Assistant Librarian and Assistant School Archivist
Walthamstow Hall Senior School
Sevenoaks, Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2019
- Apply by:
- 26 October 2018
Job overview
We are seeking an Assistant Librarian / Archivist to work in the Senior School Library for 24 hours per week over three days (Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays). The Assistant Librarian/Archivist works with the Lead Librarian/Archivist to operate a major learning environment used by the whole School community. This is achieved by the organisation, dissemination and exploitation of resources appropriate to the learning needs of the full age and ability range within that community.
Walthamstow Hall is a flourishing independent girls’ day school with a Christian foundation, established in 1838. The School has a reputation for excellence across academic and co-curricular activities. There are currently more than 600 girls on roll, at our Junior and Senior School sites.
Good IT skills are essential, as is Library experience and familiarity with web-based research tools. Candidates should ideally have a Library qualification.
Working under the leadership and direction of the Lead Librarian/Archivist, the successful applicant will continue to develop the Library as a vibrant centre for independent research and reading for pleasure.
Attached documents
About Walthamstow Hall Senior School
Introduction
Thank you for your interest in working at Walthamstow Hall. We educate girls with academic potential to lead confident, challenging and fulfilling lives in the 21st century.
School Ethos
We believe in a true understanding of the root meaning of the word education, from the Latin verb educo: I lead forth, I raise up. Not, ‘I cram full of facts or I make to jump through hoops’. At Walthamstow Hall, pupils will discover that learning is an active process which enables them to get personally involved, not one which just passively happens to them.
We offer pupils an environment based on trust, security and friendship, where they have the confidence to try to be their best. And by confidence we don’t mean brash or arrogant. We mean that, whether innately ebullient, or whether quite shy, Wally girls are characterised by a quiet assurance that comes from knowing who they are and, moreover, that they are valued for who they are, by us and by each other. This, we believe, is the best preparation for whatever life has in store.
School Details
There are approximately 580 pupils in the School 3 - 18, of which 442 are currently at Senior School. The Junior School (2 - 11 years) is on a separate site. The majority of girls from our Junior School join us at 11+, along with pupils from other feeder Schools locally. We also have entry at 13+ and 16+, and retention into Sixth Form is strong.
Employee benefits include:
- Enhanced salary scale based on DfE scales
- Fees concession for daughters. The School has a separate fees concession arrangement with Tonbridge School for sons of staff (13-18 years) and at Prep level with the New Beacon School for sons of teaching staff
- Membership of the relevant School’s Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
- Refreshments/meals during term time
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Use of the School’s Fitness Room and Swimming Pool (at allocated times)
- Free onsite parking
- Wellbeing package
- Ongoing training and development
For all enquiries, please contact Ms Louise Chamberlain: headmistress@whall.school 01732 451334.
Walthamstow Hall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
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