Librarian with Staff Function

Children's and Youth Media: You review publishing catalogues and build an attractive and diverse collection of children's and youth media. Your tasks also include maintaining and cataloguing the children's and youth media collection.

Publication of the "Basler Biechergugge": You ensure the timely publication of the "Basler Biechergugge", which appears twice a year. In addition, you coordinate and support the pool of volunteer reviewers and accompany the editorial team.

Reading Promotion: You support the management in the conceptual development and administrative implementation of offers in the field of reading promotion, such as the Basel Youth Book Ship and the reading week "Literature First-Hand" at Basel schools.

Experience: You are passionate about children's and youth literature and already have relevant expertise and experience. Ideally, you have worked in a library or are familiar with the school environment from your professional practice.

Personality: You are a committed, proactive individual with organisational talent. You work independently and in a structured manner, keep an overview even with multiple projects, and motivate volunteers as well as external partners.

Education: You hold a Master's degree in the humanities, a Bachelor's in Information Science, or a comparable qualification.

Language: You have a confident command of the German language and experience in writing, editing, and proofreading texts.

The Universities Division of the Department of Education manages and coordinates the higher education system of the canton. Its responsibilities include preparing the sponsoring policy for the University of Basel, the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, and three other autonomous institutions. The Educational Centre and the Office for Training Contributions are directly subordinate to this division. The focus of the work is the commitment to high-quality, regionally, nationally, and internationally successful research and higher education within the framework of inter-cantonal cooperation.

The Educational Centre Basel-Stadt PZ.BS is a department of the Universities Division and offers a wide range of support for schools. PZ.BS organises courses, conferences, and events, provides professional expertise and advice in teaching and school development, offers psychological counselling for staff at Basel schools, and operates a public specialist library as well as the Design Specialist Centre.