Manager Public Libraries

About the role

The State Library of Queensland is recruiting a Manager Public Libraries for its Community Partnerships portfolio, based at Stanley Place in the Queensland Cultural Centre, South Brisbane, advertised on the official Queensland Government SmartJobs portal under reference QLD/SLQ703929. This is a permanent, flexible full-time role classified AO8. You will lead the State Library's partnership with local government to deliver future-focused, sustainable public library services across Queensland, with a key focus on leading the administration and oversight of public library funding, including governance, performance and assurance of the systems and workforce arrangements that support high-quality library services, within frameworks approved by the Queensland Government and the Library Board of Queensland. Responsibilities include providing leadership for the expenditure, governance, assurance, performance monitoring and evaluation of public library funding programs, building strategic relationships with local government, state government and sector partners, exercising delegated authority for branch-level decision-making and resource allocation, leading and managing the Public Libraries branch workforce, and setting direction for statewide projects, campaigns and professional development initiatives. No salary is stated in the official listing. Applicants are requested to apply online through SmartJobs; appointments are subject to criminal history checks under the Public Sector Act 2022.

Requirements

- Current open Queensland Driver Licence is required for this role - Appointments are subject to criminal history checks in accordance with section 52 of the Public Sector Act 2022 - Current and previous public sector employees must disclose any history of serious disciplinary action under section 71 of the Public Sector Act 2022 - All employees must disclose any interests that conflict, may conflict or may be perceived to conflict with their duties - Experience leading funding program governance, performance monitoring and evaluation, and managing a workforce is central to the role as described

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