Associate Librarian

[What the role is]

Associate Librarian (Design), Public Libraries

[What you will be working on]
- Develop and implement new library programmes and services, both digital and physical.
- Organise, co-curate and facilitate programmes for target service segments and relevant community partners (e.g. seeding design-related learning communities, curating scope for online programming and articles).
- Conduct programmes to engage community partners and interest groups, e.g. user education sessions and tours for overseas delegates.
- Ensure that programmes & services are relevant and impactful through evaluation of participants’ feedback and data analysis.
- Responsible for the quality and breadth of collection and programme in areas pertaining to the allocated target segment(s) in the branch
- Develop a good understanding of library users and their profiles through day-to-day ground engagement and various forms of surveys; in order to more effectively promote our collections and services
- Maintain the quality and relevance of the collections by evaluating and analysing data such as branch collection usage and loan data
- Ability to provide book recommendations through creating social media content programmes, book reviews and book displays.
- Mentor LOs to ensure displays, presentations and recommendations are engaging to the users, including the tracking of the effectiveness of displays and pop-up p projects.
- Build rapport with regular users to discover interests or possible projects which our programme spaces and by extension, the library can support.

[What we are looking for]
- At least one to two years of relevant experience in project management, community engagement and marketing/ promotion
- Team player with excellent interpersonal skills and a passion for reading and promoting reading
- Good analytical, written and verbal communications skills
- Library qualifications such as Master of Science in Information Studies or Graduate Diploma in Information Science will be an advantage
- Interest/Background in Design fields, e.g. Visual Arts, Spatial Design etc, is preferred
- Required to perform shift work and work on weekends

Successful applicant will be appointed on a two-year contract in the first instance.