JOB CONTENT % of Key Performance Areas (4 6) time Activities / Objectives / Tasks Results / Outcomes Competencies – spent 1) Staff management 35-40 Manages professional and support staff Performance of individual staff is People management within the Knowledge Access Department, managed and carried out effectively by including performance developing performance standards and regular reviews, and in accordance management ensuring that performance review and with UCT HR policy and relevant performance management are carried out legislation. Coaching and mentoring effectively. Good verbal and written Ensures appropriate training and communication skills development of professional and support Staff are developed and trained to staff in the department and of any staff meet the standard of performance Planning and organizing outside of the department who undertake expected. cataloguing and/or metadata activities. Resource management Interpersonal skills Judgment and decision making Problem-solving abilities Team building 2) Operations management 35-40 Ensures provision of optimal access to all All records meet appropriate Good knowledge of materials in UCT Libraries, viz. print as international standards for cataloguing MARC, DDC, LCSH well as online resources, e-books, and metadata. etc., and computerised metadata for digital records, databases systems, in particular and e-journals. with regard to Aleph Print and digital materials held in UCT 500, OCLC and Dublin Answers high-level queries and makes Libraries and other locations are easily Core. decisions regarding knowledge access located and retrieved. throughout UCT Libraries, and is the Understanding and authority of last resort for issues relating adhering to a complex to all bibliographic records. set of internationally Monthly statistics are kept of the recognised standards Reports on the activities of the material catalogued by location, for both classification
JOB CONTENT Key Performance Areas (4 – 6) % of time spent Activities / Objectives / Tasks Results / Outcomes Competencies 1) Staff management 35-40 Manages professional and support staff within the Knowledge Access Department, developing performance standards and ensuring that performance review and performance management are carried out effectively. Ensures appropriate training and development of professional and support staff in the department and of any staff outside of the department who undertake cataloguing and/or metadata activities. Performance of individual staff is managed and carried out effectively by regular reviews, and in accordance with UCT HR policy and relevant legislation. Staff are developed and trained to meet the standard of performance expected. People management including performance management Coaching and mentoring Good verbal and written communication skills Planning and organizing Resource management Interpersonal skills Judgment and decision making Problem-solving abilities Team building 2) Operations management 35-40 Ensures provision of optimal access to all materials in UCT Libraries, viz. print as well as online resources, e-books, metadata for digital records, databases and e-journals. Answers high-level queries and makes decisions regarding knowledge access throughout UCT Libraries, and is the authority of last resort for issues relating to all bibliographic records. Reports on the activities of the All records meet appropriate international standards for cataloguing and metadata. Print and digital materials held in UCT Libraries and other locations are easily located and retrieved. Monthly statistics are kept of the material catalogued by location, Good knowledge of MARC, DDC, LCSH etc., and computerised systems, in particular with regard to Aleph 500, OCLC and Dublin Core. Understanding and adhering to a complex set of internationally recognised standards for both classification