Library Manager

Job Title: Library Manager 

Salary range: SO1 and Spinal Point Range 23 – 25. Pro rata £26,091 - £27,704 Inc. London weighting per annum

Contract: Permanent 

Hours of work: 36 hours per week  

Working weeks: 39 weeks - Term Time    

Location: Alperton, London 

We are a large, mixed, 11-18 academy with over 350 students in our sixth form. Due to our increased popularity as a school, we expanded our roll in September 2018. Alperton Community School is an inclusive school with a student intake that reflects a wonderfully diverse and vibrant local community. Our students are very well behaved, work hard and are ambitious to succeed. Our most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2021 graded our school as Good "Pupils like coming to school and they enjoy their lessons"; "Pupils can focus because they feel safe"; "Leaders’ expectations of all pupils are high"; "Pupils behave well in school. They focus on their learning in lessons. Pupils follow teachers’ instructions and listen to one another". 

Student progress at GCSE and A Level has been above national averages for many years with disadvantaged students performing well above national averages. Our progress 8 score has been consistently “above average”. We also see high numbers of our students’ progress to Oxbridge and Russell Group Universities. Student attendance and the percentage of students who remain in education, employment or training are also well above national averages.

We are very fortunate to have a brand new school building. The new building has 83 classrooms with purpose-built specialist drama, music, art and DT facilities as well as 14 science laboratories, 10 ICT rooms, a dance studio, an activity studio, a very large sports hall and three outdoor MUGAs. Every classroom is equipped with state-of-the-art ICT facilities. We are very fortunate to have extensive outdoor spaces for break and lunchtime activities as well as a 6 acre sports campus.

Our school has become internationally recognised following the success of our Art and Textiles teacher Andria Zafirakou who won the $1million Global Teacher Prize recently. The school was recently shortlisted for the TES School of the Year and won the TES Maths Team of the Year. 

We are one of only four schools in the country to hold the Platinum Professional Development Mark and one of only 100 schools to hold the Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence.

Our teachers and support staff are well-qualified, friendly and committed to student achievement.

This is an exceptional opportunity. It will offer the successful candidate a friendly, highly supportive and committed working environment within a culture of success and professional growth. The school offers excellent support for ECTs in their induction year.

The Role  

At Alperton Community School we know that reading is a vital skill for life.  Literacy shapes futures and creates opportunities and we are determined for every one of our students to be an enthusiastic reader.  If you enjoy working with young people and want to inspire them with a passion for reading, we want to hear from you.

Both libraries our diverse and multicultural school is welcoming and fantastically well-resourced. Students have regular, timetabled, library lessons and the libraries are popular with students before and after school, and at breaks and lunchtimes.  We are a Champion School for the Accelerated Reader programme and you’ll take a leading role in facilitating and coordinating this and other important interventions to improve our students’ literacy.

The Person

We want to recruit an enthusiastic colleague who is full of ideas to engage young people with reading and literacy.  Leading and working alongside a Library Officer, you’ll be responsible for delivering a high quality, user-focused, school library service.  You’ll need to be well-organised, adaptable and self-motivated, and have strong interpersonal skills to build positive relationships with staff and students alike. 

You must be passionate about working with young people. You will need a good awareness of children’s and Young Adult literature, and the confidence to liaise with teachers to select resources to support students’ academic studies. We can provide training on our specific library management systems but you must be confident at using ICT and awareness or experience of library management would be beneficial.

The Benefits 

• Professional development programme 
• Employee assistance programme 
• Ride to work scheme 
• Free staff car parking 

Closing Date: 17 July 2022 (23:59)

Assessment & Interview Date: Week commencing 18 July 2022

To apply, please visit our vacancies page. Completed application forms may be emailed to; hr@alperton.brent.sch.uk.   

Supplementary Information 

Applicants who have applied for this post in the last 6 months need not apply.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an inclusive community school and encourage applications from all sections of the community.  

Successful candidate(s) will be required to undertake an Enhanced and Barred Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please note CVs will not be considered as part of your application for this position.

Only successful candidates will be notified.  If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.