Job: Library Manager at the Friends School of Minnesota

Library Manager
Friends School of Minnesota 

Saint Paul, MN

Job Type: Part-time
Salary: $15.85 /hour
Required education: High School or equivalent

Essential Functions

• Organize library system
• Maintain accurate record of books purchased, in need of repair or replacement, borrowed, and returned
• Prepares financial plans for library including annual expenditures
• Keep abreast of current youth literature
• Assists users with identifying, locating, and interpreting information
• Arranges for flexibility and use of library space by students, faculty, and parents
• Adds and subtracts from collection as needed
• Organize Maud Lovelace and North Star activities
• Update library website
• Maintain checkout database
• Repair and circulate books as needed
• Helping students to identify resources as authentic, and recognize bias and relevancy
• Coordinate with teachers to identify and procure helpful resources for projects
• Set policy for appropriate student behavior in the library in accordance with school policies
• Other duties as assigned by Head of School

Qualifications:

• Possess ability to keep students active, on-task, and at an appropriate volume level.
• Enjoy working with children from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.
• At Least an associates degree in the field of library science, education, child development, or other related field
• Prior experience in school or camp setting (preferred)
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Positive and appropriate interpersonal and interpersonal communication skills with both children and adults
• Supportive of the goals and values of Quaker and progressive education.
• Able to use constructive criticism to adapt behaviors

Physical Requirements and Work Environment:

• Ability to lift up to 30 pounds.
• Generally works in standard classroom conditions and climate.
• Works in a highly stressful environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines and a varied and diverse array of contacts.
• May sit for extended periods of time.

For more information and to apply: https://fsmn.org/about-fsm/employment-friends-school-minnesota