Librarian - Secondary - 2025-2026 School Year

** This posting is intended to generate a pool of qualified applicants who wish to be considered for vacancies as they develop for the 2025-26 school year**   

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS/DIRECT/INDIRECT REPORTS:
Direct Reports - Yes

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Designs and administers the School Library program including establishing goals, ensuring efficient operation and optimal service, effective expenditure of budget, efficient organization and circulation of materials; collaborates with classroom teachers to provide group and individual instruction in information skills, research strategies and use of resources and equipment; promotes reading, literacy, and library use; promotes awareness of and effective use of information resources and services in the school community.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
(These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.) 

• Design, teach, and assess learning experiences (group and individual) that incorporate inquiry learning, information literacies in their formats, critical thinking and self-assessment implementing national, state and Hanover County curriculum standards
• Promote a love of reading and lifelong learning
• Collaborate with classroom teachers as a partner in the instructional process
• Develop and maintain a collection of resources appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and the teaching styles and instructional strategies used within the school community
• Promote instructional technology to improve learning
• Plan and provide professional development
• Promote the ethical use of information: copyright, fair use, and licensing of intellectual property
• Articulate and practice division policies, specifically those related to library processes and instructional materials
• Stay current in professional practices and educational research
• Perform related work as required

Location:  Assigned School
Work Schedule:  228 Days;  7.25 hours/day
Paygrade:  Teacher Pay Scale
FLSA Status:  Exempt

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Must have the use of sensory skills in order to effectively communicate and interact with other employees and the public through the use of the telephone and personal contact as normally defined by the ability to see, read, talk, hear, handle or feel objects and controls.  Requires physical capability to effectively use and operate various items of office related equipment, such as, but not limited to a personal computer, calculator, copier, and fax machine.  Position may include climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, and repetitive motions. Work is typically performed in a school setting.  May require long periods of walking, sitting or standing.  Contact with students, teachers, school and county administration, parents, and the community is required. Must be able to lift up to 20 lbs.  Consistent and regular attendance is essential in this position.