Sepenuh Masa Library Assistant Jobs, in United World College Of South East Asia Singapore - Maukerja

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UWCSEA Dover has a vacancy for Library Assistant.

The Library Assistant plays a key role in fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment that aligns with UWC's mission. They manage daily library operations, including cataloguing and processing materials, assisting with inquiries, and supporting the learning community. Their contributions help create a space that nurtures curiosity and learning for students, staff, and parents.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide a welcoming and helpful learning environment for students across all grades, teachers, staff, and parents from different cultural backgrounds in a school library environment.
• Handle routine library tasks, including cataloguing and processing of library materials.
• Help maintain the learning environment -- shelving books, pushing in chairs, monitoring student behaviour, etc.
• Coordinate with different stakeholders to manage the distribution and retrieval of borrowed books and materials.
• Assist Teacher Librarians with ad hoc projects.
• Assist with any other duties, tasks or jobs with similar levels of responsibility and complexity to the assigned job grade as may be reasonably requested by the line manager and/or the College.

Person Specifications

• Diploma or related qualifications in Library and Information Science (desired)
• Minimum 2 years of relevant working experience
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent computer and internet skills
• Self motivated learner who is adaptable and able to work effectively in a team
• Love of books, reading and learning
• Enjoy working with students of various ag es
• Positive disposition and sense of humour
• Familiarity with the Follett Destiny system and Z39.50 cataloguing (desired)
• Knowledge of children’s literature (desired)

Application

Apply via our job portal by Monday, 3 1 August 2*************:5 9pm Singapore Time.

The UWC Mission is to make education a force to unite people, nations and culture for peace and a sustainable future. We are committed to creating a community in which all members feel safe and secure, and know that their authentic selves and individual differences are accepted with respect and care. At UWCSEA, we acknowledge that diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ) is an ongoing and evolving process and strive to create and sustain a sense of belonging for all members of our community, past, present and future. All qualified applicants, including those who identify as a part of marginalized group(s) and individuals with (dis)abilities are all encouraged to apply. Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all the students in our care and expects all applicants to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices and all appointments are subject to interview, satisfactory references, identity and criminal record checks.

Work Location: In person