Junior School Library Assistant

Repton Dubai is seeking Junior School Library Assistant to start January 2024.

We are seeking to appoint an inspirational and forward-thinking library assistant to support in the junior school library. The position requires a passion for literature and learning as well as a calm and personable manner as it will involve working with children from year 3-11. The library assistant helps to manages all library resources which includes both physical and digital media. They play a full role in promoting reading across the school and they will need to engage with even reluctant readers.

This is a term time only position, and you must have your own visa.

Main Responsibilities* 

• Support students and ensure awareness and access to website resources   
• Liaise with teachers ensuring correct up-to-date books/textbooks are shelved  in the library
• Budget and associated administration responsibility   
• Awareness of Library Ethics, the rights of intellectual property and support students regarding the consequences of plagiarism   
• Responsible for adding and deleting books and barcodes as appropriate   
• Issuance of ID cards

*please see attached job description for full details

Welcoming families from all nationalities and children of all ages, the school offers the very best in British education, epitomised by the school’s philosophy of ‘the best for every child’. Repton has state-of-the-art facilities and amenities and is situated on a spectacular campus of 1.3million sq. ft, making it the largest school in the region. There are currently around 1700 pupils attending the school.

Our pupils benefit from an international education based on the British independent and national curricula. Our clear aim and purpose is to provide the best teaching and learning environment in which all pupils will achieve their very best academically, physically and socially. By working closely with all its parents, the school aims to develop young people who will have all the tools they need to succeed in a rapidly changing, highly competitive, global society.

As part of the Repton Family of Schools in the UAE, and working within the Evolvence Group, we share expertise across our group of schools and nurseries in UAE and offer significant opportunities for career progression for those who seek advancement, along with opportunities for professional development through our partnerships with Apple and through our Middle Leaders and Senior Leaders Programs.

About Repton School Dubai

Repton Dubai is a prominent international school in the heart of Dubai and one of the few schools in Dubai to boast an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the Dubai Schools Inspection Board since 2014.

One of the few genuinely international schools in the Gulf Region, Repton Dubai combines the reputation and academic rigour of the UK curriculum, from infants and junior school through to IGCSE level in Year 11, and then embraces the challenges and opportunities of the International Diploma or IB in the Sixth Form.

Set in the largest, most spectacular school campus in the Middle-East, and almost uniquely in Dubai offering a dynamic boarding experience in addition to day school, Repton pupils from ages 3-18 benefit from facilities, resources and a classroom and sporting experience that is the envy of their peers.

Our mission is to promote excellence in every area of a child's and student's life at school, within and outside the classroom.

We reserve the right to interview and appoint strong candidates as received, therefore early application is advised.

Cognita and the Repton Family of Schools is totally committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects the same from its employees. All new staff will be subject to detailed and enhanced pre-employment clearance, including identity checks, criminal background checks for all countries lived in, qualification checks, employment checks to include an exploration of any gaps in employment, and satisfactory reference checks for all employment in the last 5 years.