<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY SERVICES</span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">MANAGER: SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION & REPOSITORIES</span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">PEROMNES POST LEVEL 6</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">In pursuit of the ideals of excellence and diversity, the University of Pretoria wishes to invite applications for the following vacancy.</span></span></em><br></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">The University of Pretoria's commitment to quality makes us one of the top research Universities in the country and gives us a competitive advantage in international science and technology development.</span></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">RESPONSIBILITIES:</span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">The incumbent will be responsible for:</span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> </p><ul style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Leading and promoting scholarly communications services, dissemination of the University’s scholarship widely through open, public and emerging forms of scholarship;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Ensuring secure digital assets for the future by developing the preservation service and unique digital scholarship collections;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Leading, managing, and developing scholarly communication and research support teams; driving effective performance through identification of efficient and effective practices and ensuring the design and delivery of feedback mechanisms to support service improvement;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Leading collaboration on deployment and strengthening of Library services directed at the provision of open publishing resources, tools and technologies;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Leading advocacy for open science and the right to use information;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Developing cohesive offerings that support visibility initiatives and provide research services including citation and altmetrics;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Participating in the development of institutional policies on scholarly communication topics such as open access, data management, and data curation;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Collaborating with faculty, students, and staff on research projects across campus to integrate scholarly communication-related services;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Surveying and assessing the institution's needs for scholarly communication services and programs;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Contributing to department strategic projects including areas of copyright, predatory academic practice, Open Access transformative agreements that advance research;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Leading and implementing strategies that assist researchers to achieve maximum benefits of research data management;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Repository management including providing analytics on repository usage and performance.</span></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:</span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> </p><ul style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">A four-year B degree in Library and Information Science or an Honours degree in Information Science/Library Science (e.g. BIS, BLS, BIBL);</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Five years’ experience of which two years is in a supervisory/management position in the following:</span></span></li></ul><ul style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;list-style-type:circle;margin-left:40px"><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Working as a specialist scholarly communication or RDM librarian;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Experience in an academic or research library setting;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Experience in a supervisory/management position;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Experience and skills in copyright, legal and ethical matters related to open </span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> access (OA) and research data management, and  familiarity with rights </span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">management issues in digital environments;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Experience providing guidance and support to researchers and scholars </span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">related to (a) open access and RDM, (b) Copyright and  Intellectual Property l</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">icensing.</span></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">REQUIRED COMPETENCIES (SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES):</span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> </p><ul style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Knowledge of copyright holder permissions and creative commons licenses;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Knowledge and understanding of data management principles;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">High level of ICT skills including knowledge of metadata schemas;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Excellent interpersonal skills and comfortable working collaboratively in a team;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Project management skills;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, especially MS Word and MS Excel;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Knowledge of research impact metrics documentation and analysis methods, e.g. bibliometrics, Altmetrics, Webometrics or Google Scholar;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Knowledge of using publishing platforms (e.g. Open journal systems and Open Monograph Project;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Familiarity with metadata standards and formats used in digital research environments;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Knowledge of copyright and intellectual property legislation.</span></span></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;margin-left:36pt"> </p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">A Master’s degree in Library and Information Science or equivalent advanced Degree;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">A law qualification or background, including Copyright and Intellectual Property legislation as a subject;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Experience providing instruction (training) in an academic environment.</span></span></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">PLEASE NOTE: All shortlisted candidates may be required to participate in relevant skills assessments and/or psychometric testing as part of the selection process.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">The annual remuneration package will be commensurate with the incumbent’s level of appointment, as determined by UP policy guidelines. UP subscribes to the BESTMED and UMVUZO medical aid schemes and contributes 50% of the applicable monthly premium.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Applicants are requested to apply online at <a href="http://www.up.ac.za" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.up.ac.za</a>, and follow the link: Careers@UP.</span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"> </p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">In applying for this post, please attach:</span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"> </p><ul style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">A comprehensive CV;</span></span></li><li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Certified copies of qualifications;</span></span></li><li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Names, e-mail addresses and telephone details of three referees whom we have permission to contact.</span></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">CLOSING DATE: 5 August 2022</span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"> </p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">No application will be considered after the closing date, or if it does not comply with at least the minimum requirements.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">ENQUIRIES:  Ms Jeovitah Chimhamhiwa, Tel: (012) 420 6149 for application-related enquiries and Mr Lazarus Matizirofa, Tel: (012) 420 2021 for enquiries relating to the post content.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Should you not hear from the University of Pretoria by 30 November 2022, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">The University of Pretoria is committed to equality, employment equity and diversity.</span></span></em></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"> </p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">In accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of the University and its Employment Equity goals and targets, preference may be given, but is not limited to candidates from under-represented designated groups.</span></span></em></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"> </p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">All candidates who comply with the requirements for appointment are invited to apply.</span></span></em></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"> </p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify;line-height:13.8px"><em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">By applying for this vacancy, the candidates consent to undergo verification of personal credentials and related information including, but not limited to, qualifications, criminal record, credit record, current and historic disciplinary proceedings as part of the selection process.</span></span></em></p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"> </p><p style="color:rgb(81,81,81);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:justify"><em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">The University of Pretoria reserves the right to not fill the advertised positions.</span></span></em></p><br></div>
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