Legal Librarian Job Vacancy in Lagos at Fidelis Oditah & Co.

Fidelis Oditah & Co. is a full service premium quality Nigerian legal services provider, led by one of Nigeria's most acclaimed lawyers. Oditah has expertise across the broad spectrum of Nigerian commercial law and practice including banking and finance, commercial law, corporate law, dispute resolution, employment, energy and natural resources, fraud and asset tracing, infrastructure,
insolvency and reconstruction law, private client, public law and taxation.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Legal Librarian

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Acquiring & arranging the Firm's information resources/library and restoring the filing system of official documents
• Manage the operations of the law library, including monitoring, allocating, organizing and disseminating legal resources
• Perform topical research for the firm's e-bulletins and other media
• Produce competitive intelligence reports for the firm's business development efforts
• Assist with background research for media opportunities
• Provide legal reference services and government document reference services to staff & clients
• Conduct in-depth research in wide range of areas including practice-specific areas of law, business intelligence, public records, and legislative history
• Build a dynamic collection of information resources based on the Firm's information needs
• Conduct periodic reviews of new and existing electronic resources with an eye toward improved service and research support
• Gather evidence to support decisions about the development of new services and products
• Perform various cataloging procedures for all types of library resources
• Assist with other administrative duties as required.

• Must possess B.Sc. or HND in Library and Information Science or equivalent
• Must have worked either in a library or that of any higher institution of learning with at least 4-5 years of law librarian experience
• Familiarity with an appropriate level of descriptive cataloging, classification, and subject analysis to meet the needs of the firm and the nature of its legal materials
• Familiarity with the Internet and its software applications
• Familiarity with knowledge of the legal system and the legal profession
• Familiarity with personal computers & Microsoft Office
• Familiarity with the knowledge of library and information science theory and the creation, organization, and delivery of information within its technological context