A leading international boarding School in Lagos requires the services of suitable candidates to fill the position below:
Job Title: Librarian
Location: Ibeju, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- The Librarian will be charged with the responsibility to acquire, organize, promote and disseminate a range of resources to meet the diverse needs of the student and staff community.
- He/she will Support independent learning and encourage reader development.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Developing and managing collections of books and journals (both paper and electronic), as well as websites.
- Contributing to academic course development and liaising with academic departments.
- Creating, updating and managing information resources, both electronic and printed.
- Electing, acquiring and cataloguing information using library and information software.
- Assisting teachers with literature searches using databases, printed resources and the internet.
- Prepare book displays
- Dealing with user enquiries
- Keeping up to date with relevant professional developments in the library sector
- Looking after and updating electronic resources
- Keeping the library organized and tidy
- Maintaining library catalogues and making them easy to use
- Chasing and collecting books back and enforcing fines
- Ordering and displaying new stock
- Maintaining a quiet environment
- Selecting, developing, cataloguing and classifying library resources
- Liaising with departmental academic staff, external organisations and suppliers
- Assisting readers to use computer equipment, conduct literature searches
- Promoting the library's resources to users
- Any other duties that may be assigned by the Vice Principal (Academic).
Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Competencies
- First Degree in Library and Information Science or related discipline
- Minimum of 4 years’ experience in a related role
- Strong IT skills
- Familiarity with the use of databases and the internet
- Ability to work in a team
- Ability to assess resources and meet library users' needs
- Good presentation and verbal communication skills
- Excellent working knowledge of library methods and procedures
- Ability to operate library machines properly
- Excellent customer service skills
- High integrity and ethical standards
- Knowledge of child policy regulation and its implementation.
Application Closing Date
18th July, 2022.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
Note: The School is an equal opportunity organisation and is committed to safeguarding the welfare of young people and expects the same from its employees.
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