to Friday
• School Term Time only
• To commence November 2026

Join Ballarat Grammar's Library Services team and contribute to a vibrant learning environment that supports students across the Junior, Middle and Senior Schools. Based primarily in the Middle and Senior School Library, this role plays an important part in delivering high-quality library services through the management of print and digital resources, supporting students and staff, and helping to create welcoming, well-organised spaces that inspire reading, curiosity and lifelong learning. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and service-oriented professional who enjoys working in a collaborative educational setting and making a meaningful contribution to the School community.

Ballarat Grammar School offers staff a positive and collegial culture, career progression opportunities and generous School fee discounts.

• Experience working either in a Library environment or School setting.
• Passion for literature and fostering a love of reading.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to display compassion, patience and flexibility.
• Well-developed prioritisation skills, including ability to manage own workload and meet deadlines.
• Excellent IT skills, including strong database skills, library management systems and good visual digital platform design skills.
  

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Friday 2 October 2026

CHILD SAFETY AND WELLBEING COMMITTMENT

Ballarat Grammar maintains a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of child abuse and actively implements measures to identify and manage any risks of harm to students within our school environment. The care, safety and wellbeing of children and young people are central and fundamental responsibilities of the School. We are firmly committed to fostering a child-safe culture that provides an environment where students are safe and feel safe, where their participation is valued, their views respected, and their voices heard in decisions that affect their lives. Ballarat Grammar values diversity and strictly prohibits any racist or discriminatory practices. All members of our school community share the responsibility to care for children and young people by promptly raising any concerns regarding their safety, promoting their wellbeing, and protecting them from all forms of harm or abuse.

As a Child Safe Organisation, employment with Ballarat Grammar is subject to current and satisfactory:

• National (and international, where relevant) police check, and
• Working with Children Check, and/or
• Victorian Institute of Teaching registration