Senior Faculty Librarian at Stellenbosch University

Duties/Pligte        

• Strategic planning and management, and implementing strategic goals for the provision of information services and research support.
• Providing subject specific information services, research support and digital and information literacy skills training.
• Developing and maintaining a collection of information resources that will meet the needs of the clients of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
• Liaising, building relationships, communicating, and marketing training programmes and services.
• Involved in and participation in projects.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes        

• Bachelor's degree in Library and Information Science (LIS), OR a bachelor's degree with a postgraduate diploma in Library and Information Science, OR an equivalent qualification.
• At least five years' experience in providing information services and research support in an academic library environment.
• At least two years' experience in information retrieval, database searching, research evaluation and scholarly support.
• Knowledge of digital and information literacy development, training  and blended learning in the academic environment
• Good teaching, presenting and facilitating skills.
• Knowledge of the research process, the research lifecycle, bibliometrics and altmetrics.
• Knowledge of collection development.
• Strong computer proficiency, including sound knowledge of the Windows environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, liaising and marketing skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling        

• A postgraduate qualification is strongly recommended.
• Exposure to and knowledge of changing trends and benchmarks in subject specific research support and academic libraries.

Closing Date : 25-Sep-2026