• Employment Type: Full Time Ongoing 

• Remuneration: $110,073 + 17% superannuation + leave loading 

• Location: Kensington UNSW Campus   

About UNSW 

UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. It’s the reason we’re one of the top 20 universities in the world and a member of Australia’s prestigious Group of Eight. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place. 

Why Your Role Matters 

This role is based in the UNSW Library Scholarly Communications and Repositories unit (SCR). SCR provides a range of services to assist academic staff and postgraduate researchers to manage research resources. This includes research data and dataset management, development and support services for managing and sharing information assets, and the management of scholarly outputs through an institutional repository. SCR participates in e-research projects and services supporting research data management needs of the University.   

The Senior Research Systems Support Specialist maintains and develops digital library services and systems to support the management and delivery of scholarly information, data and services for the research, learning and teaching communities at UNSW. The role of position reports to the Technical Lead, Research and has no direct reports. 

Main responsibilities Summary 

• Work collaboratively and creatively with Library colleagues, University and external stakeholders, and vendors to contribute to the investigation, specification, design, implementation and maintenance of library research support services and systems that meet usability standards and, when required, interoperate or integrate with other systems and services 

• Work with applications and toolkits to implement and maintain a multi-purpose repository infrastructure that supports the ingestion, preservation and delivery of digital objects including research publications, datasets, multimedia artefacts and code. Ensure infrastructure supports workflows to preserve, extract, transform and repurpose metadata and digital objects as needed 

• Manage, prioritise, analyse, and resolve assigned tasks and issues to ensure Library research systems support UNSW’s scholarly communication activities in line with service definitions 

• Test and apply solutions and upgrades to systems 

• Produce and maintain documentation on Library research services and systems including procedures for their administration. 

Who You Are 

You will have excellent troubleshooting skills, and knowledge of coding and scripting languages e.g. Python. A good understanding of Web technologies such as REST API, HTM/Javascript/CSS, and harvesting is desirable along with Windows and Linux administration. You will enjoy working closely with colleagues, external vendors in stakeholders to develop and refine processes, streamline operations and improve service quality.  

Working hours are Monday to Friday, business hours.  

Candidates will need to have full working rights – this role is not available for sponsorship.  

Benefits and Culture: People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world.  Our benefits include:  

• Access to up to 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments  

• Additional 3 days of leave over the end of the year period  

• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness) 

Recruitment process: Please submit your resume as well as cover letter that addresses these three questions below: 

1. Describe your demonstrated technical and troubleshooting skills in the maintenance and improvement of systems. Outline your experience with system administration (Linux and/or Windows) and your understanding of cloud technologies, such as AWS. If applicable include examples of how you've applied these skills to enhance system performance or resolve issues in previous roles. 

2. Outline your experience with programming or scripting languages such as Python and explain any familiarity you have with JavaScript/CSS frameworks. If applicable, provide examples of how you've used these skills in practice. 

3. Describe your working knowledge and experience in the development and use of web services (e.g. REST API or SOAPs) for systems integration. Provide examples of how you have applied these skills in previous roles. 

You can send via the ‘Apply Now’ button. A copy of the Position Description can be found on JOBS@UNSW. 

Applications close:  Sunday 9th March 11:55PM. 

Get in touch for any question or support: Emma McLean, Associate Director Scholarly Communications and Repositories at emma.mclean@unsw.edu.au