School Librarian

Step into a School Librarian role in Brits and make your mark across North West. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.

What This Role Involves

This School Librarian role sits within the teaching jobs function in Brits. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across North West.

The role suits a candidate who values consistency and clear communication. The Brits operation runs on accurate work, steady relationships and a genuine respect for the people in the team.

Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the teaching jobs group in Brits.

Importantly, the role has been written to be sustainable, not just busy. Strong output is expected, and managers in Brits also pay attention to recovery, learning and the kind of breathing room that keeps people doing good work over time.

Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the teaching jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Brits much easier.

Meet the Team

In addition, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Brits office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when North West operations get busy.

Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.

On top of that, the team structure and working relationships for this role in Brits will be explained during the hiring process.

Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.

Our Commitment to Transformation

In addition, the organisation supports a respectful workplace. Applications are welcome from suitably qualified candidates across North West, and recruitment is intended to be fair and transparent.

Equally, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for North West.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Brits.

Based in Brits

Working in Brits means a place in the Rustenburg platinum belt, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the North West region, and the Brits office benefits from those long-standing connections.

Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Brits.

Many candidates already living within reach of Brits cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local North West economy.

Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in Brits, North West.

What Your Day Looks Like

Your day begins before the bell, with last-minute lesson prep, learner check-ins and a moment to set the tone for the classroom. Lessons follow the rhythm of the timetable, but no two are quite the same — you adapt explanations, encourage quiet learners, and gently redirect those who need it. Breaks are spent marking, planning or supporting colleagues, and after-school hours might bring a meeting, an extra-mural or a parent conversation. By the time you head home, you have shaped young minds in small but lasting ways.

Beyond that, the Brits office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

In addition, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when North West operations throw up the unexpected.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Brits.

Career Growth

Crucially, this role can grow with you. Strong performers in the teaching jobs team in Brits have moved into senior, supervisory and specialist positions, and that journey is supported through coaching, training and exposure to bigger projects.

Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Brits team member.

Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Brits have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across North West.

Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.

Why This Role

Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Brits contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the teaching jobs space in North West.

Career development may be available depending on the role, business needs and the hiring organisation’s policies.

Practically speaking, the role’s development opportunities, training and benefits, if offered, will be set out in the final vacancy details.

Crucially, the package, working arrangements and any available support will be confirmed by the hiring organisation for this vacancy.

Where You’ll Work

Importantly, the environment is school-based, with structured timetables, a strong focus on learner well-being and a culture of professional collaboration across phases and subjects.

On top of that, the role is intended to operate under the hiring organisation’s workplace conduct, health and safety policies in North West.

Practically speaking, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Brits site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

Key Responsibilities

• Support whole-school improvement plans and quality assurance processes
• Mentor student teachers and contribute to peer-learning initiatives
• Provide individualised support to learners with diverse needs
• Plan, prepare and deliver lessons aligned to the CAPS curriculum
• Maintain accurate mark sheets, attendance and learner profile records
• Contribute to the school’s enrichment programmes and community outreach
• Implement school disciplinary procedures fairly and consistently

Minimum Requirements

• Experience integrating technology into lessons is an advantage
• Willingness to participate in extra-mural activities
• Empathy, patience and a genuine love of teaching
• Strong collaboration with phase, subject and pastoral teams
• Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) or PGCE in the relevant phase
• Child-protection clearance where required by law for work with learners

Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.