الجامعة الكندية الوحيدة فى مصر

6th of October City – Giza
Vacancies At ACU

Job Title: Chief Librarian

Responsibilities:
Reporting to the President, the Chief Librarian provides strategic leadership in all aspects of library services for ACU, including the planning, development and implementation of library policy, leading a staff of three, management of the library budget, and long-range visioning and planning. He/She oversees all aspects of library operations including reference, circulation, and other services, instruction of ACU faculty and students regarding library use, cataloguing, collection development, personnel, facilities, and purchasing. He/She develops strong positive relationships through regular interactions with internal and external stakeholders including Deans, faculty, students, administration, and professional colleagues. He/She develops profiles, processes, and procedures for selecting, ordering, and receiving, cataloguing, and maintaining the collections using the library’s integrated management software system. Designs and produces library subject guides and instructional materials.

• The successful candidate must have an ALA-accredited Master of Library Science Degree or acceptable equivalent plus seven (7) years professional experience. Academic/research library experience is highly desirable.
• Extensive knowledge of academic library collections and core collection building tools and resources.
• Experience with personnel management, interlibrary loan, resource sharing and adult reference services is considered essential.
• As a budget manager, the incumbent will have experience establishing priorities and overseeing the expenditure of a budget.
• Sound knowledge of integrated library systems, cataloguing and metadata structures, electronic data exchange, and interoperability of data structures. Familiarity with electronic data exchange methods and protocols.
• Thorough knowledge of information literacy development strategies, programs, and standards and of reference and research resources.
• He/She will have a good understanding of library technical services, including current cataloguing, statistics and accounting practices. The successful candidate will also have strong leadership and team-building skills to develop and support new initiatives important to the library's service mandate.
• He/She will have provided reference services in any or all of the following subject areas:
  • Mass Communications
  • Computer Science
  • Pharmacy
  • Business Administration
• Training and experience in online information retrieval is required.
• Experience in the use of OCLC and other major bibliographic sources, current cataloguing standards (e.g. AACR2), Library of Congress Classification System and subject headings, authority control systems, US MARC and other MARC record formats and standards.
• Skill in the application of educational technologies and the use of learning management systems and other interactive software programs.

Superior oral and written communication skills in English, with a record of professional participation and accomplishment. To submit please send a recent CV to Hossam.Saad@acu.edu.eg.

Proposed Job Description for a Documentation Control Officer

Job Title:- Documentation Control Officer

Job Location:- on ACU premises in the 6th of October City

Job Type:- Office work

Job Objectives:- To work towards the preparation and maintenance of paper and electronic documentation of the University's records, documenting ACU’s governance history, organization, structure, programs and functions. Documentation shall be systematic, in accordance with the university’s evolving record control and documentation management policies and procedures; post will be involved in the development, documentation and review of such policies and procedures.

The post will initially be focused on the documentation requirements of the University during its early years of development and the preparations for compliance with target accreditation and recognition requirements. This may have to include the development of all procedure and user documentation to aid in the development, use, and support of the university’s evolving academic and management systems. Outputs would include a range of documents, in various formats, both print and web, to be read by both technical and non-technical personnel across all areas of the institution.

Required Academic Qualifications:- University Degree in (Industrial) Engineering or Information Management or Business Studies/Administration/Management or equivalent

Required Experience:- At least 2 years of hands-on working experience in documentation control; preferably as Junior Executive specializing in Quality Control/Assurance or equivalent. Must possess document control (such as ISO 9001:2000 or equivalent) and statistic report preparation experience. Any working experience in business process modeling and/or quality management standards, methods and techniques (such as preparing, documenting and auditing quality management systems according to ISO-9000) is an advantage.

Required Skill Set:-Essential Skills:-

• Self motivated, able to work independently, eager to learn and results driven
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal & communication skills
• Excellent reporting, documentation and technical writing skills, in Arabic and English.
• Ability to liaise with colleagues from different departments
• Ability to absorb new ideas and concepts quickly, specifically complex technical information
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language
• Ability to multi-task, meet critical deadlines and perform under pressure
• Computer literacy; with hands-on experience in using MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio) for complex presentations and documentation.

• Desirable Skills:-

• Advanced knowledge of various documentation and cataloguing systems and standards
• Advanced knowledge of various data entry standards and terminology control, preferably within a higher education environment
• Advanced knowledge of various word-processing document preparation and graphical tools, including a strong understanding of document formatting and presentation techniques.

Required Languages:- Excellent command of both Arabic and English - read, written and spoken.

Required Previous Training:- To have participated in adequate training courses in quality management and the preparation and documentation of quality management systems, preferably in comparable business settings, as well as in ISO-9000 and quality internal auditing courses.

Key Responsibilities:-

• to organize and contribute to producing and maintaining manual/electronic documentation of the University’s governance history, organization, structure, programs and functions:-

• to plan, design, research, write, and edit a range of documents, including organisational procedures, work practice guides and manuals, and system help files for both print and online delivery
• to review and edit written documentation of development and other ACU staff to create unified and consistent university records.
• to maintain currency, consistency and accuracy of all documentation across all media.
• to catalogue and maintain all approved and official university record and documentation management system tools and quality records.

• to contribute to developing and maintaining systems to ensure that all University documentation standards are adhered to within ACU

• to identify and draft all processes and procedures required to manage the production and maintenance of various university records,
• to establish, communicate, and maintain documentation standards, and provide training where required
• to liaise with pertinent administrators and staff over selection and implementation of standards
• to liaise with department heads and end users to define and identify business procedures and establish documentation needs
• to define guidelines and templates for establishing ACU Documentation, including templates to aid document production & computerised data entry;
• to advise staff and student volunteers in entering data to agreed standards
• to supervise any temporary staff or volunteers who may be engaged in data entry/documentation
• to monitor and review university records and documents produced by others to ensure that existing/proposed manual/electronic records conform to agreed standards
to respond to requests for information about university records from authorized staff members

• to represent the University at documentation meetings

• to manage and take part in any audit process of the University’s records
• to undertake any other documentation control or record-related

To submit please send a recent CV to Hossam.Saad@acu.edu.eg.