Makini Schools is a leader in the Kenyan system of education - drawing on global best practice - with five campuses in Nairobi & Kisumu, offering nursery, primary and high school education. We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:
Cambridge Library Intern
Job Purpose:
Support the libraries and perform related library services. Tasks include cataloguing, classifying, circulating, and maintaining library materials; and furnishing reference, bibliographical, and readers' advisory services. This is a seasonal internship to support the closing of the 2025-26 school year and the opening of the 2026-27 school year.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Keep records of circulation and materials.
- Check books in and out of the library.
- Code, classify, and catalogue books, publications, films, audiovisual aids, and other library materials based on subject matter or standard library classification systems.
- Organize collections of books, publications, documents, audiovisual aids, and other reference materials for convenient access.
- Compile lists of overdue materials, and notify borrowers that their materials are overdue.
- Any other duty that may be assigned from time to time
Minimum requirements
Education & Experience
- A diploma in a related field
Skills, knowledge, abilities & values
- Knowledge of the school curriculum as it affects the service the library provides
- Knowledge of library science
- Effective communication skills to be able to develop open and constructive relationships with a wide range of young people and staff
- Able to work in a changing environment, be open to new ideas
- Able to work as part of the school curriculum/resource support team
- Ability to self-evaluate professional development needs and actively seek learning opportunities
- Organised
