For each position, all qualified applicants on the Library staff are granted an interview. General Staff vacancies within the University are advertised internally in the Administrative Bulletin and from the University of Sydney Home Page Vacancies , and externally in the Sydney Morning Herald and on the Australian Home Page . Library vacancies may also be found through Library Locums . The number of Library staff employed is dependent on an established figure of a certain number of positions at particular grades. The gaining of appropriate qualifications for a higher graded position does not automatically guarantee a promotion to the higher grade.
Promotion is dependent on being the successful applicant for a vacancy.
Variable working hours or rostered day off is a system of specified working hours with a fixed starting and finishing time and a fixed lunch break. Attendants, Systems, clerical and administrative staff are eligible to work variable working hours. This system allows eligible staff to take off a regular half day each week, one day a fortnight or one day in each four weeks with the approval of their Department Head. Back to Contents .