AMREF- Intern (Library Administration)

Position: Intern (Library Administration)

Location: Resource Centre, Directorate of Capacity Building

Duration: Up to 6 months starting September 2013

Time: The work will be full time with an expected amount of 37.5hours per week

Position Overview:

Under the direct supervision and guidance of the Library Administrator, the intern will provide hands on learning experience directly related to responsibilities that transfer to skills needed in a full-time position. The opportunity is available to develop, participate and learn roles and functions within the Resource Centre unit, learning from the unit staff members.

Responsibilities:

The intern will be exposed to a number of responsibilities held by the Library Administrator including:

Customer Relations

• Providing comprehensive reference and information service to staff and external users
• Ensuring timely and positive feedback to issues and queries to all users
• Orientation of library users so as to familiarize them with the resource centre activities

Membership Management;

• Registration and processing of resource centre users and memberships in the database
• Providing statistics on membership and usage registered on weekly and monthly basis

Library materials processing

• Stamping and accessioning of materials
• Classifying and cataloguing of books,
• Abstracting and bar-coding

Circulation services;

• Performing activities related to the receiving and lending of library materials on the automated systems
• Ensuring that all library materials are sensitized for security purposes
• Maintaining and updating of loans records to ensure efficiency
• Working on reminders of any overdue materials
• Ensuring that books reservations are made as per the users’ requests
• Shelving and displaying of library materials

Acquisition of Stationery
Assist in the collection of stationery from the stores

A work plan with achievements for the duration of the Internship and learning opportunities will be agreed upon.

Qualifications & Competencies:

• A degree in social science, library administration or related filed
• Team player with a pleasant personality
• Strong work ethic
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written
• Excellent planning and organization skills
• Ability to think and work logically and work precisely with attention to detail

See more at: http://www.amref.org/amref/en/info-hub/library-administration-intern/#sthash.CNQ0rddM.dpuf