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Dubai British School Emirates Hills is recruiting an Experienced Librarian, commencing August 2026, to join their BSO, and KHDA rated 'Outstanding' international school.
Dubai British School Emirates Hills
Taaleem, one of the largest education providers in the UAE, proudly celebrates Dubai British School Emirates Hills for our ‘Outstanding’ ratings, awarded by both the Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau (DSIB) and British Schools Overseas (BSO). We are a thriving British international school, located in The Springs area of Dubai’s Emirates Hills delivering high-quality National Curriculum for England education to over a thousand students aged 3 to 18.
Our mission of ‘Enjoy, Aspire, Achieve’ perfectly captures the ethos of our great school, where students thrive in a nurturing yet challenging environment - able to achieve the best possible educational outcomes and flourish as individuals during the experience. It is this warmth of spirit that sets DBSEH apart, where every student, every member of staff and every parent can find their place. Schools are often talked about as being ‘happy places’, but DBSEH is made up of happy people - happy to be respected, valued, and appreciated, given every opportunity to succeed in a way that is meaningful to them.
DBS Emirates Hills Curriculum
Our curriculum is modelled on the National Curriculum for England and adapted to our own international context, leading to a challenging set of GCSE, BTEC and GCE A Level courses from Year 10 to Year 13. We feel the opportunities that students enjoy outside the classroom are just as important as the main curriculum and we offer an extensive and varied Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA) programme.
Dubai British School Emirates Hills is currently recruiting an Experienced Librarian
DBS EH is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Librarian for support throughout the academic year, to assist in promoting the learning and understanding of students at the school. Our Education Support team are always keen to provide an environment which engages learners and encourages reading for pleasure and for purpose. Also, supporting learners in developing research skills, using digital and printed materials and promoting opportunities for students to represent the school in various competitions.
Aside from the experience, personality is very important, we look for inspirational individuals who leave a lasting impression on students for years to follow. If you're able to demonstrate outstanding standards of teaching and learning, with a passionate, enthusiastic, creative and dynamic attitude then we want to hear from you!
Skills
Key Accountabilities
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Include an assessment activity during each lesson
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Utilize both formative and summative assessment tools
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Maintain an attractive, ordered and clean library environment, bulletin boards, displays, seating arrangements to relevant and curricular topics
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Promote an understanding of the difference between research and inquiry
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Select, order, process, and publicize new materials
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Serve as a resource for literacy support and curriculum integration of technology
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Provide access to information through acquiring and organizing diverse materials
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Involve the school community in collection building using interactive polls and web-based suggestion forms
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Create, where possible, space for, media production—podcasting, video production, storytelling–producing and presenting
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Use a consistent classroom management system that is developmentally appropriate to the year level
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Provide a flexible schedule that allows for more time to be given to classes on a needs basis
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Address the needs of students catering for the different needs of the students (SEN, ESL etc)
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Show evidence of methodology in practice
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Utilise best practice in embedding technology into all aspects of the students’ learning
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Demonstrate and model international mindedness
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Provide orientation and instruction in the use and care of print and non-print materials and equipment in the library
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Instruct students on the evolving strategies for collecting and evaluating information, such as tags, and hashtags, and feeds, and real-time searches and sources, as well as the traditional database approaches
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Dubai British School Emirates Hills
Taaleem and DBS Emirates Hills Taaleem, one of the largest education providers in the UAE, proudly celebrates Dubai British School Emirates Hills for our ‘Outstanding’ ratings, awarded by both the Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau (DSIB) and British Schools Overseas (BSO). We are a thriving British international school, located in The Springs area of Dubai’s Emirates Hills delivering high-quality National Curriculum for England education to over a thousand students aged 3 to 18. Our mission of ‘Enjoy, Aspire, Achieve’ perfectly captures the ethos of our great school, where students thrive in a nurturing yet challenging environment - able to achieve the best possible educational outcomes and flourish as individuals during the experience. It is this warmth of spirit that sets DBSEH apart, where every student, every member of staff and every parent can find their place. Schools are often talked about as being ‘happy places’, but DBSEH is made up of happy people - happy to be respected, valued, and appreciated, given every opportunity to succeed in a way that is meaningful to them. DBS Emirates Hills Curriculum Our curriculum is modelled on the National Curriculum for England and adapted to our own international context, leading to a challenging set of GCSE, BTEC and GCE A Level courses from Year 10 to Year 13. We feel the opportunities that students enjoy outside the classroom are just as important as the main curriculum and we offer an extensive and varied Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA) programme.
