Job Purpose:

To plan, develop and implement strategies and policies for the effective management of the LDC’s Law Library.

Qualifications and Experience:

1. Bachelor’s (Hon) degree in Library and Information Science.

2. Master’s degree in Library and Information science is an added advantage.

3. Membership of the Uganda Library and Information Association.

4. At least six (6) years’ work experience managing libraries in an academic institution of higher learning, 3 of which should have been at managerial level or its equivalent in a library of a large institution of higher learning.

Key Competencies:

• He/she should be a strategic planner.
• Interpersonal relationship and management skills.
• Should be creative and innovative.
• Ability to initiate and facilitate change management.
• He/she should be a person of high integrity.
• He /she should be result oriented.
• Effective communication skills.
• He/she should be a team builder.
• ICT and digital literacy

• To develop and review Library policies and procedures for the acquisition, secure storage and maintenance of legal information resources in both print and electronic format.
• To develop, implement and review the LDC’s information and dissemination strategy.
• To keep custody and provide security for LDC’s knowledge.
• To develop sectional plans and budgets and monitor their implementation.
• To establish collaborative linkages locally and internationally with other Libraries and Legal Information Institutions.
• To supervise, guide, manage and monitor staff performance in line with the performance management system in place.
• To submit periodic reports to the Head Legal Resource Centre on the status of assigned, delegated and designated duties.
• To assist in the dissemination of research outputs to stakeholders in a suitable format.
• To perform any other tasks assigned by the Head Legal Resource Centre.

• Strategic planning
• Interpersonal relationship and management skills
• Creativity and innovation
• Ability to initiate and facilitate change management
• High integrity
• Result oriented
• Effective communication skills
• Team building
• ICT and digital literacy

• Bachelor’s (Hon) degree in Library and Information Science.
• Master’s degree in Library and Information science (added advantage).
• Membership of the Uganda Library and Information Association.