Success Library - Branch Coordinator

Permanent Part-Time - 53.5 hours per fortnight

• An opportunity to deliver welcoming, inclusive and innovative library services to the Cockburn community
• Flexible work options, super up to 16% + employee perks
• Free Cockburn ARC gym membership and wellness programs

About Us

The City of Cockburn is centrally located in the southern suburbs of Perth, on Whadjuk country. We’re a place of experiences, just 20 minutes from Perth city, with everything from pristine beaches and wetlands to theme parks and world-class recreation facilities.

At the City of Cockburn, we’re more than just a local government – we’re a vibrant, forward-thinking organisation that puts our people first. Our team is united by a shared desire to make an impact by helping to achieve our vision - Cockburn, the best place to be.

About the role

Are you passionate about connecting with people, the community and delivering great customer service?

We’re looking for someone with strong organisational skills who can demonstrate a good understanding of how public libraries engage with the local community.

The Branch Coordinator for Success Library plays a key role in the library’s day to day operations with support from the Service Lead – Libraries.
Success Library is the busiest branch of the three Cockburn Libraries and is situated within the Cockburn Integrated Health Facility.
The library plays an Important role in the Cockburn Community delivering numerous programmes that support diversity, engage with young families, and assist the socially vulnerable. This is alongside regular programming that promotes a love of literature and reading, community cohesion, digital literacy, and lifelong learning.

The Success Library team pride themselves on delivering welcoming, responsive and inclusive customer service, making sure that the library remains a vibrant community space.

In this role, your Duties will include:

• rostering and leading the Success library team
• collection development alongside the Collection development team
• delivering and overseeing high-quality customer service
• planning and evaluating programmes and events alongside the Library Engagement and Young People’s services team
• day to day operational matters such as those involving safety, building issues, statistics, administration, procedures, and technical trouble shooting
• contributing to planning and delivering budgets
• helping shape the future direction of Cockburn Libraries’ services and corporate and strategic plans alongside the Senior Leadership team

About You

We’re looking for someone who loves working in public libraries, thrives in a busy environment and has excellent organisational and time management skills.
Someone who has sound professional experience in a similar role leading and mentoring a team to deliver great customer service.
Our preferred candidate will be innovative and forward thinking.

Besides demonstrated experience, the role requires a Qualification in Library or Information Management and eligibility for Associate or Technician membership of the Australian Library and Information Association.
Applicants with the right skills and experience who have made significant progress towards this, may also be considered.

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply today and take this opportunity to make an impact.

Salary and Benefits: Starting from Level 6 Step 1 ($101,353, pro-rata) of the City of Cockburn Industrial Agreement 2025, based on qualifications and experience.

Need more information? We encourage applicants to read the position description for a full understanding of the role before applying. For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Amanda Heptinstall, Service Lead Cockburn Libraries on (08) 9411 3814.

Apply: Hit the apply button and follow the prompts.

If you want to make your application stand out from the crowd, you can address the essential criteria (skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications) detailed in the Position Description in a separate document of no more than two pages and submit with your application.

To be eligible for this role you must be legally permitted to work in Australia on a full-time permanent basis. All applicants are required to undergo a pre-employment process which includes a fitness for work assessment, alcohol and drug screening, qualification/licence checks and a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check.

Closing Date: Thursday 21 May 2026 at 5pm. The City of Cockburn reserves the right to commence shortlisting and close the advertising period early. We are currently not accepting applications from agencies.

We value equal opportunities for all which is why the City of Cockburn strongly encourages candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply. Every applicant is valued here.