Team Leader Engagement and Learning Support

Team Leader Engagement and Learning Support

**Poutoko Ratonga Kiritaki**| **Team Leader Engagement and Learning Support**

Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand
- Full-time 37.5 hours per week
- Permanent position
- Generous annual leave provisions and professional development opportunities
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**Āu Mahi | What You Will Do**

We're looking for an experienced Team Leader Engagement and Learning Support to join our library team. If you have a passion for fostering student success and creating a welcoming, library and learning environment, and are a natural leader with a drive to make a difference in your community, we would like to hear from you.

As Team Leader Engagement and Learning Support, you'll help build student retention and success by helping to lead the library's front-facing engagement and learning services. Key responsibilities include:

- Leading and mentoring team members through coaching, supervision, and performance development.
- Ensuring our learning spaces are safe, welcoming, and fit for purpose, supporting online and multidisciplinary learning.
- Collaborating with other service providers to deliver seamless support for students, staff, and the community.

**Mōu | Who You Are**

As a leader of a dedicated team, contributing to the success of our students and community, we are looking for you to have:

- A minimum of 5 years of professional or recent library leadership experience, including:

- Serving diverse groups,
- Project management exposure, and/or
- Managing communication strategies across stakeholders.
- Hold a bachelor's degree (NZQA Level 7) (essential).
- Hold a Library qualification and/or professional body membership (desirable).
- Leadership experience, including team management, recruitment, training, and change management.
- A proven ability to manage public inquiries and build strong stakeholder relationships.
- Strong computer literacy and the ability to upskill and train team members on emerging technologies.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a knack for clear and concise messaging.
- Superior decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- An alignment with our organisation's values and culture, promoting a positive and inclusive work environment.

**Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With**
You will work alongside a diverse professional Library team who provide a range of services, resources and expertise that support undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching, and that enhance world leading research and innovation. We do this through the provision of information resources; reference and information services; digital literacy programmes; e-learning support and academic liaison; research support including repositories; Māori and Pacific support and through our heritage collections.

**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.

**The closing date for this position is: 17**th** January 2025 (midnight, NZ time)**

**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.

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 #
- 22874
- Posted on
- 13 Jan 2025
- Closes on
- 17 Jan 2025 23:59
- Location(s)
- Christchurch
- Expertise
- Library
- Job level(s)
- Experienced, Management
- Work type(s)
- Continuing (Permanent) full-time