EXT/KMF/TEMP/12 – Information Science (2 Posts) at Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI)

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;