Librarian at The Central Bank of Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria is the Central bank and apex monetary authority of Nigeria established by the CBN Act of 1958 and commenced operations on July 1, 1959.

We are recruiting to fill the following position below:

Job Title: Librarian

• Locations: Enugu, Ibadan – Oyo and Zaria – Kaduna

Details

• Three Centres of Excellence intended to be the best graduate training centres in finance-related disciplines have been established by a reputable Nigerian Public Institution in three locations
• The aim is to ensure availability of adequate and skilled manpower for the Nigerian financial system and the Nigerian economy. Consequently, the centres seek to hire competent professional to fill the position above.

Job Objective

• Provide a range of library services that meet the learning, information, leisure, and cultural needs of students and to provide teaching staff with appropriate curriculum/teaching support material.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, evaluate, and maintain library strategies and policies in consultation with students and staff that fully reflect the educational aims and objectives of the Centre of Excellence.
• Select, maintain and manage all resources and stock within the library facilities.
• Guide and assist students and teaching staff to make the best use of the library services and facilities within the Centre and host universities.
• Maintain a high level of resource awareness in relation to relevant courses and subject areas and support teaching staff in the effective delivery of the curriculum.
• Liaise with teaching staff to develop a stock selection policy that ensures the provision of relevant resources to cover all areas of the curriculum, and abilities.
• Participate in the planning and development of programmes for information handling skills and literacy within the CoE and contribute actively to the delivery of such programmes.
• Develop and deliver induction training and other training programmes for new and existing users of the library services and facilities.
• Stage displays of materials to highlight current affairs, topical issues and particular aspects or areas of the curriculum.
• Promote library services across the Centres and encourage students and teaching staff to make use of library resources effectively.
• Assist with archiving and displaying information and materials.
• Ensure that students and staff are familiar with the use of enquiry and circulation features of the library management systems.
• Arrange library resources and materials in a way that promotes effective retrieval, including the systematic indexing, classification and cataloguing of all library resources and materials. Disseminate information relating to resources to pupils and teaching staff as appropriate.
• Carry out the routine procedures associated with the ordering, receipt and distribution of materials and the payment of invoices.
• Prepare materials and collections for use, distribution or disposal.
• Carry out routine procedures associated with the request system and inter-library loans.
• Set up and reorganise library facilities as required, including moving and reorganising stock, materials and resources.
• Design and implement library technologies (library management system, subject/research guide system, electronic resources management) to enhance library services.
• Develop electronic collection for the centre comprising eBooks, e-journals, databases, data and statistical sources to enable users access current scholarly resources remotely.

Skills / Qualifications

• Minimum of a Second-Class Honors Degree in Library Science. A Master’s Degree will be an advantage.
• Possession of NYSC Discharge Certificate
• Work experience – five years minimum.

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Deadline: 12th March, 2020.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should

Click Here to Apply online

Application Procedure

• Applicants should upload their letters of application, Resume / Curriculum Vitae and credentials via the link above and indicate clearly the position applied for and the preferred location.
• Your letter of application should be in Microsoft Word or PDF and should not exceed 100 kb in size
• Your curriculum vitae (CV) or resume should be in Microsoft Word or PDF and should not exceed 100 kb in size Please scan
• ALL your credentials to a SINGLE PDF file for upload. This PDF file containing your credentials should not exceed 2MB.
• Kindly avoid multiple submissions as duplicate entries would be disqualified.

For further information please, Call: 07002255226