TEACHER LIBRARIAN – SNA HCMC – SCHOOL YEAR 2026-2027

SNA-HCMC is looking for an experienced IB TEACHER LIBRARIAN to commence in AUGUST 2026. Candidates should already have a minimum of at least 2 years experience.

Candidates should be aware that SNA-HCMC is a member of CIS and places safe-guarding and child prevention at the forefront of recruitment. To this end, SNA-HCMC abide by the UN Convention on the Rights of The Child. Candidates MUST be able to provide suitable background checks. Should a candidate NOT already have these, we will NOT process your application without these.

Job overview:

The School Librarian is an information manager with integrated understandings of teaching and information resources needed by both teachers and students. As a result, knowledge of the curriculum, teaching strategies, inquiry and learning styles can be combined with knowledge of resource management, information services, personnel management and information access systems including information technology systems. This enables the IB School Librarian to undertake an active role in curriculum design, support and implementation. Working alongside the Education, Research, and Pedagogy Council (ERPC), teachers and students in the development, planning, exploration and assessment of units, facilitating an inquiry approach to learning is a key element in this role.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Be in charge of Collection Development (print and non-print material) for IB Curriculum for school stakeholders.
• Organize Reading sessions and integrate them with a specific subject need.
• Create a library in which the right user gets the right information at the right time.
• Inculcation of Reading habits among students.
• Organize Book Weeks in the whole school. Invite literacy coach, authors and run MYP exhibition and bring whole school together to celebrate Book Week.
• Make sure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and knowledge.
• Instill a love of learning and ensure equitable access to information.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers and specialists to style and implement lessons and units of instruction by integrating some part of the research in library lessons.
• Support IB culminating projects aligned with the project coordinators.
• Plan and teach Weekly PYP reading lesson based on UOI.
• Plan Academic Integrity session with teachers in the classroom settings.
• Be the supervisor for Personal Project.
• Coordinate Extended Essays for the Diploma Program.
• Manage Library Co-Curricular Activities.

Minimum qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Library & Information Science.
• Secondary license or certification for teaching, e.g. PGDE, PGCE, PGCEi or similar, mandatory.
• Master’s degree in Education, preferred.

Specialized requirements:
• Expertise in managing IB-aligned print and digital resources.
• Ability to align library programs with IB frameworks and guide student projects.
• Experience organizing school-wide events like Book Week and exhibitions.
• Strong skills in delivering lessons and collaborating with teachers.
• Effective multitasking, project supervision, and innovative program development.