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Librarian

Librarian

Woodstock School

India

Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term

Job overview

The School

Founded in 1854, Woodstock School is an MSA accredited international school in membership of the Council of International Schools (CIS), the Round Square and HMC.  Woodstock has a worldwide reputation for providing a challenging education in a remarkable Himalayan environment. Our unique educational philosophy requires the balanced development of the whole person in relationship with the world.  Academic study is complemented by a thriving residential experience and an exceptional enrichment programme, including opportunities for performance, sports, community engagement and mountain expeditions. An eagerness to play an active part in cultivating global understanding through these programmes is essential. For further information, visit us at www.woodstockschool.in

The Role

Woodstock is looking to recruit an enthusiastic, dynamic and experienced Librarian who can effectively manage and develop its school library. This is a key role within the school provides support to both pupils and staff, and has responsibility to oversee four full time library assistants

Applications are invited from professionals with proven experience of working within a library or learning resources centre, preferably in a high school environment. The person should have an excellent knowledge of maintaining and developing learning resources and other aspects of managing a school library. The successful candidate should be able to bring in significant technology, leadership and management skills, as well as familiarity with educational trends such as learning commons and design of effective learning spaces

We especially welcome applications from candidates keen to explore additional responsibilities in our student residences and those who can offer subject areas or specialisms in addition to those we specifically require.

Woodstock Offers

  • An attractive compensation package and a wide variety of benefits, including free accommodation
  • An opportunity to work in one of Asia’s oldest and most renowned residential schools
  • An international work environment that is welcoming of diversity
  • A proud history of deep engagement with the Himalayan communities that surround us

To Apply

Please refer to: https://my.zartis.com/woodstock-school/jobs/17789/librarian-mussoorie

Woodstock School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and all applicants must be willing to undergo a background screening process

About Woodstock School

Woodstock is an international, non-profit, co-educational, residential school located in the foothills of the Himalaya, in Landour, a hill station contiguous with the town of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India. The life and values of the school are firmly based on the teaching of Christ and our founding Christian tradition.

Situated at 2,500 meters above sea-level, Woodstock is the oldest international school in Asia. From a location high above the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers the panorama stretches to snow-covered ranges whose peaks rise to more than 6,500 meters, touching India's northern border with Tibet. Proudly rooted in its Indian context, Woodstock is a gateway for international students to the rich heritage of India’s past and the incredible diversity and opportunity of its present.

Woodstock School offers education to students of 23 nationalities from Kindergarten through Grade 12 and is fully accredited by the Middle States Association (MSA), being the first school in Asia to receive MSA accreditation in 1957. A broad, balanced and rigorous international curriculum, spanning the Sciences, the Arts and the Humanities, draws from the very best of the British, American and international education systems. The school offers a fully accredited American high school diploma. Students are prepared for examinations deliberately designed to support their successful application to caliber universities and colleges anywhere in the world and within India.

Woodstock has long prided itself in giving opportunity for its students to “develop a profound sense of self; healthy interpersonal relationships; become equipped to survive and thrive in the 21st century, and; develop as citizens of the world” as outlined in the learning outcomes statement of the school. Woodstock’s education, according to its current Principal, Dr. Jonathan Long, is "deliberately holistic allowing young people to encounter experiences across an enormous range of dimensions."

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