Library Officer - Library Services

Monash Health
$72,748 - $92,115 a year
Melbourne, Victoria
Part time
1 day ago
Job Requisition ID: 5546
Legal Entity: Monash Health
Location: Heatherton, VIC, AU, 3202
Employment Type: Part Time Fixed Term
Posting Date: 28 Aug 2025

This is a temporary position from October 2025 to July 2026 at 0.6EFT.


Monash Health is a great place to work

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage.

To see first-hand what our colleagues think about working here, take a look at the following short videos: monashhealth.org/careers.


Welcome to Monash Health Library
The Monash Health Library Service includes considerable online resources and physical libraries on campus at Monash Medical Centre, Dandenong Hospital, Moorabbin Hospital, Casey Hospital and Kingston Centre. All team members work onsite and are expected to be proficient in IT, customer focused, innovative, engaged and collaborative with a focus on optimising care for Monash Health patients.

This role ideally suited for a new graduate or an application making progress towards a librarianship qualification.


About the Role

In this role, you will;

  • Provide front-line information services at the library’s physical and virtual service points including information and lending services, research support and handling a broad range of inquiries.

  • Actively contribute to maintaining a positive team culture where innovation happens.

  • Attend to prompt and expert supply of research materials, inter library loans and other documents.

  • Contribute to projects that improve online resources, education and knowledge services.

  • Take a flexible and inclusive approach by working at multiple library sites across Monash Health.

  • Contribute to a library service that is highest quality, innovative, helpful, efficient, flexible and accessible.


About You

You are passionate about a career in health libraries, empathetic, reliable, a strong communicator, and committed to delivering library services in person and virtually. You can work both independently and as part of a team.

You also possess;

  • A tertiary qualification (or significant progress towards) that qualifies you for professional membership of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).

  • Valid police check clearance and working with children’s check.

  • A Victorian drivers licence and daily access to a car.


In Return
As a valued member of the Monash Health team, you’ll have access to a wide range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, development, and career progression, including:

  • Professional development – access to ongoing training, education, and leadership opportunities to support your career growth

  • Salary packaging – increase your take-home pay with generous salary packaging options

  • Supportive team environment – work within a collaborative, multidisciplinary team that values innovation, compassion, and excellence

  • Employee wellbeing – benefit from a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP), staff wellbeing initiatives, and a strong focus on work-life balance

  • Career mobility – opportunities to work across Victoria’s largest public health service with a wide range of roles and career pathways

  • Diverse and inclusive workplace – join an organisation that celebrates and embraces diversity and fosters a culture of respect and belonging


For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Alice Anderson on (03) 9594 2600.

Position Description can be found here


We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.


How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.

Applications close September 25th, 2025.

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