Job Description

• Permanent Full Time
• $68,642 - $81,641 + 12% super + leave loading (Level 1-2)
• 72.5 hour fortnight
• 9 day fortnight
• Location: North Lakes

Step into a role where every day brings new stories, new faces, and new ways to support your community! 🌟

City of Moreton Bay is looking for a Library Assistant to help bring our North Lakes Library to life! Creating welcoming spaces, supporting learning, and delivering programs that spark curiosity and connection.

This recruitment process is being undertaken as a special measure under section 105 of the Anti‑Discrimination Act 1991 to support increased representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged to apply ✨

📚 What you’ll be doing:

• Providing friendly customer service, including loans, returns, reservations and memberships
• Assisting customers with digital technology such as mobile devices, eReaders and online resources
• Supporting the preparation, promotion and delivery of fun and engaging library programs for all ages
• Assisting with maintenance of library collections and helping customers find information and reading materials

Click here to view position description.

The North Lakes Library is open 7 days/week, closed on public holidays and operates on a 4-week rotating roster.

Click here to view the roster at North Lakes.

Click here to learn more about the great programs and services currently underway in our libraries across the region.

About you

We’re looking for people who love helping others and thrive in a busy, community‑focused environment. You’ll bring:

• Strong communication and people skills 🤝
• A positive, customer focused approach
• Willingness to learn and confidence supporting customers with a wide range of needs
• The ability to follow procedures, manage your time and stay calm in a fast-paced space⏱️
• Comfort using databases, online resources, social media and digital devices 💻

You’ll also need a Qld Working with Children Check (Blue Card) or be willing to obtain one.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

City of Moreton Bay proudly acknowledges the Jinibara, Kabi Kabi and Turrbal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands we work and live on.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply. Cultural knowledge, lived experience and perspectives are deeply valued and essential to building stronger, more connected communities. 🌿

We are committed to creating culturally safe, respectful and empowering workplaces where identity is valued, and where truth‑telling, learning and collaboration guide how we work together.

🚀 Why You’ll Love Working With Us

What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.

We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.

At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what can be – for our city, our Council and your career.

Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:

• See it. To build a city of the future, first, you have to see it The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our city. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.
• Shape it. You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters – and it’s yours to shape and own.
• Live it. Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don’t live here, you’ll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

• Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training And Research Scheme (STARS).
• Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.
• Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.
• Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling service, leader support hotline and Mates in Construction program.

Ready for a career that matters?

Join City of Moreton Bay, and help shape our city of the future.

Click on the 'Apply Now' button below to complete your online application. Please upload a current resume that demonstrates how you meet the requirements for this role. You will also have the option to add a cover letter should you wish.

As part of the recruitment process, applicants will be required to undergo a National Criminal History Check.

To obtain further details please contact our Careers team at careers@moretonbay.qld.gov.au

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Your Future City.
See it. Shape it. Live It.

*Applications close 11:55pm Monday 6 April 2026.