Senior Library Assistant.4.05

1 week ago

Johannesburg, South Africa University of the Witwatersrand Full time

As a research-intensive university, we are in the process of re-conceptualizing libraries to align with our needs in the 21st century. We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified, experienced and innovative person for the position of Senior Library Assistant: Acquisitions. The incumbent will acquire resources for the University libraries.

**Qualifications and Required Skills**:
- Matric
- National Diploma in Accounting or similar
- Minimum 2 years working in an academic or similar large library

**Skills**:
- Computer literacy skills
- Numeracy skills
- Good communication skills

**Knowledge**:
- Financial information and its implication on budget forecasting
- Financial procedures on the acquisitions module of the ILS
- Knowledge and experience in handling orders and invoices within Library Technical Services (Acquisitions) department an added advantage

**Responsibilities**:
- Ensure financial control by checking that invoices are allocated correctly and timeously
- Pass original allocated invoices to Library Finance for payment
- Pay invoices and keep track of expenditure
- Monitor exchange rate for optimal payment of invoices
- Handle invoice and supplier queries
- Place orders for all faculties and schools in the University
- Bibliographic record creation
- Supplier and account administration
- Manage continuation/standing orders and processing of donations

The person in this post reports to the Senior Acquisitions Librarian

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