Military Librarian
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SHAPE is looking for a Librarian to be responsible for the development, implementation and provision of multimedia library services to SHAPE Staffs and across ACO in support to co-located organisations, agencies and satellite units.
GENERAL BACKGROUND:
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) provides an integrated Strategic Effects framework, employing a multi-domain and multi-region focus to create a 360-degree approach, with the flexibility to enable, upon direction, a seamless transition from Baseline Activities and Current Operations (BACO) up to the Maximum Level of Effort (MLE).
POST DESCRIPTION:
Location:
Casteau/Mons, 60 Km south of Brussels (Belgium)
Directorate:
Management Directorate
POST CONTEXT/POST SUMMARY
The SHAPE is the strategic level command responsible for the planning, preparation, conduct and execution of NATO operations, missions, activities and tasks as directed by Council in order to achieve the strategic objectives of the Alliance.
Management (MGT) Directorate's primary focus is to provide all the necessary staffing and real-life support functions to enable SHAPE to deliver its critical outputs as a Strategic Military HQ.
The Base Support Group (BSG) ensures an adequate infrastructure exists to support the operational requirements of all NATO and NATO related entities located within the SHAPE campus
The Base Support (BSM) Branch provides overall management support and co-ordination in all branches within BSG.
Military Library provide multimedia library services.
SHAPE is the strategic level command responsible for the preparation, planning, conduct and execution of NATO operations, missions, activities and tasks as directed by Council in order to achieve the strategic objectives of the Alliance.
The Management Directorate (MGT), on behalf of the Chief of Staff (COS), directs the daily HQ staffing, workflow and protocol activities, and provides essential support services and facilities management across the SHAPE campus.
The Management Directorate also acts as the primary conduit for liaison with National Military Representatives (NMRs), and for securing host nation support through representation at the Comité Interministériel pour la Politique de siège (CIPS).
Base Support Group (BSG) is responsible to SACEUR through the SHAPE Chief of Staff and Deputy COS Management for ensuring an adequate infrastructure exists to support the operational requirements of all NATO and NATO related entities located within SHAPE, while also satisfying duty of care standards.
The Base Support Branch (BSM) Branch is responsible to the COM BSG for providing overall management support and co-ordination in all branches within BSG through the Plans and Coordination Section, for the provision of services related to courier, linguistic, reprographics, space allocation, and military library for the SHAPE Staff and tenant units located at SHAPE.
The Military Library (MIL LIB) is responsible to the BSM Branch Head for the provision of library services to SHAPE staffs, co-located organisations, agencies and satellite units.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES
The incumbent's duties are:
- Responsible for the selection, purchase, classification, cataloguing, indexing and accounting for books, periodicals, electronic resources and all other material, most of which is held in the Library, but some of which is held in the SHAPE Command Group, divisions, and other tenant commands.
- Responsible for the maintenance of the Military & Research Library which provides a source of professional reading matter including books, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers and electronic resources for the SHAPE Staff.
- Provides the SHAPE Command Group, divisions, and other tenant commands with publications required for their operation.
- Provides information, assistance and knowledge to own Headquarters related to books, articles, periodicals and electronic resources.
- Determines the library budget and funds for the purchase of reading materials for the SHAPE Command Group, divisions, and other tenant commands.
- Maintains, analyses, records and reconciles all budget data to ensure status of budgetary funds, using FINS (NATO Automated Financial System).
- Issues purchase requisitions for openend contracts, single bids contracts, using FINS (NATO Automated Financial System).
- Administers contracts for the provision of library material and professional publications required by the SHAPE Command Group, divisions, and other tenant commands.
- Issues and processes releases against Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) in FINS.
- Creates and returns receipts against Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) and purchase requisitions in FINS.
- Accounts for the library material held by the divisions.
- Develop
