University Librarian

Job title : University Librarian

Job Summary

• The position of University Librarian at Adekunle Ajasin University will soon become vacant, and the University has commenced the process for the appointment of a suitably qualified candidate to fill the position.
• Accordingly, applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified, innovative, versatile, and result-oriented professionals with proven administrative and academic leadership capacities to work with the Vice Chancellor in the continuing task of consolidating and advancing the achievements of the University.

Responsibility

• The University Librarian is a Principal Officer and Head of the University Library, responsible to the Vice Chancellor for the administration of the University Library and coordination of Library services in the University.

Requirements

• A good Honours degree with at least Second Class (Lower Division) plus MLS/MLIS and Ph.D in Library Science or Library and Information Science, and must have at least fifteen (15) years cognate experience in an academic or research Library, three (3) of which must have been spent as Deputy Librarian.
• The candidate must be ICT compliant and must have at least eighteen (18) recognised publications in reputable journals or other verifiable/recognised outlets, with not more than two (2) of these publications as full-length standard and recognised books or chapters in books, all of which must have been published with at least five (5) of these appearing after the last promotion.
• Six (6) of these publications must have appeared in reputable foreign outlets.

Tenure

• The successful candidate shall be appointed for a single term of five (5) years.
• He/She must not be more than 59 years of age as at the time of assumption of duty.

Remuneration and Conditions for Service

• The person appointed shall be placed on the Consolidated University Academic Staff Salary CONUASS 7 and shall enjoy other conditions of service applicable to the position of a Principal Officer of the University.