Working Hours
42 hours per week
Mondays to Thursdays: 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM (inclusive of 1-hour lunch break)
Fridays: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (inclusive of 1-hour lunch break)
Service not required on Saturdays, Sundays, and gazetted public holidays.
Key responsibilities include:
- Collection Maintenance: Handle full-spectrum print and non-print resource duties, including circulation, shelving by genres, index/archiving past examination papers, procurement coordination, cataloguing new resources into the Library Automated Service (LAS), and conducting annual inventory tracking/weeding.
- Reading Promotion & Literacy Support: Publicity campaigns for library events through displays, newsletters, and school broadcast channels. Provide point-of-need advisory and research assistance to students and staff. Collaborate with teachers to implement library literacy programmes, book sharing sessions, and student quizzes.
- Data Analysis & Systems Control: Operate the LAS database (managing student/staff data, tracking loan statistics, and checking shelves). Compile, analyze, and present comprehensive monthly reports on library usage metrics.
- Housekeeping & Venue Management: Ensure a highly conducive learning environment, supervise facility cleanliness, enforce library rules under the student handbook, and manage e-bookings for library discussion rooms.
Job Requirements
- Experience: Preferably at least 3 years of experience working as a Library Officer in national libraries, secondary schools, or tertiary institutions.
- Technical Skills: Good proficiency in the Spydus Library Management Solution (or a similar Library Automated Service framework) for collection management.
- IT Literacy: Competent computer skills with deep experience in the Microsoft Office suite of products.
- Domain Knowledge: Solid understanding of library classification structures (e.g., Dewey Decimal System) and library genrefication models.
- Soft Skills: Strong day-to-day operational capabilities, cross-functional collaboration with academic departments, and strong communication skills to facilitate student engagement.