DIRECTOR: CLIENT SERVICES & HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION

Stellenbosch University

DIRECTOR: CLIENT SERVICES & HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION

ACU Ref: 59107
Closing Date: 9 March 2012

Library and Information Service

(Ref. BIB/72/0212)

Apply online at http://www.sun.ac.za/vacancies

The Library & Information Service Division at Stellenbosch University comprises the JS Gericke Library, the central library, five branch libraries, as well as a few departmental collections. Library and Information Service strives to be a dynamic leader in the academic library environment both nationally and internationally. In order to achieve this, it is imperative for the Division to render a wide spectrum of client-centred services, to have skilled and motivated staff as well as world-class technological facilities and relevant resources at its disposal, to develop excellent collections in all available formats that meet the needs of the University, and to increase its visibility by making clients aware of available services for the improved utilisation thereof.

Duties:
• Assuming overall responsibility for leading, managing and developing eight client services divisions (five branch libraries, circulation, information services and the Learning Commons in the JS Gericke Library), as well as information literacy and e-learning development at Library & Information Service;
• Effectively managing the Library & Information Service strategies relating to information provision, information literacy and e-learning development, as well as other client services;
• Planning en organising the client services divisions, information literacy and e-learning;
• As a member of senior management, strategic planning and development for Library & Information Service in general and for the responsibility areas specifically, in line with the objectives of the University and those of the Division;
• Quality assurance management and evaluation;
• Communicating and liaising with relevant role-players on campus and elsewhere;
• Performing general management functions relating to responsibility areas, such as human resources management and project management;
• In collaboration with the Senior Director, assuming overall responsibility for a number of tasks relating to human resources management, development and administration for the Division as a whole.

Requirements:
• An advanced relevant postgraduate qualification in Library & Information Science (or equivalent);
• Substantial years of experience at middle-management level, preferably in an information services or research support division of an academic library;
• Advanced knowledge of the needs of the academic community with regard to information services, research support and other client services;
• Demonstrated ability to provide dynamic leadership in terms of continuous value-adding to the changing client needs of the academic community;
• Sound knowledge of information literacy development and e-learning in the academic environment;
• High-level computer proficiency with regard to general and library applications;
• Strategic planning skills;
• Sound experience in human resources management;
• Ability to function at senior management level;
• Ability to work effectively within a team;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Advanced management proficiency;
• An excellent spoken and written command of Afrikaans as well as English.

Recommendations:
• Exposure to and knowledge of new trends in library and information services world-wide;
• Knowledge and understanding of trends within the Higher Education sector in South Africa;
• Experience in the successful implementation and management of projects within an organisation.

Commencement of duties: 1 April 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter

Closing date: 9 March 2012

Enquiries regarding this post: Ms E R Tise on +27 21 808 4880

Enquiries regarding remuneration and benefits: Human Resources Client Services Centre on +27 21 808 2753

The University will consider all applications in terms of its Employment Equity Plan, which acknowledges the need to diversify the demographic composition of the staff corps, especially with regard to the appointment of suitable candidates from the designated groups.

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment.

Your application, comprising a comprehensive curriculum vitae (including the names and contact details of at least two referees), must reach the University before or on the closing date of the advertised post.

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

Should no feedback be received from the University within four weeks of the closing date, kindly accept that your application did not succeed.