Outreach and Engagement Librarian

**Competition Number**
- F18766P

**Position Title**
- Outreach and Engagement Librarian

**Employee Group**
- Faculty

**Position Status**
- Regular Full-Time

**Position Type**
- Librarian

**Special Appointee**

**Others please specify**

**Workload Amount**
- 8

**Department**
- Library

**Additional Notes**

**Location**
- North Vancouver

**Working With Us**
- Located on the territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), SəỈílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkʷəỷəm (Musqueam), and shíshálh (Sechelt) Nations, Capilano University is a teaching-focused university based in North Vancouver.
- Capilano University Library is seeking an Outreach and Engagement Librarian for a regular, full-time position. Please note that this position is based on available workload.

**What you’ll do**
- We are looking for a librarian who is a creative teacher, provides excellent research help, and can connect effectively with students both in-person and online. Our team is committed to creating engaging, high-impact classroom experiences which include lesson planning, outcomes-based design, active learning techniques, and assessment. The position will include teaching library classes for English 100 and in the Social Sciences liaison area.

This librarian will also coordinate our Research Help Desk service and will be a part of our Research Help Desk team, providing both online and in-person reference services to CapU students across the disciplines and AskAway chat to students across British Columbia and the Yukon. Our Research Help Desk model prioritizes student learning during each interaction. You can read more about our service philosophy on our publicly available **Service Standards page**.
- The librarian in this role leads the development of co-curricular information literacy and student success initiatives within the Library. This is a community-engaged and collaborative role that involves working with a variety of campus partners, other librarians, and Library staff to create inclusive and engaging events and learning opportunities for students, including those who are traditionally under-represented in post-secondary education. This librarian also coordinates the Library’s communication channels, including the student and employee newsletters, social media, and physical and digital signage in the Library space.
- This is a regular, full-time position based on available workload. Benefits include vacation days (42 days annually, prorated for the sections worked), and professional development days (37 hours per section worked, approximately 25 hours per month of full-time work). We have a working schedule of Monday to Friday with flexible start and end times.

**Helpful Documents**
- **Envisioning 2030** (Capilano University’s reimagined Strategic Plan)
- **Illuminating 2030** (Capilano University’s reimagined Academic Plan)
- **Capilano Faculty Association Collective Agreement**

**Tentative Interview Date**
- March 5, 2025.

**Submission Instructions**

**Experience, competencies & qualifications**

**Required Qualifications**
- MLIS or equivalent from an ALA-accredited program
- Required Skills and Experience
- Experience teaching in an active-learning post-secondary environment, or equivalent in a relevant teaching environment
- Experience providing reference services for library users
- Demonstrated ability to initiate, sustain, and grow collaborative relationships with a variety of individuals and groups across an organization
- Demonstrated engagement in advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in libraries or other physical/virtual spaces Demonstrated engagement in Truth and Reconciliation in libraries or other physical/virtual spaces**Preferred Skills and Experience**
- Completion of an Instructional Skills Workshop
- Reference or teaching experience in the program areas in Social Sciences

Posting Detail Information

**Internal or External Position**
- Internal

**Appointment Date (mm/dd/yyyy)**
- 09/01/2025

**Salary Scale**
- $9,420 per instructional section to a maximum of $14,391 per section based on previous experience. Scale placement will be completed according to the Collective Agreement.

**Post Date**
- 02/24/2025

**Close Date**
- 02/28/2025

**Open Until Filled