Library Assistant

Library Assistant

St Gertrude's Catholic Primary School Smithfield

Commencement Date: Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Closing Date: Friday, 7 November 2025

Capacity: Part-Time (0.4 FTE), Temporary for 2026

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity as a Library Assistant!

About Our School

St Gertrude’s Catholic Primary School Smithfield is a caring and welcoming Community which strives to achieve educational excellence by offering each student the opportunity to develop their individual abilities in full. Our Mission is to know and love Christ through learning and our Vision is to empower all to embrace learning and achieve excellence.

Why Work for Sydney Catholic Schools

In joining Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS), you will be part of the largest Catholic education community in NSW, with a unified vision and shared resources, encompassing over 145 schools and over 74,000 students. We enable job mobility across the system, diverse career opportunities and an extensive suite of professional development programs.

SCS is renowned for excellence, with six schools in the top 100 and 13 in the top 150 of the 2024 HSC rankings. Over 51% of results were Band 5 or 6, and our students achieved 2,819 Distinguished Achiever mentions.

Be part of a system that fosters academic, creative and vocational success, shaping future leaders every step of the way.

In addition, we offer:

• remuneration package valued at up to $93,150. Base salary ranges from $71,578 to $83,170. Salary calculated on averaged conditions (generally only required to work during school term time)
• salary packaging of up to $15,900 annually
• up to 25% discount on school fees for parents of SCS students
• ongoing training and development opportunities
• discounts on gym classes and memberships, activewear, healthy meals, and wellbeing products
• generous Employee Referral Program.

About You

St Gertrude's Catholic Primary School Smithfield is seeking an enthusiastic and suitably qualified Library Assistant to work in our Library. With a keen interest in literature, organising reading materials and helping others, the preferred candidate will deliver effective and collaborative information and research services to enhance learning outcomes for students.

To be successful for this role, you must demonstrate;

• strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and interact effectively with a diverse range of people
• ability to assist with circulation, shelving, cataloguing and maintaining library collections and resources accurately and efficiently
• the ability to process loans and returns
• the ability to use Oliver, databases and standard office software
• the ability to undertake end of year stock take of the library collection
• interest in promoting reading, research and lifelong learning among students and or the wider community
• enthusiasm to be part of a school with a focus on building community
• sound knowledge of and commitment to the Mission of a Catholic School.

Application Process

Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the steps to submit your application. To complete the application process, please ensure you attach the following;

• current CV
• cover letter
• three referees, including your current employer/principal (where applicable) and your last principal.

Any offer of employment with Sydney Catholic Schools is subject to screening completed by the Central Office People & Culture Services team.

If you encounter technical issues or for any general enquiries please contact the People & Culture Services team on (02) 9568 8297 (8am-5pm, Mon-Fri).

Statement of Commitment to Child Safety

Click here to access SCS' Statement of Commitment to Child Safety and join us in creating a culture of child safety and wellbeing.

Working With Children Check (WWCC)

This role is classified as child-related work and therefore requires a WWCC clearance prior to commencement of employment.

SCS welcomes and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and candidates with diverse backgrounds.