The National Library of Jamaica invites applications from suitably qualified persons to fill:
Position: Senior Library Assistant (PIDG/LA2)
Deadline: Friday, February 21, 2025
Salary: $1,711,060 per annum
Job Purpose
Under the direction of the Manager, Research & Information the Senior Library Assistant provides paraprofessional support in the organization and dissemination of library resources and services to satisfy the information needs of users.
Minimum Required Qualification and Experience
- Secondary Level Education to include English Language and Library Technical Certificate
- 1 year experience in library environment OR
- Associate Degree in Library Studies
Key Responsibilities
- Undertakes the maintenance of the Daphne Douglas and Rare Books collections by identifying pamphlet boxes in need of expansion, resources that need cardboard backing, relabeling and/or rewrapping and reporting to the Manager, Research and Information issues of maintenance, etc.
- Provides research and information services to library users
- Participates in search activities and reports missing items
- Participates in the creation of Jottings cards
- Conducts routine shelf reading and collection maintenance
- Dispatch resources received from Cataloguing & Classification, Collections Development and Preservation & Conservation Branches to respective locations
- Performs copy cataloguing of United Nations (UN) resources
- Performs routine maintenance of the United Nations collection to remove resources as dictated under NLJ’s Collection Development Policy
- Participates in the shelving and storage of resources in adherence to classification schemes, rules and standards conducive to the retrieval and preservation of the collection
- Assists in the delivery of training programmes
- Maintain systems/records/databases of material sent and received from the Bindery
- Identifies and dispatches resources for preservation and conservation.
- Assists with library tours and library orientation
- Participates in the mounting of exhibitions and displays
- Prepares quarterly and monthly progress and branch reports
Required Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Core Competencies
- Oral Communication
- Written Communication
- Customer & Quality Focus
- Teamwork & Cooperation
Functional Competencies
- Cataloguing and Classification
- Records Management
- Research and Reference Skills
- Preservation & Conservation
- Data Management
- Information Communication Technology
Special conditions associated with the job
- Required to work outside of normal working hours and location to include Saturday, Sunday and or Public Holiday
Applications accompanied by detailed resume should be sent by Friday, February 21, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m. to:
Director HRM & Administration
National Library of Jamaica
12 East Street, Kingston.
Email: nljhrm@nlj.gov.jm
We appreciate all responses, however only shortlisted candidates will be contacted