Librarian at Hillcrest International Schools

As a knowledge manager and educator, the school librarian will guide and help learners, teachers and the wider community to access, evaluate and use information effectively.

Duties and responsibilities include but not limited to;

• Developing and maintaining an adequate collection of print, on-print and digital resources to support the curriculum, students’ needs, and to promote reading for pleasure and literacy growth.
• Following processes and procedures for selection, acquisition and circulation e.g. cataloguing, classifying, covering and stamping the books to ensure they are available when needed.
• Maintaining an online catalogue and automated circulation system as well as a manual catalogue that accurately reflects the collection and its usage.
• In liaison with the SMT, create and implement a policy for the Library which incorporates the education aims and objectives of the school.
• Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the service provided by the library and generating reports as required as well as making approved changes based on the findings.
• Lead library induction sessions for students to help them understand the location of information resources in the library and how best to utilise them.
• Partnering with the school community to create meaningful experiences and opportunities to promote a love of reading and lifelong learning. 
• Maintaining a comprehensive awareness of current developments in information and library management, education and children’s literature.
• Checking on all the overdue books and sending reminders to pupils when books are overdue.
• Making sure the pupils keep the library rules and regulations when they come to study and research in the library.
• Mounting displays of books on a certain topic on a regular basis to raise awareness and stimulate interest.
• Supervising the pupils who stay after school, making sure they conduct themselves well, sitting separately away from their friends, studying and doing their homework in silence, and leaving the library only when their guardian, parent or driver comes to collect them.
• Creating and maintaining a school library that is inviting, safe, flexible and conducive to learning for all users.
• Take charge of the arrangement for any functions held in the library e.g. parent meetings.
• To perform any other duties/tasks within your capability as may be assigned by your line manager.

Key skills and competencies

• Excellent organizational, prioritization and time management skills
• Skilled multi-tasker and able to manage high volume requests
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Problem solving and decision making aptitude
• Ability to form working relationships with people at all levels especially teenagers
• Strong ethics and reliability
• Self motivated and able to self guide and work with minimum supervision
• Qualifications and training required
• Have a diploma or degree in library and information studies or equivalent
• Have a recent police clearance certificate