School Librarian

1 position(s). Do you want a job that feels meaningful and where your ideas are taken seriously? Welcome to Åstorp Municipality. With us, you work in a bold and future-oriented organization where we try new approaches and develop our activities together. Our employees experience high trust in their daily work with their managers, with each other, and with the mission. Here you get the conditions to take responsibility, influence your work, and contribute your ideas. We believe in trust-based leadership where managers listen, provide support, and create space for development. Regardless of role, you are involved and make a difference for residents, colleagues, and the municipality as a whole. Åstorp Municipality is located close to nature in northwestern Skåne with good commuting opportunities and is part of the Helsingborg Family, which offers more opportunities for collaboration, development, and knowledge exchange. Together we create value every day. Description of Duties As a librarian in Åstorp, you will collaborate with motivated and engaged educators and librarians. Your work will focus on reading promotion initiatives and language development. Your assignments include everything from media acquisitions and book talks to support for students who need compensatory measures in their reading development. You are also expected to be able to contribute to work with ICT/MIK. You will work as a school librarian at the municipality's two upper secondary schools, Björnekulla and Hyllinge. Hyllinge school library is an integrated school and public library, so you collaborate with public library staff. At Björnekulla, you also have a library assistant as a colleague, and at Hyllinge you work with the school librarian who works with grades F-6. We work based on the adopted library plan 2025-2028, and the school library plan 2025-2028, where the function and pedagogical resources of school libraries have been strengthened through distribution of responsibilities between the two governing bodies. You will, together with other school and public librarians and educators in the school, develop and shape the activities. More general librarian tasks can occasionally come your way, and we expect you to master all the librarian's tools, methods, and competencies. Work at the libraries is based on systematic quality and development work, and we expect you to see the importance of being involved in this. Work at the municipality's public library may occur, as well as evening and weekend work. Åstorp's library activities also include a bookmobile through which we primarily reach children and young people in the municipality. Qualifications You have solid knowledge of literature mediation and reading promotion, you are pedagogical and work with clear student focus. Your own drive is strong, but you enjoy collaborating with others. Your burning enthusiasm for children's and young adult literature and reading, you convey in an inspiring and enjoyable way. You are confident in the school librarian role and are open to digitalization opportunities in educational work. In your work, you are positive and engaged, and you feel comfortable communicating both verbally and in writing. Good knowledge of Swedish in both speech and writing is required, and other language skills are meritorious. As a person, you see opportunities for change and create situations where new ideas and suggestions can develop. Collaborating with others comes naturally to you, and by creating understanding for others, you work toward a respectful work environment. You have the ability to maintain a holistic perspective in your work and can place your own area of responsibility in a larger context. You should have good communication skills and be responsible and solution-focused. At the same time, you need the ability to take initiative and independently develop and advance ideas for our entire operational area. It is important that you have good demeanor, are flexible, and service-oriented. We expect you to have a degree in library and information science, or equivalent university education that we consider equivalent. Great weight will be placed on your personal qualities. We are primarily looking for someone with experience working in school libraries, preferably at the upper secondary level. A driver's license is required, and access to your own car will make your workday easier. Åstorp Municipality applies individual and differentiated salary setting, taking into account the employee's experience, competence, and current market conditions. A salary review is conducted annually where employees are paid according to our salary criteria: clarity, courage, responsiveness, engagement, and quality. In Åstorp Municipality, employment is covered by the collective agreement General Provisions. Salary form: Monthly salary. Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration: Indefinite, start date: By agreement. Work hours: Shift work. Evening and weekend work may occur.

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