Librarian

Librarian

Band 6 (SCP 6-11), 37 hours per week over 5 days, term time only + 10 days

Actual Salary: £21,074 to £23,329

This is an exciting and challenging role within our school and the successful applicant will have patience, a sense of humour and an ability to relate positively to young people, providing smooth and efficient day-to-day running, development and evaluation of an effective learning resource and information service which supports the learning needs of pupils and the needs of the wider school community

You will be expected to organise, oversee and facilitate the use and maintenance of the library, ensuring its effective use by classes, groups and individuals and select, acquire and organise library resources and ICT to support teaching and learning covering the full range and ability of the school. The successful candidate will be required to encourage purposeful use of the library for study, leisure and pleasure and assist in the delivery of literacy intervention strategies. Experience of working in a library environment would be an advantage, and a good level of literacy, numeracy and ICT and an understanding of safeguarding are essential.

We are an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school with outstanding facilities, a state-of-the-art learning environment; we are extremely popular and oversubscribed. The school is within easy reach of Leeds, Huddersfield and Wakefield and the surrounding district.

If you would like further information and an application pack, please visit the school website:

Closing date: 9.00am on Thursday 18 April 2024

Interviews: Thursday 25 April 2024

Required asap

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people in our recruitment procedures. We adhere to statutory guidelines in respect of safer recruitment though a variety of checks which will include online searches on all shortlisted candidates. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and eligibility to teach/work in our school will be checked with the DfE.

This role is customer facing and therefore in line with the Immigration Act 2016; all applicants must be able to demonstrate fluency of the English Language to the level defined in the job description.

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