Library Support Assistant Needham High School SY25-26

Needham Public Schools is an inclusive dynamic and multicultural school community seeking an energetic and skilled Library Media Support Assistant to join our team. To enhance our goals of supporting every child Needham Public Schools seeks candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

About Needham Public Schools (NPS): NPS has a deep commitment to the success of our diverse students and families and to the professional accomplishments of its educators. Needham devotes itself to cultural proficiency equity and community collaboration to fulfill the vision of the Portrait of a Needham Graduate. This METCO district comprises 5 elementary schools 2 middle schools and 1 nationally-ranked high school serving approximately 5500 students. NPS is committed to addressing equity in the district by focusing on improving academic performance for historically marginalized students and ensuring our schools are safe for every child and free of bias bullying and hurtful acts that demean and diminish. Read more about our equity work here.

General Description:

Under supervision of the Director of Instructional Technology and Innovation performs clerical/administrative and technical work in support of keeping school libraries running effectively.

• Covers the catalog/circulation desk and welcomes students into the library providing general support and guidance in support of the librarian
• Assists school librarian in the ordering of books and supplies including generating and submitting requisitions
• Monitors orders receives shipments and reconciles with packing lists
• Maintains records of spending to reconcile with bookkeeper
• Processes new and donated materials to make them shelf-ready including importing MARC records
• Shelves materials and maintains the order of the collections
• Identifies worn obsolete and damaged items and transmits that information to the department Director for potential removal
• Repairs damaged materials
• Performs inventory of all materials
• Assists with the daily opening and closing of the media center
• Assists students with locating library materials
• Prepares and distributes overdue notices for all overdue library materials
• Oversees daily work activities of adult and student volunteers and trains as needed
• Monitors and supervises students in library spaces as needed
• Performs related duties as directed by the Director and school administration

The essential functions and duties listed below are intended as illustrative of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position.

Required Qualifications:

• Requires High School Diploma or GED (some college preferred) and two years office or clerical experience
• Library experience and/or school experience preferred
• Preferred proficiency with Google Workspace for Education (Mail Docs Sheets Gemini) MacOS and Follett Destiny
• Organized self-motivated creative and flexible based on needs of staff and students
• Effective and demonstrated verbal and written communication

Compensation and Benefits:

Hourly rate range: $23.94 - $27.97/hr

Please review the Unit C Contract and this page to learn more about employee compensation and benefits. The hours for this position are Mon. - Thurs. 7:25 - 3:40; Friday 7:25 - 3:10 with a 30 minute unpaid lunch.

The Needham Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race color sex sexual orientation gender identity religion disability age active military/veteran status ancestry genetic information or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies employment policies and other administered programs and addition students who are homeless or of limited English-speaking ability are protected from discrimination in accessing the course of study and other opportunities available through the schools.

Needham Public Schools has a strong commitment to equity. Candidates who also have a strong commitment to this work are encouraged to apply. For more information on our equity work please visit our equity website.

Required Experience:

Junior IC