Scholarly Content & Licensing Coordinator

Western Sydney International; Penrith; Hybrid; AUD 109,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Financial benefits

Health & wellbeing

Onsite childcare

Job summary

Western Sydney University is seeking a Library Content Coordinator to join our Library team and shape scholarly collections to support teaching, learning and research.

You’ll coordinate acquisition, renewal and licensing of scholarly content, negotiate with publishers, use analytics to inform decisions, and help improve workflows and access across the university.

This is a key role for enhancing student and staff access to high‑quality resources.

Qualifications

• You are an experienced library professional with strong scholarly collections and electronic resource management expertise.
• Ability to use data and stakeholder feedback to inform decisions.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and relationship management across internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to improve library systems, procurement workflows and collection practices while juggling priorities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate acquisition, renewal and licensing of scholarly resources.
• Build relationships with publishers, vendors and consortia to negotiate sustainable agreements.
• Use analytics and expenditure data to inform collection decisions and renewals.
• Monitor resource expenditure and support allocation of collection budgets.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows for managing and accessing scholarly content.

Skills

Content procurement

Licensing & ERM

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

Library or information services qualification

Job description

Western Sydney University is seeking a Library Content Coordinator to join our Library team and shape scholarly collections to support teaching, learning and research.

You’ll coordinate acquisition, renewal and licensing of scholarly content, negotiate with publishers, use analytics to inform decisions, and help improve workflows and access across the university.

This is a key role for enhancing student and staff access to high‑quality resources.