Manager, Academic Research Service

Job no: 0051576
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full time; Fixed-term for 12 months
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Salary: UOM 8 – $110,709 – $119,826 p.a. plus 17% super

The University of Melbourne would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campuses are situated, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung Peoples, the Yorta Yorta Nation, the Dja Dja Wurrung People. We acknowledge that the land on which we meet and learn was the place of age-old ceremonies, of celebration, initiation and renewal, and that the local Aboriginal Peoples have had and continue to have a unique role in the life of these lands.

About the Office for Research (Melbourne Law School)
The Office for Research is an administrative unit of Melbourne Law School that supports the Associate Dean (Research), the Director, Graduate Research and the Faculty Research and Law Library Committee

The Office for Research is responsible for the strategic and operational management of research at the faculty level and provides expertise and support services to staff and graduate researchers across Research Strategy and Planning, Research Development and Funding and the Graduate Research Degree Program.

About the Role
The MLS Academic Research Service Manager has responsibility for delivering and further developing an outstanding, pro-active reference and research service to support the scholarship and publication efforts of Melbourne Law School academic and research staff.

The Service also offers a program of sophisticated legal research training to student Research Assistants employed in the Law School

The MLS Academic Research Service Manager will lead the MLS Academic Research Service team, which comprises a Research Librarian and student Research Assistants, with support as needed from Law Library and other Research and Industry team members.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading the MLS Academic Research Service team to provide high quality reference, research, information and current awareness services
• Maintaining an awareness of Law faculty research and teaching interests, anticipating faculty information needs.
• Providing sophisticated database and other legal training to Law School staff and faculty Research Assistants.

About You

You are an experienced manager with strong leadership skills, able to motivate and lead staff to achieve high levels of performance. You are able to demonstrate problem solving abilities and sound professional judgement, using your initiative to anticipate work requirements and parameters for projects, and allowing you to manage expectations. You have excellent time management skills, able to juggle multiple competing tasks and ensure all deadlines and objectives are met. Your excellent communication and interpersonal skills enable you to work with people at all levels of the organisation, as well as with stakeholders external to the organisation. You are able to evaluate and develop new initiatives for delivering research services, with a commitment to providing continuous improvement to services. 

You will also have:

• A degree or graduate qualification in library, information science or information management.
• Significant experience in performing and teaching sophisticated Australian, foreign, comparative and international legal research using print and online tools; and high level research database searching skills.
• Demonstrated expert knowledge of legal materials.

Please note: To be considered for this role you must have current valid work rights for Australia.

About the University
The University of Melbourne is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

Benefits of Working with Us
In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of a vibrant campus life, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

• Flexible working arrangements, generous personal, parental and cultural leave
• Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading
• Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs
• Discounts on a wide range of products and services including Myki cards and Qantas Club
• Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families

To find out more, visit https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/staff-benefits .

Be Yourself
We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and encourage and celebrate diversity.  First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, females, people of all ages, with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.

Join Us!

If you feel this role is right for you, please submit your application including a brief cover letter, your resume and your responses against the selection criteria^ (found in the Position Description) for the role.

^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments with the recruitment process, please contact  us at [email protected] .

Position Description