JOB DESCRIPTION – SCHOOL LIBRARY LEAD
About Us
Established in 2004, we are a chain of schools offering national and international curriculums across 40 schools pan India. With our well-researched curriculum, modern teaching methodologies and wide range of extra-curricular activities and facilities we constantly strive to enthuse our students with fascinating learning experiences every single day.
Role
School Library Lead
Department
Academic Support
Designation
Executive/Senior Executive/Assistant Manager
Band and Grade
E2/E3/E4
Location
School
Reporting to
Vice Principal
Primary Purpose of the Job
The primary purpose of a Librarian is to promote and develop the school library in order to provide an efficient service to pupils and staff. Ensure an accurate inventory of resources. Should encourage the use of library through a range of library-based activities to promote positive attitude towards school library.
Key Responsibilities
Academic Support:
· Ensure the students develop skills in locating, evaluating, synthesizing, exposure to diversity of genres and using resources available to solve problems.
· Empower them to become critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information
· Serve as a teacher, materials expert, and curriculum adviser to ensure that library is involved in instructional programs of the school.
· Create and maintain a teaching- learning environment that is welcoming, safe, flexible, and conducive to student learning in the school library
· Should develop and maintain a collection of resources that is appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and the teaching styles and instructional strategies used within the school.
· Establish processes and procedures for selection, acquisition, circulation, and resource sharing
· Ensure the library management system is maintained and supporting its use by student
· Should effectively plan school library program to meet identified needs
· Ensure that the school library program (SLP) is aligned with the mission, goals and objectives of the school and is an integral component of the learning/instructional program
· Must be updated with professional practices and developments, information technologies and educational research applicable to school library programs
Admin Support:
· Ensure proper management of issuing and returning, shelving of the library’s stock
· Ensure timely maintenance of the library registers and other statistical
records.
· Must take an active role in school improvement and accreditation activities
· Should maintain inventories, discarding /weeding stock, compile statistics, and generate reports as required, file cards in shelf list and process new materials for shelving.
· Should compile with, maintain, and file all physical and computerized reports, records, and other documents required
· Ensure an accurate inventory of resources & Index materials for the pamphlet collection
· Must share expertise by presenting at faculty meetings and trainings, parent meetings and school workshops.
· Be active participant, accessible and an informed proponent of the school library profession
· Should determine the type of cataloguing required, develop, and maintain cataloguing procedures, search external database programs for the availability of cataloguing copy.
· Enter cataloguing data into the library's automated system with complete records where only partial copy is available.
· Interfacing with other staff members as and when required.
· Interfaces with center and corporate office team as and when required
· Interface with external vendors for any functional issues.
Key Interactions
Internal: Academic Staff, Students
Desired Qualification
· M.A. in English
· Bachelors in Library Science/ Masters in Library Science
Experience
· Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience
Expected Competencies
· Situational Adaptability
· Compassion and patience
· Proactive, amiable & confident
· Active leader
· Effective Multitasker
· Communication & Interpersonal Skills
· Innovative & creative
· Problem solver
Skills and Knowledge
· Knowledge of Categories & genres of books
· Ability to manage a library and its collection
· Ability to instruct and manage student behavior
· Operate computerized library
· Maintain a positive and effective relationship
Pay: Up to ₹600,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Leave encashment
- Provident Fund
Work Location: In person
