School Librarian at Olashore International School

Details:

Job Purpose:

• The promotion of reading, for both study and pleasure, and of research skills among staff and students.
• Support for all curriculum areas through the provision of resources, information and training
• responsive to the fast changing worlds of communications and information technology and
• meets the needs of young people in the 21st century.

Responsibilities:

•  To develop and implement a library policy which reflects the educational aims and objectives of the whole school.
• Plan and oversee a programme for monitoring and evaluating library services and performance, including user surveys and statistics on stock and usage.
• To promote the library and its resources both within the library and the whole school and externally, where relevant.
• To inspire a love of literacy.
• To embody the Aims and Values of the school.
•  Prepare and manage the library budgets.
• To select, acquire, organise and maintain library resources to cover the full school community (including boarders and staff).
• To arrange the effective retrieval by systematic indexing, classification and cataloguing of all library resources and disseminating information on those resources to staff and pupils.
• To complete an annual risk assessment and to highlight any health and safety issues for library users and visitors.
• To plan and teach regular lessons to pupils on reading and research, and other year groups as required.
• To arrange pupils’ participation in children’s literary events such as book club, book talks and author visits.
• To provide guidance and assistance to pupils and staff on information retrieval and reading materials.
• To liaise collaborate with Heads of Department/teachers on curriculum delivery based on library stock.
• To develop networks with other library professionals.
• To be committed to ongoing professional development.

Qualifications: Degree in Library/Information Studies

 Experience/Personal Attributes

• Confidence in working with young people from age 11 to 18
• Ability to work with teaching colleagues
• Energy and enthusiasm
• Passion for promoting literacy
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Flexibility, able to take on new challenges
• Not less than 5 years experience in managing a busy library.