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UWC Adriatic – Collegio del Mondo Unito dell’Adriatico ONLUS
College Librarian
The College is looking to appoint a 50% part-time librarian on a one-year fixed-term contract to start in August 2021.
The College
UWC Adriatic is one of the 18 UWC schools and colleges across the world. The college shares the UWC Movement Mission to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.
UWC Adriatic is set in the picturesque village of Duino, near Trieste in north-eastern Italy. It offers a challenging holistic, residential educational programme including the two-year IB Diploma (taught in English) to around 185 students from 80 countries. The college mission is to welcome young people at the threshold of adult independence and guide them on their way to being compassionate and conscientious individuals with the energy and understanding to work for positive change. Experiences gained within a diverse multicultural community in an Italian region at the crossroads of cultural, political, historical and geographical transitions are used to stimulate personal reflection and growth.
The College capitalizes on its village setting at a historical, political, cultural and geographical crossroads in the heart of Europe. Interwoven through the surrounding community, UWC Adriatic draws inspiration from Italian and local culture, music, art, architecture, history and linguistic diversity to stimulate personal reflection and creativity of students. Outdoor activities in adjacent hills, mountains, rivers and at sea provide a breadth of physical challenges. Throughout their time at the College all students are committed to service to the community around them. UWC Adriatic offers students opportunities to fulfil their potential and develop the skills to become agents of positive change in an increasingly interconnected world.
The Post
The post-holder will undertake the following responsibilities.
Routine daily tasks
- Assist students, staff and external library members in library use and library research
- Assist students in locating relevant materials for the Extended Essay, Guided Coursework, Internal Assessment, TOK Essay, and homework assignments
- Distribute daily newspapers and periodicals
- Maintain order, ventilation and appropriate sanitation in the library
- Monitor cleanliness and physical state of the library; contact cleaning or maintenance staff as required; enter report in the college computerised maintenance register
- Receive, sort and respond to library post
- Arrange student library supervision
Other library tasks
A) Book orders
- Read relevant book reviews and literary publications in order to maintain awareness of recent publications which may be of interest to the college library and community, circulating this information as appropriate
- Place new book orders according to departmental budget allocations and requests
- Monitor all outstanding orders; monitor payment of outstanding bills
- Maintain contact with the college business office regarding financial matters related to the library budgets
B) Cataloguing new acquisitions
- Receive new arrivals
- Catalogue all new arrivals according to International Library Standards
- Print and apply identification materials (bar codes, shelf location indicators)
- Display new arrivals in the “new arrivals” section
C) Maintenance of library holdings
- Maintain shelving order throughout the library
- Identify and repair damaged books as appropriate
- Replace books beyond repair as necessary
- Replace faded, inaccurate or damaged shelf location labels and bar codes as required
- Maintain stocks of book repair materials
- Remove from circulation outdated library holdings as appropriate
- Maintain the program of database updates with the database producer
- Preparation of the annual library budgets and departmental budget allocations
D) Periodicals and newspapers
- Monitor all current hard copy and online subscriptions
- Maintain the periodical budget within agreed limits
- Arrange for the storage back issues of newspapers and periodicals
E) Library operating supplies
- Maintain adequate stocks of materials required for the operation of all library services; reorder as appropriate
- Maintain the operational budget within agreed limits
F) Library circulations
- Book loans and book returns
- Monitor the status of overdue books
G) Library College Service
- Organise and monitor the list of college service volunteers
- Prepare the library and library materials for the arrival of the library service volunteers
- Supervise college library service
H) Meetings and public relations
- Maintain the Inter-Library Loan Programme and keep in touch with participating librarians from other schools
- Participate in the administrative staff meetings that might require the input of the Librarian
- Collaborate with the Head of Library
- Participate in relevant library workshops and professional development courses
- Maintain contacts with the library of the Comune of Duino-Aurisina and other local libraries
- Maintain contacts with librarians of the other United World Colleges
I) End-of-year library inventory
- Carry out the annual library inventory after student departure for summer break
- Prepare all relevant inventory documentation
- Plan the Summer Loan Programme
The Person UWC Adriatic is a small boarding college which offers students and staff the opportunity to engage intensely in the educational experience of the students. Any suitable applicant must work in a collaborative and consultative manner and understand the need for constructive intervention and patience as essential components of non-curricular learning that occurs in an environment of empowering students for taking the next step towards independence.
The ideal applicant will have a broad experience working in a library, will be familiar with digital and physical resources, digitally literate, collaborative, creative and will have good communication and interpersonal skills.The post requires a proficient level of English. It is therefore a requirement of this position that
the post-holder speaks English to proficient level and has appropriate proficiency in written English. Remuneration and employment details
The post-holder will be paid a salary based on the experience and in line with the college’s pay scale. The appointment will be on level D of the Federculture national labour contract.
For this appointment, only EU/EEA/Swiss nationals or nationals of other countries in possession of a valid long-term Italian work residence permit will be accepted.
How to apply
Applications including a CV, a letter of application (no longer than one side of A4), passport or identity card photocopy and the names and contact information for two professional referees should be made by email by May 9th, 2021. UWC Adriatic will need to be provided with or to seek evidence that candidates have police clearance and supporting references demonstrating they are suitable to work with young people in a residential community. Interviews with candidates will take place shortly after the selection deadline.
This job advert does not bind the College to identify the candidate suitable for the post.
Duino, 22nd April, 2021
William Turner
Rettore
