Assistant Librarian at South Eastern Kenya University

Roles for the Assistant Librarian Job

• Assist in deployment of staff to service points and functional areas;
• Participate in the delivery of face-to-face and online enquiry services;
• Participate in the delivery of student induction programmes;
• Participate in the delivery of communication skills programmes and the development of teaching support materials;
• Ensure the application of University Library Policies, procedures and guidelines in all aspects of operations and service delivery;
• Support and contribute to the development of relevant modules of the Library Management System ensuring that the capabilities of the system are fully exploited to the benefit of library users;
• Participate in management of the premises, ensuring safe, clean and well-maintained environment, equipment and facilities and liaising with internal and external service suppliers as necessary;
• Contribute to overall collection management and development;
• Engage in service development by participating in library management team;
• Contribute to liaison with academic programme areas as appropriate;
• Such other duties temporarily or on a continuing basis, as may reasonably be required, commensurate with grade.

Assistant Librarian Job Requirements

• A Master’s Degree in Library/Information Science with three (3) years experience in a busy library.
• Six (6) years working experience, three (3) of which must have been served as a Senior Library Assistant E/F or its equivalent from a comparable institution.
• Must be computer literate