Librarian

Company Description:

Shikha Academy is a progressive K-12 school in Mumbai with a mission to enable motivated lower income children to complete an international curriculum and prepare them for the 21st century. We use unique, personalized, and tech-based pedagogy and have a vibrant experimental culture to ensure each child gets the right support to succeed. Our vision is to change education to change the world, one child at a time.

Profile of Candidate:

We are always interested in passionate staff members who have the motivation to give back to their communities and the country by nurturing these young bright minds to create the next set of leaders in the country. We urge our teachers to use their creativity to craft effective and engaging lessons to meet our student goals.

We are looking for a Librarian with the following traits:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Library Science.
• Comfortable with educational technology.
• An avid reader aware of multiple genre of books and publications.
• Knowledge of relevant resources suitable not only for the staff but also for the generations to come.
• Openness to experiment with innovative pedagogy and instruction.
• Empathy and love for children, motivated to work with students from low-income backgrounds
• Understanding of differentiated, project-based learning.
• Experience with working in the social sector.
• Ability to communicate effectively with parents, teachers and others.
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn.
• Benefit: Experience with the IB MYP/IGCSE curriculum.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collect and catalogue library resources including books, films, and publications.
• Help staff and students locate reference and leisure reading materials.
• Maintain library records and ensure it is updated.
• Perform regular audits of the information and inventory on file.
• Educate patrons on how to properly search for information using the library databases.
• Manage budgeting, planning, and student activities.
• Oversee the check-out process for books and other resource materials.
• Organize and host book sales, author signings, and other reading events.
• Clarify the use of library amenities and provide information about library policies.
• Make sure the library meet the needs of all group of users.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Provident Fund

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Borivali H.O, Mumbai, Maharashtra: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Experience:

• Librarian: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person