Job opportunity for Knowledge and Information Officer at KSK Associates

Job Title: Knowledge and Information Officer

Organisation: KSK Associates

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About KSK:

KSK Associates is a Professional Services Firm that provides Financial Consultancy Services including Assurance and Business Advisory Services, Business Planning, Feasibility studies & Project Proposal Preparation, Human Resource, Risk Management and Information System Solutions.

Job Summary: The Knowledge and Information officer will be responsible for putting the creative knowledge and innovation into social media success stories to deliver engaging content across our key global and regional platforms and supporting us lead the way in social media.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for Information Management across the company’s various social platforms
Oversee the administration associated with subscriptions e.g. Userid/password maintenance
Downloading data into a central repository
In charge of the management and reporting on information costs
Effectively handling all subscription related enquiries
Research into new data sources
Provide training and guidance to teams on information sources/ tools
Promoting awareness of copyright compliance within the organization
Obtaining copyright permissions from publishers
Promote a culture of knowledge sharing amongst staff
The incumbent will be assisting in the daily activity across various social platforms, building up an engaged following and delivering first class customer service.
Your strong attention to detail and planning skills will ensure you can manage multiple projects at one time, driving our social media forward.
As one of the main contacts for information and knowledge requests the candidate should enjoy working with people in an international environment, have an outgoing positive personality and be passionate about information and knowledge sharing.
In addition, you will work as the Company’s Librarian to support the Senior Librarian in the efficient management of the organisation’s library.
Supervise members using the library and assist staff and member of the public whilst in use of library resources
Handling other enquiries
Processing and cataloguing of library resources
Ensuring items are issued/ returned correctly
Shelving and shelf straightening
Actively monitoring the use of the library and help to keeping library statistics
Maintaining security of library and its contents
Creating displays of work and new resources

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

The ideal candidate should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Library/Information Science
First class communication skills, both written and verbal
Excellent customer service skills and the ability to build relationships at all levels
Past experience/strong interest in Knowledge Management
Excellent IT skills including Excel, PowerPoint and database searching
High determination to succeed and a “can do” attitude
Be a good team, business unit and company player

How to Apply for the job:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications together with:

Attached copies of all academic qualifications(transcripts and certificates);
Detailed CVs and mobile telephone numbers;
Three work references and or/academic references;

Send the complete applications by soft copy to; recruitment@kskassociates.net or geniushub@kskassociates.net. You could also physically deliver your application to any of our offices in East Africa. Kindly address applications to;

The Recruitment Officer

KSK Associates

Financial Consultants

Annex 2 Ruth Towers

Plot 15A, Clement Hill

P.O Box 70434 Kampala-Uganda.

Deadline: 22^nd January, 2015 by 5PM