Job Description: Responsibilities & Requirements
Key Performance Areas
- Ensuring the library is effectively managed
- Supervising, training and developing staff
- Developing and maintaining a balanced and relevant collection
- Assisting the public with information enquires and reader guidance
- Ensuring the administrative processes and procedures are undertaken and complied with
- Liaising with schools, educational institutions and community organisations
- Ensuring outreach activities and programmes are organised
Requirements
- B. Bibl/B.LIS or PG Dipl. LIS or B. Inf (Hons)
- At least four years’ of public library experience, including supervisory experience
- The ability to speak Afrikaans in this predominantly Afrikaans
- speaking community will be highly advantageous
- Fully conversant with all aspects of librarianship, in particular, the principles of collection development, reference work, information retrieval and bibliographic knowledge
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- A wide reading background and knowledge of literature in general
- Sound leadership and management abilities
- Knowledge of the means to establish user needs
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
- The initiative, adaptability and advocacy skills
- Successful candidates will be required to work evenings and on Saturdays on a roster basis
- Computer literacy in MS applications