Job Description
Position: Assistant Information Specialist (part-time)
Location: Mumbai, India
Salary: Based on experience
Start Date: With immediate effect
Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, independent, membership-
based, foreign policy think-tank established in 200+, to engage India’s leading corporations and individuals in
debate and scholarship on India’s foreign policy and its role in global affairs.
Gateway House executes its mission through a comprehensive website (http://www.gatewayhouse.in), a robust
membership and meetings programme, and the studies programme.
The Assistant Information Specialist will work with the Librarian and Information Specialist at Gateway House.
Expectation
• Work in a fast-paced environment with short deadlines
• Enthusiastic and creative team player with ability to work both independently and collaboratively with
multiple stakeholders.
• Knowledge of global and domestic publications and databases.
• Develop understanding of international relations and foreign policy
• Develop a grasp of Gateway House’s work and study areas.
Responsibilities
• Organize (classify/catalogue) and update existing library records.
• Manage the acquisition of new resources and material for the Gateway House library.
• Assist staff with finding reference materials, physical and electronic, and resources on Gateway House’s
research areas.
• Monitor international and domestic news and developments relevant to Gateway House’s study areas and
prepare daily news briefings.
• Maintain library inventory, conduct periodic audits of the information on file and issue resources to staff
members.
Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Library Science
• 2-3 Years of work experience in a library or bank with an or as an information specialist
• Necessary to have IT skills and knowledge of library databases and knowledge management tools.
• Good verbal and written skills.
• Retirees may also apply.
Please submit a CV, a covering letter indicating your interest in Gateway House and motivations for working with
us to jobs@gatewayhouse.in
PLEASE INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE POSITION IN THE SUBJECT OF YOUR EMAIL. Once we review these
documents internally, we’ll contact you for an interview in person or on a video call. This role is based at the
Mumbai office and not remote.
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