Librarian

Permanent | 37 hours per week | Term-time plus six weeks (40 weeks per year)
Starting salary £18,672 per annum

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a friendly and organised Librarian to manage, maintain and develop the Library facility at our Prep School.

The successful applicant will be responsible for all areas of Library management (purchasing and cataloguing new books, and managing the electronic booking system), as well as promoting the library through organising author visits, undertaking library lessons and running our accelerated reading scheme.

Is it important that the postholder possesses excellent organisation skills and has a genuine interest in the promotion of reading and working professionally with young people. Further information and a full job description can be found within the ‘Role Information Pack’.

This role is a permanent position working 37 hours per week during term-time plus six weeks floating throughout the School holidays (totalling 40 weeks per year).

Benefits include free life assurance and parking; contributory pension scheme (matched at 4%); membership availability to the School’s healthcare scheme (via BUPA); annual salary reviews; free use of the Felsted Gym and pool facilities and membership to Felsted Connect; an online multi-platform engagement tool where employees have access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and offers from online and high-street retailers. More information on our rewards package can be found on our website felsted.org/employment-opps/rewards.

Felsted is a leading day and boarding independent school based in a stunning village campus in North Essex. Founded in 1564 by Richard Lord Riche, who had been a Lord Chancellor under King Edward VI, Felsted today provides an exceptional holistic education to approximately 1100 boys and girls aged four to eighteen. We celebrated our 450th anniversary in 2014, one of only a handful of schools in the country that have claimed this historic milestone. We employ more than 160 teachers and 440 operational staff in a community orientated environment, ensuring our pupils receive the very best in learning and co-curricular activities.

We are rated ‘Excellent in every aspect' by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.