Librarian Job Vacancy – St. Luke’s Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing School

Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops

St. Luke’s Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing School
It is seeking an outstanding, dynamic and results oriented individuals to fill the following key positions

Librarian

Scope: The Librarian reports directly to the Principal Tutor and provides librarian and research services.

Purpose of the Position: The Librarian is responsible for providing library and research services for the school and Maintenance of the library and its collections.

Responsibilities

·         Provide effective access to library collections and resources

·         Maintain collections management policies and procedures

·         Perform original cataloguing and classification of print, audio-visual and electronic

·         resources

·         Develop and maintain special indexing systems and files for special collections

·         Ensure an accurate inventory of resources

·         Ensure efficient retrieval by users

·         Search external database programs for the availability of cataloguing copy

·         Maintain inventories, compile statistics and generate reports as require

·         Develop and maintain cataloguing procedures

·         Distribute materials for cataloguing

·         Determine the type of cataloguing required

·         Ensure file cards in shelf list

·         Respond to daily on-site requests for information

·         Train library users to effectively search the Library catalogue, Internet and other electronic resources

Maintain circulation files, records and statistics
Qualifications

·         Diploma in library and  information studies

·         Bachelor’s degree will be an added advantage

·         Able to manage a Website

Personal Qualities

·         Has good interpersonal and communication skills

·         Excellent written and oral communications skills in English

·         A good knowledge of social teachings of the Church, and Ethical principles

Applications should be addressed to:-

Secretary General
Kenya Episcopal Conference-Catholic Secretariat
P.O Box 13475-00800
Nairobi.

To reach him on or before 29th March 2014

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted