Job Description
Job Specification
The duties and responsibilities of the officer will entail assist in:
- Provide professional library and information services;
- Assist in the development of library and information services and systems;
- Coordinate with other library teams on library and information management projects;
- They are responsible for the quality as well as quantity of output and service;
- Be responsible for providing training to the support staff;
- Arrange necessary materials, resources for getting things done;
- Prepare periodical performance of support staff;
- Motivate support staff. and supervise jobs and tasks to the support staff of the team members;
- Guide and instruct support staff in the team for day-to-day activities;
- Teaching users how to use online resources e.g. e-books, e-journals;
- Identifying library technologies and their implementation;
- Developing websites, digitizing/converting content;
- Technical support, system administration/maintenance, data conversion, data migration, system analysis and testing,
- Open-source software development, usability testing, interoperability and digital library technology
- Providing reference services to all library users to satisfy their specific information needs;
- Cataloguing, bibliographic descriptions, metadata Indexing; and
- Technical and quality standards;
Person Specification
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have;
- Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Library Studies, Information Science or other relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution;
- Minimum KCSE C+ (plus) or its equivalent;
- Proficiency in computer applications; and
Key Competencies and Skills
- Interpersonal skills;
- Organization skills;
- communication skills; and
- Teamwork and Collaboration skills;
How to Apply
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