Texila American University is a World Class Affordable Educational Provider. We are a forward-looking, modern university with a proud tradition as a provider of high-quality education and a focus on applied research. Texila Group–has 4000+ students from 70+ Countries for its varied program verticals.

The University is currently seeking to recruit a suitable qualified scholar for the position of “Librarian”

Job Purpose

To manage, organise, evaluate and disseminate information, providing support to members of an academic community including students, researchers and lecturing staff.

Duties and Responsibilities

• To ensure quality resources and space are available to students to support their learning at the University at all times.
• To ensure timely and quality support is provided to the University’s teaching and training staff to ensure quality programme development and reviews, and a comprehensive resource basis for effective delivery of programmes.
• To contribute to enhancement of University research and publications by supporting researchers with full guidance to research resources globally, regionally and nationally, as well as in dissemination of research output.
• To ensure that there is sufficient learning space and resources to cater for the varied learning needs of University students and staff. Thus, the Librarian will be expected to develop/design various policies for the library, introduce different information dissemination services related to the learning resources, and conduct information literacy training programmes for University staff and students
• The University Librarian will plan, budget and manage financial resources within his/her allocation, as well as to seek support for the University’s libraries and learning resources through external sources.
• To develop, motivate, and evaluate the University Library workforce in alignment with job expectations, professional roles, and the University mission.
• The University Librarian will work closely with the national institutions dealing with learning and research resources (libraries, archives), and school libraries.
• The University Librarian will be involved in University’s scholarly life, forming relationships with students, staff, and faculty across the University.
• In addition to the above areas of responsibility, the post-holder may be required to undertake other reasonable duties in line with the needs of the University and the seniority of the role.

Educational Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in library and information Systems with a minimum of 5 years of work experience at the Senior Librarian rank.
• A PhD in Library and Information Systems will be an added advantage
• Candidates must have thorough knowledge of the role; in knowledge creation and dissemination, and have demonstrated skills and expertise in harnessing of digitalized resources towards meeting the core role of at University Level.