Job Responsibilities

• Coordinating and planning the development of long range/strategic library goals and application to determine a strategic direction for the effective functioning of the Library.
• Receiving updates relating to the various Tax Acts and/Regulations in accordance with the Amendments, Orders, and changes in Regulation or new Regulations to update the information centre with the most recent information.
• Collecting and maintaining information relating to the Guyana Revenue Authority, such as Want of Entry or Un-entered Goods, as submitted by the Publications Officers and file away for record-keeping purposes.
• Promoting the library resources to all employees by compiling and submitting a list of new additions of reading materials via periodic email.
• Managing the library facility to provide information support and flexible access to the resources at the point of need by maintaining library records such as catalogue cards, book cards, orders, book lists, obsolescence reports, and other correspondence.
• Liaising with Publishers, Bookstores, Government Agencies, and other library sources, and providing recommendations on the acquisition of various publications etc, based on user requirements and current affairs.
• Maintaining and upkeeping bibliographic descriptions of books and pamphlets in alphabetical order by examining reference materials, indexes, book reviews, catalogues, reports, and other information sources based on subject matter or standard library systems for convenient access by users.
• Updating the library database, including monthly statistics of documents or materials loaned to staff, and other requests on literature searches conducted, and items disseminated and compiled, to document findings, monitor usage by staff to generate reports.
• Providing assistance to users in locating and training or conducting demonstration/walk-through to library users to effectively search the library catalogues, the internet, and other electronic resources to obtain information.
• Supervising, monitoring, and assisting in the preparation of the Display Centre within the Learning Resource Centre with regard to the hosting of periodic exhibitions on various subject areas.
• Assisting in extracting and keeping record of media articles (clippings) relating to the Guyana Revenue Authority from Daily and Weekend Newspapers as well as online sources, to create a catalogue of the relevant publications.
• Preparing and submitting Weekly, Monthly, and Annual Production Reports to management.
• Liaising with internal stakeholders to safeguard library assets and perform any other related duties assigned.

Job Specifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Public Management/Library Science, or any other related qualification with a minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a Library.
• In-depth knowledge of the mission, mandate, goals, objectives, key priorities, strategic plan and initiatives associated with the Guyana Revenue Authority.
• In-depth knowledge of the Acts, Regulations and Taxes administered by the Revenue Authority.
• In-depth knowledge of procedures for disseminating, compiling, cataloguing, recording and researching information.
• In-depth knowledge of Dewey and Library of Congress (LC) cataloguing systems and PC applications.
• Excellent customer service, organising skills, and report writing skills
• Honesty, trustworthy, and demonstrate work ethics.
• Ability to provide bibliographic description of books and identify and discard of ephemeral material.
• Ability to provide reference and reader advisory services.
• Ability to maintain and preserve inventory of library material and equipment.
• Ability to prioritise tasks to meet conflicting timelines.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.