Librarian

My client is recruiting for a hardworking, innovative Librarian to work at their Academy

The role is to start from ASAP This is a fixed term/ Permanent role

This is a full-time position to work 35 hours per week, term time only + 2 weeks

Hours of work are 8am-4pm

Salary
- £32,418 to £33,510. Term time only (actual salary £28,513 to 29,473)
- A current enhanced DBS certificate/ subscription to the update service
- Recent experience working as a Librarian ideally within an educational setting

Duties include but are not limited to:

- Involve the school library in home-school liaison projects that develop and support family learning, and support the engagement of parents/carers in their children’s learning and curriculum needs
- To line manage the Assistant Librarian ensuring an effective and efficient service to the School by delivering training, managing performance and modelling effective behaviour
- Coach, mentor and develop programmes for students, to enable them to develop their individual competencies as learners and their information literacy/learning skills and to provide a reading for pleasure culture
- Create and implement school library policies and procedures including data protection, copyright, and health and safety legislation
- Develop plans re. library services that contribute to the School plan with regard to library participation
- Produce regular reports, publications, publicity, and newsletter items to keep staff, students and parents aware of relevant library and literacy developments and generate interest in resources and support available
- Acquisition, organisation, dissemination and maintenance of resources, both traditionally printed and electronic, appropriate to the learning needs of the full age and ability range within the school community. Liaison with outside agencies as necessary.
- Liaison with staff through meetings, CPD, INSET, induction and on an individual basis to develop provision and promote effective use of the Library across the curriculum
- Manage a study environment for both curriculum-based and independent learning, ensuring the positive behaviour of students using the library
- Manage and maintain control of the library stock and resources suggesting alternatives as necessary
- Overall management of the school library and 6th form library budget
- Ensure that a record is maintained of books on loan and that all damaged books are repaired as necessary
- Carry out the duties of other employees in the department in their absence
- First aid trained Management of people
- Management of Assistant Librarian, daily supervision of Sixth Form Librarians. Creativity and Innovation
- Development of policies, procedures, programmes and plans to ensure that effective library/learning resources are provided to students of all ages.
- Design and development of newsletters and publications to raise awareness and generate interest in resources and support for learning that is available.
- Coaching/mentoring of students to enhance research and learning skills
- Develop reading for pleasure initiatives to promote a reading culture
- To work with the AHT for whole school reading to utilise the library as a space crucial in the development of a whole school reading culture.
- Day to day contact with students to improve competence as learners.
- Day to day contact with staff to discuss and plan resource requirements
- Contact with parents
- Book representatives - re. library resource
- Outside agencies - to equip library with appropriate learning resource

Teem Recruitment are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract

**Salary**: £28,513.00-£29,473.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: AM Lib BG