Library Assistant, High School

1 day ago

Singapore Cognita Schools Full time

As a leading international school in Singapore, Stamford American International School (Stamford American) caters to students aged 2 months to 18 years old. With students from 79 countries and over 3000 students across two state-of-the-art campuses, we offer a dynamic educational journey emphasizing student well-being and academic excellence.

Stamford American is proud to be an IB World School, offering the full continuum of the International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes: the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), and IB Diploma Programme (DP). The school’s outstanding faculty comprising more than 350 experienced and highly qualified teachers from over 40 nationalities, through a competitive recruitment process. Educators are highly skilled in their content areas and pedagogy, but equally important, they excel at building strong relationships and creating an environment where students feel safe, supported, and valued.

The school now has an exciting opportunity for a Library Assistant, High School to join our Library team.

**About the Role**:
Stamford American International School's Library Assistant plays a key role in supporting our educational teachers and school librarians.

As a Library Assistant at Stamford American International School, your primary objective is to ensure student safety, enforce rules, and manage facilities and equipment. Collaborating with the Librarians, you'll maintain library resources. Supervising students, responding to emergencies, and preparing accurate reports are crucial.

The library assistant must also have a great passion for literature, be capable of assisting students and teachers in locating and selecting materials by becoming familiar with the secondary library collection. Efficiency and familiarity with technology is essential to assist the secondary Teacher Librarian.

**Position Requirements**:

- Keen learner who is adaptable and is able to work effectively in a small team;
- Ability to communicate fluently (e.g., interact confidently with students, teachers, and parents in both written and spoken
English);
- Excellent digital and information literacy skills (e.g., ability to conduct reference interviews and perform expert searches); Love of books, reading, and libraries
- and willingness to learn the collection;
- 2+ years of relevant working experience in a library or information resource centre;
- Familiarity with Z39.50 cataloging;
- Familiarity with Macs and 1:1 laptop educational environments;
- Familiarity with subscription databases (e.g., the NLB eResources collection) and the ability to train patrons in their use;
- Familiarity with any of the digital tools used by SAIS including Follett’s Destiny, Google Apps, Adobe Photoshop, Canva, ClassLink Launchpad, Research databases and online reference tools, etc.,
- Evidence of an online presence (e.g., Twitter, blogs, social bookmarking, listservs);
- Technical experience (e.g., systems programming, webpage updates and revisions

**Qualifications**:

- Two-year post-secondary degree;
- Four-year post-secondary degree is preferred;
- Library or Information Studies qualification;

With a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, all potential employees undergo mandatory pre-employment background checks, and appointments are contingent upon satisfactory completion of all reference and background checks, as required by our parent organization, Cognita.

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