Library Technician

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking a creative, dynamic, committed professional to join our team:
School Library Technician

Dunning-Foubert ES

**Status of Position**: Regular, 50%, 10 Month Work Year

**Hours of Work**: 2 full days & 1 half day per week (Days are Flexible); 17.5 hours per week

**Salary Rate**: $22.28 to $28.45 per hour

Under the direction of the Principal or designate, the Library Technician will provide technical and public services and perform other duties related to library operations such as organize, maintain, select, order, circulate print and non-print materials, provide reference services, research and prepare support materials for units of study, and perform public relations, supervisory and clerical activities.

**Qualifications**:
Diploma in Library and Information Technician, and 1 to 2 years of library experience.

Understanding of Cataloguing and classification systems.

Research skills required;

Experience operating and maintaining library software.

Organizational skills required to schedule classes/small groups and prioritize concurrent tasks and deadlines.

Interpersonal and communication skills required, including writing communication skills.

The ability to use tact, judgment and diplomacy when dealing with staff, students, parents/volunteers.

The ability to work in both English and French is an asset.

Application Process

Applications will be considered in accordance with the ESP Collective Agreement, in the following order:
1. Applications from Regular full-time and part-time employees within ESP bargaining unit are given first consideration. (Internal Posting)

2. Applications from term and casual employees within ESP bargaining unit are given 2nd consideration. (External Posting)

OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.

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Personal information is collected pursuant to the Education Act and will be used to determine the eligibility for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Manager, Human Resources, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean, Ontario K2H 6L3.