Library Clerk (BA) Term
South Shore Regional Centre for Education
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The South Shore Regional Centre for Education (SSRCE) practices the culturally responsive pedagogy approach in providing an inclusive, diverse, equitable, safe and healthy education that supports learning and success both personally and academically to the 59,000 residents of Lunenburg and Queens Counties, an area of 5,250 square kilometres and a total of 23 schools. |
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Regional Centres for Education have Employment Equity Policies and/or processes and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly people of African Nova Scotian, African Canadian and African ancestry and Mi’kmaw/Indigenous ancestry. Please ensure that you complete the self-identification portion on the position application. |
| Position: | Library Clerk (one day per week) |
| Location: | Bluenose Academy |
| Reports to: | Principal |
| Employee Group: | SEIU |
| Job Status: | Term - 7 hrs/day (one day per week) |
| Start Date: | September 2026 to June 2027 |
| Posting Deadline: | Will close when filled |
Qualifications:
- Post secondary education in a related field would be an asset
- Experience working in a school library
- Secretarial experience
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff and students
Characteristics:
- Highly motivated self-starter
- Ability to work methodically, paying attention to detail
- Possess strong organizational skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff and students
- Team player, with good interpersonal skills
Task Dimensions:
- Provides administrative support to the library. For example:
- Maintaining daily statistics of use.
- Entering and deleting computer entries from check-out desk
- Shelving books and reading shelves.
- Withdrawing routines.
- Entering magazines received, and filing back issues.
- Filing catalogue cards.
- Making minor repairs to books.
- Helping with displays
- Processing new books.
- Typing any reports, catalogue cards, letters, bibliographies and other communications as required supporting library services.
- Provides support to staff and students. For example:
- Generating overdue lists for homeroom teachers or other staff.
- Providing a library photocopy service.
- Providing a film library service for teachers (i.e. ordering, receiving, organizing and returning films from external film libraries)
- Assisting students and staff in the library.
- Complies with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations.
- Performs other related duties as required.
BACKGROUND/SECURITY CHECKS:
The South Shore Regional Centre for Education requires all newly hired employees to provide a satisfactory Criminal Record / Vulnerable Sector Check and a Nova Scotia Child Abuse Register Check. We will accept checks completed within the last 3 months.
Thank you for your interest in the South Shore Regional Centre for Education, however, only those shortlisted for an interview will be contacted.
Job Segment:
Administrative Assistant, Clerical, Administrative