Vacancy: Librarian

Company Profile

Takoradi Technical University is located in Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana with digital address system WS-200-1787 (Main Campus). The University was converted from a Polytechnic to a Technical University in September 2016 by an Act of Parliament establishing Technical Universities in Ghana. The University has been mandated by the Technical 

Universities Act, (Act 922), to provide higher education in engineering, science, and technology-based disciplines, technical and vocational education and training, applied arts and related disciplines. The University has three (3) campuses: Effia-Kuma (Takoradi - Main Campus), Butumagyebu (Sekondi) and Akatakyi (Agona-Nkwanta).

Vision Statement: To be the most preferred engineering and applied sciences University devoted to excellence in teaching and applied industrial research to produce competent world- class human resource for the strategic development of industry in order to achieve an enhanced national and global development.

Mission Statement: Takoradi Technical University is dedicated to advanced instructional delivery in engineering and applied sciences and also creative arts, business and technology-based research disciplines in strong collaboration with industry through competency-based teaching approaches.

Job Description

The librarian would be more responsible for acquiring, organising, managing and distributing library resources and ensuring that library provision meets the needs of all its users.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Selecting, developing, cataloguing and classifying library resources


• Answering readers' enquiries


• Using library systems and specialist computer applications


• Management of staff, including recruitment, training and / or supervisory duties


• Liaising with departmental academic staff, external organization and suppliers


• Ensuring that library services meet the needs of particular groups of users (e.g. staff. students, disabled students).


• Managing budget and resources


• Supporting independent research and learning


• Developing IT facilities


• Assisting readers to use computer equipment, conduct literature searches, etc.


• Promoting the library's resources to user.

Required Skills or Experience

• Have a minimum of a postgraduate degree in library or information science-related studies


• Have a PhD in library Science of Studies is preferable


• Have served as a Deputy Librarian in a University of comparable grade in a similar institution/organization for at least six (6) years


• Be a scholar and a member of a Professional Body in a librarianship/Information Science


• Be computer literate and be conversant with library software.