Information Specialist - Sandton, South Africa - IIE MSA and IIE Varsity College

IIE MSA and IIE Varsity College

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Sandton, South Africa

2 weeks ago

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Description

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Varsity College is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE). The IIE enjoys the reputation of being at the forefront of private higher education in South Africa, and is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to provide higher education qualifications accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE).

The IIE's Varsity College, Sandton Campus has a vacancy for an Information Specialist (Postgraduate).

Purpose
The Postgraduate and Research Librarian is a member of one or more teams responsible for providing a comprehensive information service on a complex level and advanced level, developing library collections to meet the needs of the staff and students both on
- and off-campus of individual faculties, and the development and delivery of research workshops, a range of literacy programs.

The incumbent is responsible for designing, planning, organising and managing of all information and research support services to cater for needs of faculties, researchers and students according to the research strategies and policies in the Line Manager, and in line with Brand strategy, IIE008, IIE027, research development framework and related policies.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Management of the Information Centre (Information Centre Administration)

Plan and design annual training programmes for the year to include entry/orientation level to advanced and justintime information, research, literacy and academic writing sessions
Assist students and researchers in the use of plagiarism prevention and research tools
Ensure that collections and subscriptions answers to needs

Marketing, awareness and dissemination of information services

Communication

Plan and design guidelines, notices and create and awareness of postgraduate library services
Create research profiles for researchers and lecturers and disseminate information accordingly
Create library guides and handouts
Actively participate in campus activities e.g. research conferences etc
Actively take part in academic forums on campus to create awareness of the value chain of library services within Teaching and Learning

Teaching and learning support, Information literacies

Plan and present advanced research and information sessions to postgraduate students, and researchers in collaboration with academic departments and staff
Display an excellent level of digital literacies and eResources knowledge e.g. EbscoHOST and other sources functionality, and transfer these skills to students and researchers
Present workshops on academic integrity, plagiarism prevention and referencing techniques
Assist students in using referencing, plagiarism prevention and research tools
Deliver embedded library services on the learning management services

Policy and standards compliance

Monitor adherence to all library and library related policies and research policies and report progress or anomalies
Ensure copyright and trademarks compliance not only in the library but with the appropriate campus Line Manager
Promote academic ethics and intellectual integrity

Collection, maintenance, management and development

Ensure that library collection has uptodate resources on research methods and methodology per discipline
Ensure that there is access to seminal work, giving preference to having online and electronic editions rather than print where possible
Augment available collections with interlibrary loans as and when needed
Introduce postgraduate students to peer reviewed articles
Submit completed research to the research repository

Networking, communication and reporting

Compile and distribution of monthly statistical reports, with analyses and comments on trends
Stay abreast of industry developments and participate on all internal and external forums

Ad hoc and auxiliary duties

The incumbent will be required to:

Work evening, after-hours and weekend shifts
Do counter duties
Cataloguing, classification, indexing and item editing
Weeding and stock control

Competencies required:

Interpersonal and communications skills
Coaching and mentoring skills
Problem solving skills & Time management skills
Best suited to a friendly, organised person who works accurately and is able to handle pressure
Information & Digital Fluency Skills
Digital literacy skills
Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Understanding of library related technology (e.g. Law online databases, Sirsi Dynix, Emerald, Ebscohost, Sabinet. etc.)
Multi literacy Skills
Innovative and Energetic
Producing own Research

Minimum Qualification Requirements: