Karatina University wishes to
recruit qualified and interested applicants for the positions of Senior
Assistant Student Counselor grade 11 and Librarian I / Systems Librarian I
grade as described below:
Job Title: Senior Assistant Students Counselor
Grade 11
Job Description
Work at this level
entails
- providing
individual and group counseling services;
- Assisting with
orientation of new students;
- Providing
family life education in conjunction with the Health Unit;
- assisting
disadvantaged groups in collaboration with relevant service department;
- Liaising with
the Wardens in counseling and advising students on personal and social
matters within the halls of residence and
- any other
duties as may be assigned by a senior officer.
Requirements for appointment
For appointment to this
grade, a candidate must have:
1. Masters
Degree in a relevant field from a recognized Institution.
2. At
least four (4) years relevant work experience
3. Knowledge
in information communication technology
4. Membership
registration with a relevant professional body
Job Title: Librarian I / Systems Librarian I
Grade 11
Job Description
Work at this level entails
management of library and information resources, abstracting and indexing;
stock editing; library promotion and use; teaching and conducting research in
library and information skills; supervision, staff development and capacity
building.
In addition provide
electronic information and any other duties as may be assigned by a senior
officer.
Job Specification /
Requirements for Direct Appointment
For direct appointment to
this grade, a candidate must have:-
i) Bachelors Degree in the
relevant field from a recognized institution;
ii) At least seven (7) years
relevant work experience.
iii) Good knowledge of
Information Communication Technology and specifically:
- Linux system
administration skills including basic permission schemes, OpeSSH
configuration and usage and system backups.
- Be able to
install, configure, update and customize library open source software
- Knowledge of
Dspace, KOHA, EZ-proxy and other library software
- Basic software
configuration skills and knowledge of XML and SKL be able to create and
use basic relation models in MySQL/ PostgresSQL.
- Knowledge of
Perl, Python, PHP and java to customize applications in open source
languages.
- Basic
understanding of MARC format and how it relates to cataloguing standards,
especially MARC21 and RDF.
- Be able to use
perl + MARC
iv) Membership registration
to a relevant professional body.
v) Masters Degree is an added
advantage
Terms and Conditions of
Service: The
successful candidates will be offered a competitive remuneration package in
accordance with the existing Terms and Conditions of Service.
Mode of Application
Applicants must submit two
(2) copies of applications giving details of their educational and professional
qualifications, age, detailed work experience, present, post and salary,
applicant’s telephone number and e-mail address.
Enclose certified copies of
certificates and testimonials and giving names and addresses of three (3)
referees who are knowledgeable about the applicant’s competence and area of
specialization, accompanied with detailed Curriculum Vitae and a copy of the
most recent pay slip.
In addition, applicants should request their referees to write directly to the undersigned, in separate sealed envelopes.
Interested applicants
should send the applications to the address below, quoting the relevant
reference number, so as to be received on or before Friday, 4th November, 2016.
The Vice Chancellor
Karatina University
P.O. Box 1957- 10101
Karatina.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.