Assistant Librarian

**Welcome to Doha British Schools**:
**Ain Khaled**:
Doha British Schools are a cluster of outstanding schools that provide a British educational provision for over 2500 students in Qatar.

Doha British School Ain Khaled, was founded in 1997 and is a private co-educational day school for students from Foundation Stage to Year 13, offering the National Curriculum of England and IB programmes. Students follow the English Early Years Foundation Stage, the National Curriculum at Key Stages 1, 2, 3 and at Key Stage 4 a comprehensive range of IGCSE courses. At Post-16 the school is the only school in Qatar to offer 4 different pathways for our Post 16 provision, which include AS/A level, BTEC and the IB Diploma programme.

Doha British Schools educational provision has grown as a result of its outstanding reputation, with the opening of the Al Wakra campus in 2014 which offers outstanding education for students from EYFS to Post 16 and our latest addition, Rawdat Al Hamama which currently offers a British style education from EYFS to Year 10. Both campuses will be moving into new buildings with state of the art facilities over the course of the next 2 years.

All Doha British Schools offer a traditional British Pastoral provision and an extensive range of extra-curricular activities. Our highly regarded schools operate under the experienced leadership of our Executive Principal, Paul Sherlock. DBS schools promote an ethos of high expectations and the importance of academic success for all our students. DBS schools have a strong focus on Character Development which is embedded into the culture and ethos of all DBS schools. All our schools are accredited by the BSO/BSME/QNSA/CIS

Cultural diversity is celebrated at our schools and currently the student body compromises over 90 different nationalities.

Our core purpose is to ensure that every young person gains as much as possible from our schools, based on our fundamental belief that all learners can, need and want to achieve. The DBS Way encourages learners to be resilient, self-confident, motivated, ambitious, inquisitive, respectful, honest and to act with integrity and community spirit. Our Mission is to prepare all young people through a relevant, challenging curriculum and well-resourced facilities to become lifelong learners contributing to a global community. The character development of our students is also a high priority. We have a reputation for providing academic excellence coupled with unrivaled pastoral care. We offer high quality CPD for staff at all stages of their career and an extensive induction programme.

**Successful applicants must have**:

- An undergraduate degree or post-graduate qualification in Librarianship
- Experience of working in libraries preferable academic libraries
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Knowledge or experience of using databases, e-books and e-journals
- Experience in teaching information literacy skills.
- Experience of using library management system (LMS)
- Proactive and imaginative approaches to the provision and promotion of Library services and resources
- Knowledge of young people’s literature and interests
- Awareness of current developments in Library/resource centre management
- Experience of working with young people in multicultural settings
- Experience of managing school library and staff
- Awareness of British school curriculum including AS Levels
- Knowledge of IB Diploma and Certificate including the requirements of the Extended Essay

**We offer**:

- Tax free monthly salary
- Life insurance coverage
- End of service gratuity

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