Part-time Library Assistant

**Salary**: Starting from £4,893 per annum (dependent on qualifications, skills and relevant experience) **Job type**: Part Time, Permanent **Start date**: 22nd April 2025 12 March 2025 **Job overview**: Merchant Taylors’ School is a large Independent Boys’ School, situated in 280 acres of parkland in Northwood, Middlesex. The School was founded in 1561, is owned by the Merchant Taylors’ Educational Trust and moved to its present site in 1933. There are four distinct boys’ day schools on campus. The Nursery, the Pre-Prep & the Prep cater for 370 boys, while the Senior School has some 960 pupils. The School employs over 110 teachers and 160 Support staff across Merchant Taylors’ School. We are seeking a Library Assistant to assist the Senior Librarian and Assistant Librarian in the day-to-day running of the Senior School Library, providing a well-ordered, welcoming, safe space conducive to learning and wellbeing. This is a public-facing role covering the busier periods in the library day. To undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required and requested by your line manager to meet the School’s priorities and demands. Start date: 22nd April 2025 Hours: 9 hours per week (Thursday and Friday). 10.15am - 2.45pm including a 15-minute paid break Term-time only **Salary**: Starting from £4,893 per annum (dependent on qualifications, skills and relevant experience) Holiday: Statutory holiday entitlement paid within salary and taken during School holidays. Other benefits: 15% employer contribution to a defined contribution pension scheme (Contributory) Life cover 4 x annual salary and income protection Access to a cash flexible benefit in lieu of pension contribution Access to a number of lifestyle benefits including Cycle to Work, ULEV cars, and retail discount vouchers via our benefit provider Use of School leisure facilities, including pool, gym and lake. Lunch provided free of charge when the School Catering Department is open Free parking on site, with access to electric vehicle charging (payable via app) **Interviews to be held Wednesday 12th March 2025** - Merchant Taylors’ School is an equal opportunities employer committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. As this role will bring you into contact with children you are expected to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)._ - Further information on how the School uses personal data is set out in the School’s Staff Transparency Notice, which can be found in the Vacancy page of the School Website._ **About**Merchant Taylors' School**: **Merchant Taylors' School** - Sandy Lodge, Northwood - Middlesex - HA6 2HT - United Kingdom +44 1923 820644 Merchant Taylors' is an independent day school of more than 850 students. Taylors' is well-known for the high academic and sporting standards our boys achieve, but also for its warm, friendly atmosphere and our boys' support for each other and commitment to their community. At MTS we believe in the virtues of an all-round education that emphasises a rich sporting and cultural programme. MTS has always valued itself as an unpressured school where boys are free to grow and discover their own character through diverse sources of personal fulfilment. The Good School Guide notes: "The school’s philosophy... is about achievement without pressure: it’s a place to breathe and experience a childhood." The boys enjoy superb facilities and a fantastic campus: 286 acres of lakes and countryside where Middlesex, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire meet, with over 55 acres devoted to sport. Boys travel in from Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Middlesex, yet the school is just 25 minutes from central London on the Metropolitan line and 10 minutes from both the M1 and M25.