PERSONAL DETAILS

(*)Previous position: Intermediate Library Assistant (Short loans), UCT Law Library,

Rondebosch. (2008-2013)

Responsibilities: They include, Liaising with the Faculty, the University and the

external partners of the Library; attending to reference and general

queries; supervising a team of twelve people; managing Short Loan section of the library, Cataloguing and supervision,

Responsibilities: They include, Liaising with the Faculty, the University and the

external partners of the Library; attending to reference and general

queries; supervising a team of twelve people; managing Short Loan section of the library, Cataloguing and supervision, Recruitment, training and supervision of Student Assistants, induction of First-year students to the Law library; First Aid; leading library tours, processing interlibrary requests, doing Clerical and administrative tasks, eg. Recruitment, selection; appointment, supervision and preparation of salaries for student assistants; SHE rep, petty cash handling. etc.

Objectives To provide efficient and professional services to the users and

(3) Organisation: Rhodes University Library

Position: Circulation Assistant (Part- time)

Responsibilities: Managing Short loan section; Customer care; Bibliography checking,

Shelf- reading, Circulation using Millennium Software, Reference,

Rendering of technical assistance, managing the library on

absence of the senior staff, ensuring adequate supplies of

Stationery; supervising junior Student Assistants; Front of house

duties, Retrieving information from electronic data bases etc.

Commencement: 22 February 2006- 25 July 2008

Objectives: To provide efficient and professional services to the users and

support library administration in general.

(4) Organisation: Rhodes University’s Institute for Social and Economic Research.

Responsibilities: Fieldwork and report writing on Eastern Cape SMMEs.

Commencement: 28 May 2007 to 10 October 2007

(5) Organisation: Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA)

Position: Assistant Information Officer

Responsibilites: Media coordinating, giving information about events to the public,

Stage and events management.

Service duration: 16 September- 16 October 2002

Reason for leaving: Contract expired

(10) Organisation: Star Schools (Braamfontein)

Position: Invigilator

Responsibilities: To monitor and assist students during Matric Exams.

Service duration: November 2001- November 2003

Reason for leaving: It was Seasonal employment

Administration and Organisational skills with competency in: writing and editing, verbal and written Presentation, Research and Report-writing, Good Telephone ethics, Languages including: -English, Xhosa, Zulu, Swati, Sotho.

Ms. Caroline Moshesh. Tel: (013-***-****; email: adoxk4@r.postjobfree.com

Mr. Lubabalo Booi. Tel: (012-***-****; email: adoxk4@r.postjobfree.com

Ms Buyelwa Qambela. Tel: 047-***-****; Cell: 073-***-****

E-mail: adoxk4@r.postjobfree.com

Name: Xolani

Surname: Njobe

ID.No: 760**********

Gender: Male

Nationality: South African

PERSONAL DETAILS

Residential address: 1726 Dywili Street

Ngangelizwe Location

Mthatha

5100

Cell: 063*******

E-mail: adoxk4@r.postjobfree.com

PERSONAL PROFILE

Strong work ethic; good team player; innovative and flexible; analytical approach to problem solving; independent; able to handle pressure; strong business acumen, persuasive, paying attention to details; punctual; meticulous and sociable.

CAREER HISTORY

Currently I am doing voluntary community work (part-time) at Ikhwezi library, Mthatha.

(1)Last Position: Digital Archives Assistant, UCT Libraries

Responsibilities: Uploading of print and Digital information into the Digital

Repositories, scanning and conversion of documents according to specified

formats.

Skills acquired: Communication, administrative skills and quality commitment.

Knowledge of: Digitising Hard and Software; Digital File-

Management; Handling of rare and fragile material; physical and

Virtual library; Adobe photo suite and some photo editing software;

Preserving; maintaining and locating digitised material and

performing the information searches in assisting Researchers.

Achievements: Reaching the aimed targets as specified

Reason for leaving: Due to family circumstances, I thought the challenges I faced at that time

Will take long time to solve and I thought it was in the best interests of the

organization to resign; but all that is over now.

(2)Previous position: Intermediate Library Assistant (Short loans), UCT Law Library,

Rondebosch. (2008-2013)

Responsibilities: They include: Liaising with the Law Faculty and the library user community

at large; attending to reference and general queries; supervising and

managing the Short loans section of the library; appointment and training

of Student Assistants; induction of first-year students into the library;

Processing of Interlibrary loan requests and some clerical tasks;

Support library administration in general.

Responsibilities: They include, Liaising with the Faculty, the University and the

external partners of the Library; attending to reference and general

queries; supervising a team of twelve people; managing Short Loan section of the library, Cataloguing and supervision, Recruitment, training and supervision of Student Assistants, induction of First-year students to the Law library; First Aid; leading library tours, processing interlibrary requests, doing Clerical and administrative tasks, eg. Recruitment, selection; Appointment, supervision and preparation of salaries for student assistants; SHE rep, petty cash handling. etc.

(3) Organisation: Rhodes University Library

Position: Circulation Assistant (Part- time)

Responsibilities: Managing Short loan section; Customer care; Bibliography checking,

Shelf- reading, Circulation using Millennium Software, Reference,

Rendering of technical assistance, managing the library on

absence of the senior staff, ensuring adequate supplies of

Stationery; supervising junior Student Assistants; Front of house duties,

Retrieving information from electronic data bases etc.

Commencement: 22 May 2006- 25 July 2008

(4) Organisation: Rhodes University’s Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER).

Responsibilities: Fieldwork and report writing on Eastern Cape SMME using Case studies

Commencement: 28 May 2007 to 10 October 2007

(5) Organisation: Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA)

Position: Assistant Information Officer

Responsibilites: Media coordinating, giving information about events to the public,

Stage and events management.

(6) Organization: Grocott’s Mail, Grahamstown

Responsibilities: A Participant observer of Management and Leadership practices.

Duration: One month

(7) Organization: South African Chemical Institute

Position: Office Assistant

Responsibilities: General office work including: Filing, Recordkeeping, and Telephone-

enquiries, Faxing, Photocopying, Handling of correspondences, etc.

Service duration: November 2003-November 2004

Reason for leaving: It was part-time employment

(8) Organisation: Wits University’s Esselen Residence

Position: Administrative Assistant to the Accommodation officer; Computer-

Laboratory Assistant

Responsibilities: Filing, Record-keeping, Mailing, Telephone enquiries, Hot-sitting,

Handling the residence Inventory, allocating rooms to students.

Service duration: February 1999-November 2003

Reasons for leaving: It was temporary employment

(9) Organisation: Department of Political Studies, Wits University

Position: Field worker in a Local government delivery Survey

Responsibilities: Data collection and analysis through questionnaires,

Service duration: 16 September- 16 October 2002

Reason for leaving: Contract expired

(10) Organisation: Star Schools (Braamfontein)

Position: Invigilator

Responsibilities: To monitor and assist students during Matric Exams.

Service duration: November 2001- November 2003

Reason for leaving: It was Seasonal employment

KEY COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Competent in most Windows based e.g. Word processing – MS Word 2003, Multimedia presentation-MS PowerPoint, /Spreadsheet, Outlook, MS Excel, Internet Software- WWW-search and E-mail (GroupWise), IT customer administration system, Navigating the Law Library Homepage; Basic Search Techniques; Searching Aleph (UCT Libraries’ catalogue); SA Sources of Law; LexisNexis and Juta Law Online; Sabinet Databases; Finding Journals; and Westlaw International; Heinoline, Nexus Lexus, Juta, Butterworth etc. this includes indexing, Boolean Operators, search fields etc. Understanding of the principles of various types of search software/Information database; Reference techniques and reference management for various media; the use of Reference sources (printed and electronic) and understanding of various delivery channels; and understanding of library services rules, knowledge of Dewey Decimal Classification System and different forms of Metadata.

PERSONAL SKILLS

Strong work ethic; good team player; innovative and flexible; analytical approach to problem solving; independent; able to handle pressure; strong business acumen, persuasive, paying attention to details; punctual; meticulous and sociable.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

POSTGRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS

Qualification: Post Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Science

Institution: University of Cape Town (UCT)

Year: 2013

UNDERGRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts Degree 2000-2003

Majors: Law and Political Studies

Bachelor of Arts: Completed (1999-2002)

Tertiary institution: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Bachelor of Laws: (not completed) 2003-2004

Tertiary institution: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

PgDipLis: 2013

Tertiary institution: University of Cape Town

Last school attended: Nyangilizwe S.S.S, Mthatha

Years: 1991-1994

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