Library and Resource Co-ordinator
Ark Globe Academy
Southwark
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- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 18 April 2024
Job overview
Library and Resource Co-ordinator
Location: Ark Globe Academy, Southwark, London
Salary: Grade 8 (£30,076-£35,948) term time plus 1 week
Hours: 08:00am – 16:30pm
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Start Date: As soon as possible
About the role:
The Library and Resource Co-ordinator role at Ark Globe is truly exciting, as it lies at the heart of learning, development, and community engagement. While based in the library, the postholder will have the opportunity to collaborate with students, staff, and the wider community across the academy.
- Ensure that the library is a vibrant hub within the Academy, fostering a culture of reading for both pleasure and learning.
- Play a central role in developing the Reading Strategy through a culture of reading, both for pleasure and for learning, within the Academy and wider community.
- Provide guidance and advice to staff and students, ensuring access to the most appropriate resources.
- Maintain an excellent presentation of the library space.
- Manage the device swap stock as a learning resource for students.
- Provide a reading breakfast club.
See attached Job Description.pdf for more information.
About you:
- 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
- Excellent data analysis skills
- Ability to communicate relevant information to the appropriate key staff members.
- 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.
About us:
Our school is a happy school and we pride ourselves on the relationships our staff have with our students, caring for them throughout their education. We also work closely with families to ensure that all our students are committed to learning and develop the character necessary to take advantage of all the opportunities we provide.
Our school was recognised by the Government in its Parliamentary Review as an example of good practice in education and we are ranked in the top 10% of schools nationally. All of our sixth form students received a university offer with 80% of those being a top 3rd university.
Our mission is to prepare our students for university and to be leaders in their community. Every child has the potential to succeed and there are no excuses not to achieve that success. We expect every Ark Globe student 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.
We offer:
- We are committed to providing high-quality professional learning throughout your career with us and offer a variety of training sessions and experiences designed to meet the needs of you and your team.
- Access to a range of discounts through the Ark Rewards Scheme which includes reduced gym memberships, discounts at major retailers and travel loans.
How to apply:
Apply via our online portal with a CV and cover letter.
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; all successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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 80% 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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