Senior Librarian – Morogoro – Mzumbe University

(a) Qualification and Experience
Holder of a good PhD in a specialized functional area with at least ten years of work experience related to Library duties or research. In addition the candidate must have at least seven points obtained from recognized publications.

(b) Duties:
• Handling matters pertaining to lending out and receipt of books.
• Providing reader and reference services and giving appropriate advice.
• Assist in acquisitions of library material by selecting, ordering, receiving and recording them
• Cataloguing and classification of books; indexing of periodicals and journals and other reference materials.
• Automating the library catalogue and circulation services.
• Abstracting of student’s thesis, journals and periodicals.
• Re-shelving of books left by readers on study tables.
• Training junior staff
• Assisting readers in searching for information in the computer through the CD-ROMs, Internet and shelves.
• Take normal teaching in relevant courses.
Both hard and soft copies of the application letter with detailed curriculum vitae (CV) and copies of relevant certificates should be addressed to Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration and Finance) and reach us on or before 27th April 2015. Candidates must also give names, contact addresses as well as telephone numbers of two referees.
Please Note:
– All the positions above require excellent communications, in both, spoken and written English and Swahili.
– Only short-listed candidates will be contacted through their addresses and/or telephone numbers.
For hard copies send to:
The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration and Finance),
Mzumbe University,
P.O. Box 1,
MZUMBE.
For scanned soft copies send to: dvc-af@mzumbe.ac.tz

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