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;