Part-time Library Assistant (Outreach and Public Services) – Library

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) is a non-profit private liberal-arts-oriented university with five Schools (Business, Communication, Decision Sciences, Humanities and Social Science, and Translation and Foreign Languages) and over 6,000 full-time students. Adopting the unique “Liberal + Professional” education model, HSUHK aims to nurture young talents with critical thinking, innovative minds, caring attitudes, moral values and social responsibility.

Aspiring to be a leading private university in the region, HSUHK features a primary focus on undergraduate education, top-quality faculty members, award-winning green campus facilities, innovative degree programmes, unique residential college system combining living and learning, interactive small class teaching, very close student-teacher relationship, RGC-funded impactful research, and excellent student development/support services. HSUHK is listed the 7th (overall) in the ASEAN+ region, the 1st in the Greater China region, and the 1st in Employability as per the 2023 AppliedHE ASEAN+ private university assessment by the Singapore-based AppliedHE. It is also listed among the top 200 worldwide on “Quality Education” and “Decent Work and Economic Growth” in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2021.

The University now invites application for the following position:

Part-time Library Assistant (Outreach and Public Services) – Library (Ref: PTLA (OPS) (LIB) 2024-11-01)

Responsibilities: 

• perform shift duties at service counters to assist library users in the use of library services, equipment and facilities, answer general enquiries, handle loans, collect fines, facilitate room booking and other daily routines;
• maintain the inventory of the equipment and monitoring the equipment status regularly;
• provide support on the operation of using the equipment e.g. charging, cleaning up the data card, etc;
• monitor the accuracy and consistency of information in all records; collation and compilation of statistical data for utilization reports; and
• provide general training to users about the usage of the equipment.

Applicants should:

• possess a higher diploma or above qualification, or equivalent;
• have experience in using Microsoft Office, providing circulation and information services in library will be an advantage; 
• have good command of written and spoken English and Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua);
• have good interpersonal and organizational skills; and
• have positive service attitudes.

The appointee will be required to work shifts on weekdays.  Related library qualifications and working experience in academic libraries will be an advantage.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested applicant should visit this link https://recruit.hsu.edu.hk/ and apply on or before 17 November 2024.  The University reserves the right not to fill the position in this exercise.

Applicants who are not invited to an interview within three months may consider their applications unsuccessful.  All information received will be treated in strict confidence, and the data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.  The Personal Information Collection Statement will be provided upon request.

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong is an equal opportunity employer.