Duties

• Strategic planning and management and the implementation of strategic goals for the provision of information services and research support to the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences;
• Information services provision and research support to all clients of the Library, with specialisation in Economic and Management Sciences;
• Subject specific information literacy and digital skills training, generic training and the creation of e-learning programmes;
• Creating and applying new and innovative services with the support of appropriate systems/programmes to reach clients, e.g., Moodle, LibGuides, Camtasia, virtual services tools and AI tools;
• Collection development;
• Liaising, building relationships, and communicating with the various academic departments within the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and relevant role players on campus;
• Marketing of library services and resources, orientation and training programmes, etc.

Job Requirements

• Bachelors degree in library and information Science (LIS), or a bachelor¿s degree with a postgraduate diploma in LIS or equivalent qualification;
• At least five years experience in providing information services and research support in an academic environment;
• Knowledge of the needs of the academic community with regard to information services, research support, and other client services;
• Sound knowledge of information literacy development and e-learning in the academic sector;
• Good teaching, presenting and facilitating skills;
• The capacity to be innovative and dynamic in information provision and research support;
• Knowledge of collection development;
• Strong computer proficiency, including sound knowledge of the Windows environment;
• Excellent interpersonal, liaising and marketing skills;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• The ability to work effectively within a team as well as independently without supervision.

Recommendation

• A postgraduate qualification is a strong recommendation;Teaching or training qualification;
• Exposure to and knowledge of changing trends and benchmarks in subject specific research support and academic libraries in general.