Manager: Technical Services (P6) (Library & Information Centre: Technical Servic

Manager: Technical Services (P6) (Library & Information Centre: Technical Services)

Advert reference: uj_001430

Advert status: Online

Apply by: 29 March 2024

Position Summary

Job category: Education and Training

Campus: Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: EE

Introduction

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a vibrant and cosmopolitan university, anchored in Africa and driven by a powerful strategy focused on attaining global excellence and stature (GES). With an emphasis on independent thinking, sustainable development, and strategic partnerships, UJ is an international university of choice.

Job Description:

This critical position in the Library at the University of Johannesburg ensures that the over 50,000 students and 4,000 academics are able to access the most relevant information easily. There are four key areas in this position. First, to give leadership, guidance, and management to the larger technical services division in the Library. Second, to provide strategic direction, decision-making, and implementation of collection development, cataloguing, and the implementation of best technical platforms to ensure that all Library resources are easily accessible to staff and students at UJ. Third, to oversee and actively work on the day-to-day operations of the division. Fourth, to provide budget input and management of the overall technical services budget.

Responsibilities:

• Planning and offering strategic direction to the division and to the wider library.
• To oversee and ensure that all library resources for academic research and learning in all formats are available to staff and students at UJ in a manner that makes it easy to access them.
• To ensure that the collection offered at the UJ library is continuously relevant for the needs of research, learning, and teaching at UJ.
• To give leadership to the different divisions and staff within the division.
• To oversee all human capital management within the division, including hiring, training, supervision, evaluating, disciplining, and supporting staff.
• Develop, review, and administer policies, procedures, and processes in support of the division.
• Lead and support collection development for the University Library.
• Maintain and improve automated library systems and workflows within the Library’s technical services area.
• Manage and participate in the most complex configuration, maintenance, and repair of applicable technologies and associated equipment.
• Maintain strong vendor partnerships, including library-related contracts and negotiations of licenses and subscription terms for collections of electronic resources.
• Collect and analyze a variety of complex data to understand collection usage and how best to develop the collection going forward.
• Participate in a variety of meetings both internally in the library and with external stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements:

• Master’s Degree (NQF9) or equivalent in Library Science, Knowledge Management, or a related field.
• Five (5) years of job-related experience.
• Two (2) years’ experience managing a team of people.

Competencies and Behavioural Attributes:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Budgeting principles and financial administration skills.
• Leadership and management skills.
• Procurement principles.
• Information and intellectual freedom ethics, copyright principles.
• Library science principles, practices, and technologies.
• Library cataloguing principles and practices.
• Integrated library systems and automated library database systems.
• Strong interpersonal relationships.
• Analytical thinking.
• Strong ethical behavior and commitment to ethical practices.
• Very good communication skills both oral and written.
• Ability to work well with a diverse range of colleagues from different cultural, language, academic, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Commitment to staff development.
• Ability to work in an agile and continually changing environment.

Recommendations:

• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Detailed knowledge of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies including the use of AI in technical services.

Enquiries:

Job content: Prof Maria Frahm-Arp on Tel: (011) 559-2169

Remuneration & benefits: Eugene-Joshua Mouton (HCM Business Partner) on Tel: (011) 559-3878

Your application, comprising a detailed Curriculum Vitae as well as the names and full contact details (including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) of at least three traceable and credible referees must be uploaded before or on the closing date of the advertised post. Please also attach the following: a copy of your highest academic qualification and proof of registration with professional bodies you might belong to.

Candidates may be subjected to appropriate psychometric testing and other selection instruments.

Equal Employment Opportunity: The University of Johannesburg is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities and those individuals from historically disadvantaged groups.