Office Attendant (LMO/TS2)

Organisation
National Library of Jamaica
Reference
VAC-60114
Contract Type
Full-Time
Industries
Secretarial Administrative & Clerical
Location
Kingston
Salary & Benefits
$18,647 per week
Date Posted
23/12/2025
Expiry Date
07/01/2026
The incumbent is responsible providing custodian, ancillary/customer support services to include cleaning and maintenance of the working environment and dispatching and retrieving mails/ correspondence.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Cleans working environment
  • Provides maintenance for reading room by vacuuming shelves as assigned
  • Vacuums furniture and library resources as required
  • Cut and mount newspaper clippings
  • Provides attendant services for meetings and events by preparing the physical space and /or preparing and serving refreshments as directed
  • Delivers and collects mails/correspondence as directed
  • Removes goods and furniture as directed
  • Assists with routine building and facilities maintenance as directed
  • Provides customer support services at the front desk by:
    • Directing customers to the appropriate service areas
    • Ensuring that a record of users is maintained at the front desk
    • Receiving and storing bags at the counter
    • Directing users to lockers for storage of personal effects ensuring that locker keys are distributed and collected
    • Collecting incoming mails and forwarding to the Executive Office
  • Provides relief support in the print room
  • Provides custodian services for the opening and closure of the library as directed
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

 

Required Skills, Knowledge and Competencies

Core Competencies

  • Oral Communication
  • Written Communication
  • Customer & Quality Focus
  • Teamwork & Cooperation

 

Minimum Required Qualification and Experience

  • Completion of Secondary Education
  • Functionally Literate
  • One (1) year related working experience

 

Special conditions associated with the job

  • Required to lift and move objects, bend and stretch, walk and use step ladder in the day to day performance of duties
  • Required to lift metal/grill shutters on a daily basis
  • Required to adjust working hours schedule to include 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
  • Required to work outside normal working hours to include early mornings, late evening, weekend & public holidays.

 

 

 

 

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