CPCE Libraries

Library Assistant I/II (Acquisitions) (two posts) (Ref. 160923-01)

Duties

Appointees will be required to:

(a) perform routine deduplication, seek quotations, place orders and process invoices for all library acquisitions;
(b) receive and inspect all materials purchased by the library;
(c) carry out simple copy cataloguing;
(d) liaise with library vendors and binders;
(e) coordinate among Library Assistant I/IIs of the Team and/or across Teams;
(f) be responsible for the administrative duties of the Team as assigned, including but not limited to taking care of library supplies, furniture and equipment for good physical conditions and/or sufficient quantity, and quality assurance;
(g) train new and inexperienced supporting staff; and
(h) perform any other duties as assigned.

Appointees will be required to work on shift duties in evenings, weekends and on public holidays on either of the two campuses in West Kowloon or Hung Hom Bay.

Qualifications

Applicants should have the following qualifications and qualities:

(a) at least Grade E/Level 2 or equivalent in five subjects in HKCEE or HKDSEE including English Language (at least Grade C if Syllabus A), Chinese Language and Mathematics;
(b) at least five years’ relevant working experience;
(c) be willing to take up additional responsibilities as needed and take effort to self-learn to accomplish the assigned tasks;
(d) be attentive to details and to transcribe information with high accuracy;
(e) be able to work independently and meet deadline; and
(f) be mature, courteous, organized, responsible, and result-oriented. 

Possession of experience in academic libraries and Millennium Acquisition module will be advantageous. 

Applicants with less experience will be considered for the post of Library Assistant II.

Remuneration

Salary offered will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. 

Application

Please refer to http://www.cpce-polyu.edu.hk/chro/app_form/ for application procedure.  The closing date for application is Saturday, 8 October 2016.  Applicants who are not invited to an interview within two months of the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful.

Note:  College of Professional and Continuing Education Limited is an affiliate of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 

Founded by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), the College of Professional and Continuing Education (CPCE) oversees the operations of the Hong Kong Community College which offers quality sub-degree programmes for secondary school leavers and the School of Professional Education and Executive Development which offers professionally oriented academic award programmes for persons at various stages of their career, including top-up degree awards for associate degree and higher diploma graduates.  There are four Academic Divisions in CPCE, namely Division of Business and Hospitality Management, Division of Languages and Communication, Division of Science, Engineering and Health Studies and Division of Social Sciences, Humanities and Design.