Lower School Library Resource Room Assistant

Asfg; Región Centro; Presencial; MXN 15,000 - 25,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A private educational institution in Jalisco is seeking a candidate for library services. Responsibilities include greeting visitors, managing book circulation, maintaining an organized library, and supervising activities during library recesses. The position requires strong communication and organizational skills, along with familiarity with library systems and tools.

Responsabilidades

• Greeting people as they enter the library.
• Checking library and resource room books in and out.
• Helping students, parents, and teachers find books.
• Maintaining an organized library environment.
• Managing resource room collection.

Herramientas

Accessit

Titlewave

G Suite Applications

GISA accounting software

Descripción del empleo

ESSENTIAL AND DETAILED FUNCTIONS

Circulation Services

• Greeting people as they enter the library
• Checking library and resource room books in and out
• Staffing the circulation desk
• Helping students, parents and teachers find books according to requested level, genres or topics.
• Running reports, as needed (e.g., overdue lists, hold notices

Library Environment

• Helping to maintain an organized, welcoming library environment
• Reshelving and arranging books to keep the library organized and attractive
• Reading shelves (ensuring books are in the correct order) and participating in inventories when directed by the librarian
• Helping the librarian create displays
• Manages student behavior in a calm and respectful way, positively enforcing library behavior expectations

Book Processing and Maintenance

• Assisting with deletion from the catalog of discarded and lost books, at the direction of the teacher librarian
• Processing new books and deselected books, at the direction of the teacher librarian
• Checking the condition of books, repairing when necessary
• Checking for discolored labels and plastic book covers, updating when faded or damaged,
• Cleaning book covers, as needed
• Managing and sorting donations
• Adding charges for lost or damaged books in the accounting system
• Providing input on new books to consider, or titles in need of replacement

Resource Room

• Managing resource room collection (work with ES literacy coach to organize books, make sure collections are in the right place, update labels and records when necessary)
• Reorganizing and maintaining the teacher tools in the resource room, as needed (e.g., paper cutter, die‑cut machine)
• Creating reports of missing Resource Room books and communicating with teachers
• Laminating materials in accordance with the set procedures and maintaining laminator resources.
• Communicating and coordinating with the relevant people regarding any issues with the laminator.

Other Duties

• Supervising library recesses every day, including setting up various activities students can do together and interacting with students
• Helping to prepare and set up lesson materials, if asked
• Occasionally covering for staff in the Upper School Library, if needed
• Assisting with logistics and communications regarding special events, if asked
• Maintaining current knowledge of and adhering to school and library policies and procedures
• Attending some Wednesday after‑school training sessions (e.g., Child Protection Training, Adult SEL meetings)

SYSTEMS AND WORK DOCUMENTS

• Accessit (library catalog)
• Titlewave
• library databases and other digital resources
• G Suite Applications
• GISA accounting software

EVALUATION

This position is evaluated by the Lower School Teacher Librarian.

WORK HOURS / DATES

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 7:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. or 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday: 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.