DEPARTMENT: TUITION AND FACILITATION OF LEARNING
DIRECTORATE: ACADEMIC: TEACHING AND LEARNING
POSITION: BRANCH LIBRARIAN (18 X POSTS)P8 level
(As & when required)
KWAZULU-NATAL REGION: DURBAN BRANCH LIBRARY 4 POSTS
WESTERN CAPE REGION: PAROW BRANCH LIBRARY 4 POSTS
LIMPOPO REGION: POLOKWANE BRANCH LIBRARY 2 POSTS
GAUTENG REGION: EKURHULENI RSC BRANCH LIBRARY 2 POSTS
FLORIDA RSC BRANCH LIBRARY 2 POSTS
JOHANNESBURG RSC BRANCH LIBRARY 2 POSTS
PRETORIA HUB BRANCH LIBRARY 2 POSTS
REFERENCE: Ref: TFL/KZN-WC-Gau-Lim/Branch Lib-As & when required/ddm20/Feb2012
The purpose of the job is to offer after hours services (15h45 – 20h00 during the week and 08h00 –
16h00 on Saturdays) as and when required
Requirements
A four year Degree in Library and Information Science
Two years experience as a Librarian in an academic Library environment
Knowledge of relationship management through establishing an effective infrastructure for communication between Library clients and Client services
Knowledge and understanding of the Library’s various methods/channels of service delivery
Knowledge and understanding of present/training delivery principles and use of different teaching materials
A board knowledge and understanding of several subject areas, different subject databases, and different information resources
Knowledge and understanding to identify sources for information resources and to evaluate and use them
Basic technical knowledge and understanding of equipment, e.g. PCs, photocopiers, printers, etc
Knowledge and understanding of Library service rules and philosophy
Use of Library system for searching and adding data and circulation module
Knowledge and understanding of search methodologies including Boolean operators, search fields, etc
Knowledge of reference techniques and reference management
Use of Office technology, e.g. Word processing , E-mail, Internet, Presentation software
Knowledge and understanding of branding
Proven experience in a customer services area
Must be able to work unsupervised
Must have own transport
Knowledge, skills and capabilities
Collaborative
Service-oriented
Supervision
Enabling
Logical reasoning
Analytical
Questioning
Organizing

Initiative
Duties
Well managed relationship with clients
Train and educate clients for self-sufficiency
Manage information resources and equipment
Provide access to clients
Perform search
Assumption of duty : As soon as possible.
Salary : R110.00 per hour
Closing date : 19 March 2012
Enquiries: (031) 335 1731/24 Ms Anne Lee (Kwazulu-Natal Region)
(031) 335 8135 Mrs. N Ngonyama (Kwazulu-Natal Region)
(021) 936 4163 Ms. Katrinal Sauls (Western Cape Region)
(015) 290 3437 Ms G Shilote (Limpopo Region)
(011) 630 4528
(012) 441 5737
Mr. V Mbuqe (Gauteng Region)
Mrs Helen de Klerk (Gauteng Region )
The completed prescribed application form must be accompanied BY COMPREHENSIVE
CURRICULUM VITAE and ORIGINAL certified copies (within the previous six months) of;
 all educational qualifications,
 academic transcripts/records;
 identity document; and
 proof of SAQA verification of foreign qualifications (if applicable)
UNISA reserves the right to authenticate all qualifications without any further consent from the applicant.
The contact details of three contactable references must be provided, one of which must be from your present employer.
The prescribed application form is obtainable from http://www.unisa.ac.za/vacancies-new/
UNISA is not obliged to fill an advertised position.
Late, incomplete and incorrect applications will not be considered.
Appointments will be made in accordance with Unisa’s Employment Equity Plan.
We welcome applications from Persons with Disabilities
Applications must be submitted in an envelope clearly marked with the name of the relevant
College and/or Department, the position applied for and the reference number of the position.
If you apply for more than one position, each application must be in a separate envelope.
Kwazulu-Natal:
Applications must be posted to the Librarian, Durban Brach Library, P O Box 47431,
Greyville, 4023 . Hand delivered application forms can be handed in at the Counter in the
Durban Branch Library, Level 4B, Unisa Durban Regional Office, 230 Stalwart
Simelane Street, Durban. The prescribed application form is obtainable at the counter in the
Library on Level 4B, Unisa Durban Regional Office, 230 Stalwart Simelane Street,
Durban or at the Security Desk in the Unisa Durban Learning Centre, 221 West Street,
Durban.

Western Cape:
Applications must be posted to Unisa, Attention to Ms K Sauls, Private Bag X16, Parow,
7499 . Hand delivered application forms can be delivered to the HR department 1 st
floor,
Admin Building, Unisa, Cape Town, Parow Campus.
Limpopo:
Applications must be posted to Unisa HR Staffing, P O Box 2085, Polokwane, 7000 . Hand delivered application forms can be deposited into the Application Boxes situated at Unisa
Polokwane, Learning Centre Building, 23A Landross Mare Street, Polokwane, Library
Entrance. The prescribed application form is obtainable at the counter at Unisa Learning
Centre Building, 23A Landross Mare Street, Polokwane, Library Entrance
Gauteng Region:
Applications must be posted to Unisa HR Staffing, (Tuition and Facilitation of Learning)
P O Box 392, Unisa, 0003 . Hand delivered application forms can be deposited into the
Application Boxes situated at the following locations at the Muckleneuk Campus: Theo van
Wijk Building, Main Entrance or at the Main Entrance, OR Tambo Building, 3 rd
Floor .
The prescribed application form is obtainable at the counter on the 3 rd
Floor, OR Tambo
Building, Inisa ,Preller Street, Muckleneuk, Pretoria.
All applications should reach U NISA before 16h00 on the closing date.
Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If you have not been contacted within two months after closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was not successful.