Librarian at Årebiblioteken

At Åre Municipality, we create conditions for everyone who lives or visits here to realize their dreams. In our magnificent mountain environment, eager skiers coexist with down-to-earth artists. There is room for you too.

Our employees perform Sweden's most important jobs every day. Regardless of where in the municipality we work, we are all collectively here for the citizens of Åre Municipality. We are many different professions working in the municipality at various workplaces. Everyone's contributions are needed to deliver good service and continue to develop the operations and the entire municipality. We work to create value and quality of life for our residents, our entrepreneurs, and visitors. With us, you make a difference every day!

In Åre Municipality, we work based on the values that we are professional, respectful, and responsive.

As an employee of Åre Municipality, you will benefit from several advantages beyond your salary, see the link under other.

Åre Municipality is a Sámi administrative municipality, and we welcome applicants who have linguistic and cultural knowledge of Sámi.

Årebiblioteken is a community-important function that should be accessible, safe, democratic, and work for a more equal society. The library is a place where everyone is welcome, everyone is equally important and equally valued. At Årebiblioteken, we are a team of about 10 people. Årebiblioteken consists of public libraries in Hallen, Åre, Kall, Mörsil, Duved, and Järpen and provides school library services to the municipality's eight primary schools, the high school in Järpen, and the municipality's preschools. Årebiblioteken is part of the Unit for Libraries and Community Guidance, which, in addition to libraries, consists of the operations of Sámi coordination, democratic coordination, and integration. The unit belongs to the Citizen Service department.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

To ensure a sustainable work climate where we learn from and help each other, we largely work in teams with different focus/responsibility areas but always grounded in and connected to the public library's mission, which encompasses the entire work team.

You will be part of the school library team that provides school library services to the municipality's primary schools based on the cooperation agreement Årebiblioteken has with the schools. We work as a team but with different focus schools. You will focus on school library work at Stamgärde School and Hallens School.

As part of the library's work team, you will also staff Åre Library and Järpen Library. Some evening and weekend work is included in the position.

Common tasks:

• Staff the information desk at school libraries and public libraries.
• Receive and prepare book boxes for classes.
• Purchase, weed, and register children's books.
• Plan and execute reading promotion activities during and outside school hours, e.g., book talks and holiday activities.
• Be a knowledge resource for educators in schools and preschools to find literature and other sources for reading promotion, source criticism, or media and information literacy (MIL).
• Develop and create content for our digital school platform.
• Be part of developing a long-term and qualitative school library operation in Åre Municipality.

QUALIFICATIONS

The following is required for the position:

• A degree in library and information science or other education that the employer deems equivalent.
• Interest and knowledge in children's and youth literature and reading promotion activities.
• Comfortable and enjoy speaking in front of groups.
• Good digital competence that can be used in your daily work.
• Good pedagogical ability in meetings with children, young people, and adults.
• Class B driver's license and access to a car.

To fit and thrive in the role, you need to:

• Be comfortable initiating collaborations and have good communication with colleagues, educators, and other partners.
• Be responsible, self-driven, and structured, as well as have an overview and see connections.
• Enjoy working both individually and in a group.
• Be flexible and open to new conditions and working methods.
• Be confident in yourself and have the ability to set boundaries.
• Have a strong commitment to developing school library operations that promote MIL knowledge and reading among children.
• Appreciate the daily interaction with children and young people.

Meritorious:

Experience in outreach library work, pedagogical work, or reading promotion activities for children and young people. We place great emphasis on personal qualities and engagement in working with children and young people.

OTHER

The position is vacant provided that there is no redundancy, need for relocation, or priority in the municipality. A probationary period may be applied. A criminal record extract must be submitted before the position can be taken up. More information about Åre Municipality can be found at www.are.se (https://www.are.se).

In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly ask for no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

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