Details
Posted: 09-May-22
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Type: Part Time
Categories:
Library/Media Specialist
POSITION STATEMENT
Role Title: Part-time Library Assistant
Start Date: August 2022
Union Status: Union
Brooklyn Friends School seeks a Part-time Library Assistant to support our library program, particularly within the Lower School classroom setting.
Qualifications and characteristics sought:
- Enjoys working with young children
- Has strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Is prompt and organized
- Approaches work with flexibility, patience, and a willingness to learn
- Demonstrates cultural competency and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Ability to lift, stand, and perform light physical tasks in a busy school library
- Preferred: Familiarity with Children’s Literature
- Preferred but not required: enrolled in an accredited Library/Information Science program
Responsibilities include:
- Provide assistance during library classes (e.g., check in library books and assist students with library check out)
- Process and catalog new materials and prepare them for shelving
- Shelve library materials
- Assist with library events (e.g., author visits, book sales)
- Assist with maintaining physical appearance of library (including bulletin boards and library displays)
Note: All colleagues are required to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19, including booster when eligible.
To apply, please provide the following:
- Cover letter (maximum one page) addressed to the Assistant Head of School, which punctuates your experience and your interest in this position and also addresses how your professional journey aligns with our school’s Quaker values and pillars of social justice and civic engagement.
- Resume/Curriculum Vitae
- List of three references
- Completed online application.
Please email the above attachments (if possible as a single PDF) to hiring@brooklynfriends.org and hiring@brooklynfriends.org, and put Middle School English Teacher in the subject line.