Background information about the job or company

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:

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.

Responsibilities or duties

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

Qualifications or requirements

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

• 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

• 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

• A diploma in a related field