University Librarian at the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH)

Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), Okitipupa was established by law of the Ondo State House of Assembly in December 2007.

OSUSTECH is a technology-based Institution which aims at providing the needed manpower training in order to address the critical needs and technological development of Ondo State and Nigeria as a whole. The University is currently running programmes in Engineering and Engineering Technology Agricultural, Technology, Food and Natural Resources, Mathematical, Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences. The University has the vision of becoming a leading internationally recognized institution raising a corpus of technologically, competent individuals able to respond to the needs of their environment in a technology - driven economy.

The University is desirous of recruiting visionary and dynamic individuals to constitute an excellent team of Principal Officers for the University. Consequently, applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the position of:

Job Title: University Librarian

Location: Ondo

The Position

• The University Librarian is the Chief Library Officer of the University and is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for the administration of the University Library and the co-ordination of the Library Services in the University.

Qualifications and Experience

• Candidate for the post of University Librarian must possess a good Honours degree (minimum of second class lower), plus professional qualification in librarianship.
• Membership of relevant professional body is mandatory.
• Possession of a Ph.D. will be an advantage.
• Candidates must show evidence of considerable scholarship and thorough understanding of the application of new technologies to library operations and services.
• Computer literacy and application of ICT in library services is an essential requirement.
• In addition candidates must show sufficient evidence of contribution to knowledge through research and scholarly publications in recognized local and international journals; and competence in job planning, organization and ability to take initiatives to fast-track the development of a young University Library to an international standard within a short period of time.
• Candidates must have at least fifteen (15) years cognate experience in an academic or research Library, three (3) of which must have been spent as Deputy Librarian.

Remuneration and Conditions of Service

• The successful applicant will be placed on consolidated salary with relevant fringe benefits and will equally enjoy the allowances normally attached to the position of University Librarian in Nigerian Universities and others as approved by the Governing Council from time to time.
• The appointment of University Librarian is for a single tenure of five (5) years only.

Application Closing Date
1st August, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are required to submit twenty (20) copies of word-processed Applications and each should be accompanied by an up-to-date detailed Curriculum Vitae duly signed and dated by the applicant which must contain the following:

• The Candidate's Name in Full
• Place and Date of Birth
• Marital Status
• Number and Ages of Children
• Nationality
• Academic qualifications with dates degrees/certificates with classes/levels (copies of certificates to be enclosed)
• Administrative Experience
• Academic Distinctions
• Membership of Professional bodies with names of three (3) Referees.

Each Application must be accompanied by 20 copies of the candidate’s vision and mission statement (not more than 1000 words).

Each candidate must request each referee to forward a confidential report directly to the Vice-Chancellor through the address below.

All Applications are to be submitted under confidential cover in sealed envelopes marked "University Librarian Position and Confidential: For the attention of the Vice Chancellor" at the upper left hand corner and addressed to:
The Vice-Chancellor,
Ondo State University of Science and Technology,
Okitipupa,
Ondo State.

Note

• This advertisement supersedes the one published in the Nation of Wednesday, June 13th, 2018.
• No electronic Application will be entertained for the position.