Assistant Librarian
Collegiate School, Bristol
Bristol
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- Expired
- Salary:
- £18,070 per annum pro rata
- Job type:
- Part Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 16 April 2018
- Apply by:
- 19 February 2018
Job overview
Colston’s is a thriving co-educational day school on the outskirts of Bristol, easily accessible from the M32 and with approximately 750 students aged from 3 to 18. The Upper School occupies a glorious thirty acre campus and has all of its facilities on-site.
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and supportive Assistant Librarian for the Summer Term to assist the Acting Senior Librarian with the day-to-day running of the Libraries and their resources on both the Upper and Lower School sites. This is a temporary post to cover maternity leave starting on 16th April 2018 and is expected to last up until 6th July 2018.
Our school has a strong and vibrant reading culture, with regular author visits and a popular annual Reading Challenge. In addition to having excellent administrative, ICT and inter-personal skills, you should be a voracious reader who enjoys a hands-on approach to promoting a love of reading in young people.
The successful candidate will relish the opportunity to be a crucial part of the excellent provision already in place and further developing the libraries into thriving centres of learning.
The hours for this role will be from 12noon until 5.30pm (including half an hour lunch break, unpaid), Monday to Friday, from Monday 16th April until Friday 6th July 2018, with 1 week of paid holiday during half term, from 28th May until 1st June 2018. The remuneration pay scale is NJC pt 18, being £18,070 FTE per annum pro rata. This is equivalent to £231 per working week. Pro-rata paid holiday entitlement is 1.6 weeks including bank/statutory holidays for the duration of this 11 week temporary position.
Other benefits include School lunch during term time and free parking on site.
To download an application form and apply for this position, please click on the ‘quick apply’ button below.
Closing date for applications: 12pm on Monday 19th February 2018
Interviews will take place Thursday 22nd February 2018.
Colston’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
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About Collegiate School, Bristol
Welcome to Collegiate.
We are a thriving and happy co-educational day school for pupils aged 3 to 18, located just north of Bristol. At Collegiate we have approximately 800 pupils, with our Preparatory School accommodating pupils from Nursery to Year 6, and the Senior School accommodating students from Year 7 up to our Sixth Form. Our recent ISI report was outstanding.
Our holistic approach to education not only enables our students to excel academically, but we ensure activities beyond the classroom play an equally important part in their time here at Collegiate. Our beautiful 30-acre grounds and excellent facilities across all faculties allow pupils to explore a huge range of sporting, creative and extra-curricular activities, with a work hard, play hard philosophy bringing out the best in our students.
Pastoral care is core to Collegiate life and underpins all that we do. Across the whole school our supportive house system provides the structure through which we monitor and support the development, well-being and happiness of all of our young people.
With a shining sporting legacy, sport too plays a huge part in the life of our pupils. We encourage everyone to get involved because physical education is important for a healthy mind and allows each pupil to develop self-esteem and a strong team ethic. We value and nurture sporting excellence, arranging a full fixture list for pupils of all talents to represent the school.
Working for Collegiate School means being part of a community of exceptional practitioners and professionals.
We believe that our most valuable resource is our staff. The continued success of the school depends upon having a highly motivated team, where development of personal and professional excellence is supported and where we recognise every role is important in making Collegiate an excellent school.
Colleagues at Collegiate are welcoming and supportive. We have a well developed Staff Common Room and an Employee Forum representing all our employee groups, where we strive to support wellbeing and listen actively to our staff.
Our staff benefit from beautiful 30-acre grounds and excellent facilities across all faculties and departments. Staff enjoy the popular free lunches during term time, free on-site parking, and have use of the school's gym facilities. In addition, all employees have a defined contribution pension scheme, sick pay and are able to apply for discounted school fees.
To discover more about Collegiate, please visit our website https://www.collegiate.org.uk/
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