Company: Rhodes University
Industry: Education / Teaching
Deadline: Sep 26, 2025
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: Bachelors, Masters
Experience: 8 years
Location: Eastern Cape
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Field: Data, Business Analysis and AIÂ , Education / Teaching, ICT / Computer
Job Title: Readvertisement: Principal Librarian: Metadata And Data Curation
Main Objectives
- Identifies and creates appropriate knowledge structures, and oversees the creation, management, and maintenance of metadata within the Rhodes University Library Services.
- This role plays a crucial part in ensuring data integrity, data curation, accessibility, and discoverability for various data assets, including research outputs, primary and secondary resources. The Metadata Curation Manager leads a team of metadata specialists and collaborates with cross-functional teams to support the organisation’s data management and analysis efforts.
The Requirements
A Bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Science (NQF level 8) OR a 3-year Degree, plus a 1-year Post-Graduate Library Diploma (NQF level 8) plus approximately 8 years’ relevant experience where such experience includes: –
- A minimum of 8 years’ experience in metadata creation in an academic and/or research library
- NACO trained (authority record creation)
- At least 3 years’ previous supervision experience.
- Familiar with XML, MODS, Dublin Core and MarcEdit
- Project Management experience
- Previous exposure to archives and/or research data curation and taxonomy development will be an advantage.
Closing Date 26 September 2025
