Librarian
Ark Globe Academy
london
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 8- Point 27 – 34 (£27,927 - £33,963)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 28 June 2018
Job overview
Job Description: Librarian
Reports to: Assistant Principal Communications
Salary: Grade 8- Point 27 – 34 (£27,927 - £33,963)
Hours of Work: 08:00 – 17:00
The Role
- To ensure that the library is at the heart of Academy life
- To play a central role in developing a culture of reading, both for pleasure and for learning, within the Academy and wider community
- To provide guidance and advice to students and staff in order to provide an inspirational learning resource
- To take overall responsibility for the management of the Academy’s library, including internal fitting and stocking and ensuring the purchase, cataloguing, tagging and organisation of all resources appropriate to the learning needs of the pupils and staff.
Key Responsibilities
Management:
- To manage the library to ensure it is operating in an efficient manner and meeting the needs of the Academy
- To administer the library’s budget, selecting and purchasing all resources
- To manage and maintain the library management system, keeping accurate and current records of all learning resources in accordance with Academy policy
- To provide regular reports on the needs and performance of the library and maintain a record in order to monitor its effectiveness and identify targets for continued improvement
- To liaise with subject leads, students and other key staff, to keep the library appropriately resourced in order to foster interests and support the learning and reading development of all students
- To plan and deliver a range of initiatives in order to engage ‘reluctant readers’
- To appoint and develop the role of student library helpers
- To classify and catalogue all books and learning resources
- To manage and develop the physical layout, furniture and fittings of the library.
- To organise a variety of events and initiatives (e.g. World Book Day, National Children’s Book Week, Black History Month, Reading Groups, Reading Treasure Trails etc.) to promote reading and the use of the library
- To provide a library skills induction programme for all students
- To run enrichment activities to help develop a life-long love of reading amongst the students
- To promote and facilitate independent learning and individual development in the library
Other
- To carry out any other tasks as reasonably required by the Principal and line manager.
Person Specification: Librarian
Qualifications
- Right to work in the UK
- Maths and English to grade C GCSE or equivalent
- A degree level qualification is desirable but not essential
- Recognised professional qualification for librarianship or information management is desirable but not essential.
Knowledge and Experience
- Experience of or desire to work with and motivate young people to engage with reading
- Experience of working in a library/Learning Resource Centre within an educational institution or similar information centre and undertaking leadership and management activities therein (desirable but not essential)
- Knowledge of how libraries can be used to support curriculum delivery and raising standards for pupils of different ages (desirable but not essential)
- Knowledge of the current education framework and the needs of an inner-city, multicultural school (desirable)
- A good knowledge of and passion for books and literature.
Personal Characteristics
- A contagious enthusiasm for reading and all that it can offer
- Energetic and dynamic
- Highly organised and efficient; capable of multi-tasking and working at pace
- Genuine passion and a belief in the potential of every pupil • Helpful and positive nature, calm and caring
- Excellent people skills
- Understands the importance of confidentiality and discretion
- Demonstrates creativity and imagination,
- Highly motivated showing resilience, stamina and reliability under pressure
- Reflective: able to review own performance and keen to learn and develop own skills
- Can relate well to children, parents and members of the community
- Flexible attitude towards work: can adapt quickly to new demands
- Commitment to the values and ethos of the Academy.
Specific Skills
- Ability to lead and manage a library
- Highly competent in the use of ICT – able to use to support the delivery of learning and management
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- Ability to manage and disseminate information in a range of different media
- Strategic planning skills to support the writing and implementation of the library policy
- Financial management skills for management of library budget
- Capable of developing and using a range of resources to support the delivery of learning
- Ability to work well as part of a team and motivate and line manage library staff.
Attached documents
About Ark Globe Academy
In 2008 Geoffrey Chaucer Secondary and Joseph Lancaster Primary school merged to join the Ark network as Ark Globe Academy. Ark Globe Academy is a mixed all through school with student age ranging from 3-18.
At Ark Globe Academy we have the highest aspirations for all our children to ensure they are prepared for university and inspired to be leaders in their community. We offer our students a first-class education based on high quality teaching and experiences outside of the classroom.
Our school was recognised by the Government in its Parliamentary Review as an example of good practice in education and students make excellent progress at KS4. All our sixth form students received a university offer with 73% of those being a top 3rd university.
Ark Globe Sixth Form is in the top 2% of all sixth forms in the country and has received the Sixth Form of the Year award at the Ark Education Summit 2019.
School Structure
Ark Globe Academy is divided into four small schools Elbrus, McKinley, Kilimanjaro and Everest, also each small school has a Dean. This ensures that personal relationships between pupils and staff develop quickly, and that a culture of excellent behaviour and shared social norms are easier to maintain.
Aims, Vision and Values
Supporting our mission is our Culture Pyramid. The pyramid sets out for students, staff and parents our purpose, our beliefs and our values. This helps to set expectations in our daily lives at Ark Globe Academy. Read more about our culture pyramid here.
Every child has the potential to succeed and there are no excuses not to achieve that success. We expect every Ark Globe Academy students to graduate from our academy with the qualifications, skills and confidence to achieve their ambitions and go on to higher education or their chosen career.
Curriculum
Our curriculum is intended to prepare students for university and to be leaders in their community.
The Ark Globe Curriculum encompasses the total experience of the student, covering a range of activities from what is learnt in the classroom to our expectations of how our students carry themselves, and make decisions, outside of it. For us, education is much more than a qualification; it is a way of being that results in an empowered young person who is able to secure a life of purpose and meaning.
We recognise that attending university is often key to this as, we believe, it provides young people with more choices. As such, the academic, pastoral and cultural curriculum has been designed to prepare students for university and to be leaders in their community. However, we also recognise that there are high quality alternatives to university, and we help students to secure these too. Whatever choice is made, we want it to be an informed one, where our students determine their own future. Read more about our curriculum here.
Our Mission: Preparing our students for university and to be leaders in their community
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Our website: https://arkglobe.org/
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