
Deputy Director, Library Services
Commission For University Education
Nairobi | Contract | Government
Closing in 2 weeks from now
Job Purpose / Executive Summary
- Library Officers are responsible for the management of Library and Information Resource Centre at the Commission. Further, they will also co-ordinate evaluation of universities libraries and resources during the accreditation process and continuous m
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Overseeing the evaluation of proposals for university libraries
- Assessing and recommending evaluated proposals for approval
- Overseeing library inspections and preparation of reports
- Preparing budgets for the department
- Developing and implementing the library strategic plan
- Providing advisory services to institutions on the process of library accreditation
- Liaising with the relevant department for the development of standards guidelines and processes for library accreditation
- Managing the Library and Information Resource Centre in the Commission
- Supervising technical services in the Commission Resource Centre - classification and cataloguing, indexing and abstracting of acquired information resources
- Training and sensitizing of CUE library users on information access
- Implementing the library development policy of the Commission
- Selecting of relevant information resources
- Inspecting of university libraries for accreditation and for quality assurance
- Overseeing the evaluation of proposals for university libraries
- Assessing and recommending evaluated proposals for approval
- Overseeing library inspections and preparation of reports
- Preparing budgets for the department
- Developing and implementing the library strategic plan
- Providing advisory services to institutions on the process of library accreditation
- Liaising with the relevant department for the development of standards guidelines and processes for library accreditation
- Managing the Library and Information Resource Centre in the Commission
- Supervising technical services in the Commission Resource Centre - classification and cataloguing, indexing and abstracting of acquired information resources
- Training and sensitizing of CUE library users on information access
- Implementing the library development policy of the Commission
- Selecting of relevant information resources
- Inspecting of university libraries for accreditation and for quality assurance
Vacancy Requirements:
- A minimum of ten 10 years relevant work experience, five 5 years of which should be in a management role Mandatory
- Bachelor's Degree Library and information service or its equivalent from ai.recognized institution Mandatory
- Master’s degree in library and information service or its equivalent from a recognized institution Mandatory
- Management course lasting not less than four 4 weeks from a recognized institution Mandatory
- Membership to a professional body and in good standing Mandatory
- Proficiency in computer applications Mandatory
- Fulfil the requirements of Chapter six of the Constitution Mandatory
- Strategic leadership skills Mandatory
- Financial management skills Mandatory
- Networking skills Mandatory
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