Librarian at New Education Consult

New Education Consult is a consulting firm for various schools in Lagos state. We are professions that seek to recruit high flyers in the labour market for our clients. Our clients range from Primary to Secondary School with both day and boarding faciliities with international standards. Curriculum are Nigerian, British and American taught at various levels. We ensure that employed candidates are treated as guided as the Nigerian Labour Law and international best practices.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Librarian

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information.
• Collaborate with subject teachers and coordinators to ensure appropriate library resources are available to support teaching and learning.
• Provide the expertise necessary to ensure that library provision is aligned with the mission, goals and objectives of the school and materials are appropriate for use.
• Actively promotes reading and library use through activities such as book talks, displays, publications, reading programsand special events.
• Instill a culture of reading and long-life learning in all students and ensure equitable access to information.
• To manage and be in charge of the library and supervise users (student and staff) at all times. To carry out regular maintenance of library materials, including book withdrawals and returns to maintain a relevant collection that supports student learning.
• To carry out classification and maintains the catalogingof books and library resources, supervising labelling, protection, display and shelving of library books and materials.
• Build and maintain relationships with external organizations and stakeholders to develop and promote an effective school library programme.
• Responsible for recommending and ordering of new relevant materials to ensure a current and balanced collection of library resources.
• The school librarian assists with tasks related to loaning library materials by helping students find resources for class assignments, inspecting returned books for damages and sending out due notices for unreturned items. He/she also notify students when reserved books are available.
• Ensure appropriate security measures exist to protect library resources and effectively manage and track books overdue for return.
• Liaise with Accountsto ensure that books not returned or damaged are charged to the student’s account and replacements made.

Person Specification

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Library science or its equivalent
• Professionally qualified in Librarianship and Information Science.
• At least 3years’ post-graduation experience in Library management.
• Good organizational, cataloging and documentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Creativity and presentation skills
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
• Professional written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to deal confidently with enquiries from library users
• The Job holder must lovebooks and possess the ability to inspire children with a passion for reading

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the mail.