Māori and Pacific Library Services Manager

Ngā Puna Mātauraka o Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | UC Library
Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• Continuing Full-time 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)
• Enjoy five weeks annual leave and five days university holidays.
• Join our supportive and passionate library team.
• Salary $103,235- $128,403.

Āu Mahi | What You Will Do
Actively guide and support the implementation of Te Rautaki Māori and the UC Pacific Strategy in library services and spaces.

Implement internal policy and processes in relation to Māori and Pacific services and collections to meet the needs of learners, academics, and researchers.

Lead the operational delivery of UC Library's Māori and Pacific services to students, academics, and researchers both in person and online.

As you will be supporting library kaimahi in Māori and Pacific roles, it's important that you have a collaborative leadership style and enjoy building positive and productive working relationships.

Mōu | Who You Are
Experience working in libraries in a specialist or leadership role is preferred. However experience in the education, health or NGO sector would also be considered.

You have experience working alongside Māori and Pacific communities. You understand Māori cultural values, perspectives, and tikanga and/or Pacific cultural values and perspectives.

You understand Māori and Pacific teaching and learning pedagogies. You ideally speak te reo or a Pacific language.

You understand Te Tiriti and the implications and responsibilities for libraries.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to get in touch or to just apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With
Our Library team are passionate about making a difference for student and staff learning, teaching and research. The team delivers on-campus and online library engagement services and oversees library learning spaces for the student community.

For more information about the Library and our team, please visit our website .

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC
Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here .

We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.

We offer a range of fantastic benefits including flexible work practices, study opportunities and generous superannuation and leave provisions. For more information, please visit us: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus/benefits/

For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/

The closing date for this position is: 28th January 2024  (midnight, NZ time)
Please note, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place before the close date.

Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to [email protected]

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency to be considered for this role. If you hold a valid work visa and are physically present in New Zealand then you may also be considered.

Job Details

Reference #	17578
Posted on	12 Jan 2024
Closes on	28 Jan 2024 23:55
Location(s)	Christchurch
Expertise	Education & Training, General Mgmt/Executive, Health, Library, Te Ao Māori, Pacific knowledge
Job level(s)	Experienced, Management
Work type(s)	Continuing (Permanent) full-time
More details (document)	Māori and Pacific Library Services Manager PD.pdf
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