Senior Librarian
Collegiate School, Bristol
Bristol, City of
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2016
- Apply by:
- 7 September 2016
Job overview
Colston’s School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and innovative Senior Librarian to lead and further develop our outstanding library provision in the Lower and Senior schools. 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 challenge of building on the excellent provision already in place and further developing the libraries into thriving centres of learning.
It is anticipated that there will be a period of hand-over from our existing and outstanding librarian. We would like to appoint as soon as possible from September 2016 although a later start date would be acceptable.
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.
For further details about Colston’s School please visit: http://www.colstons.org
The hours for this role will be 11am until 5.30pm (including half an hour lunch break, unpaid), 39 weeks per year (term-time plus 20 days) + 5.67 weeks paid holiday. The remuneration pay scale is NJC pt 33 – 36 (£28,746 - £30,978) pro rata-dependant on experience (actual salary range £19,755 - £21,289). Other benefits include School lunch during term time and free parking on site, staff remission on School tuition fees and a defined contribution pension scheme.
For further details about Colston’s School and to download a job description, person specification and application form please visit http://www.colstons.org/Senior-Librarian
To be considered for this role, candidates must complete and submit a Colston's School application form to the email address detailed on this form.
A completed application form and short covering letter should reach recruitment@colstons.bristol.sch.uk by 12pm on Thursday 8th September 2016. Interviews will take place week commencing 12th September 2016.
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. In 2019 Collegiate was rated as ‘Excellent in all areas’ in our ISI report.
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.
Our staff are proud to work at Collegiate and are well supported to ensure our academic standards and innovative approach to the development of teaching and learning across the school are maintained. We offer a competitive salary, with other benefits including free lunches during term time; free on-site parking; use of the school’s gym facilities; a defined contribution pension scheme and staff remission on school fees (in accordance with the staff remission policy).
To discover even more about what Collegiate offers our students and what it could offer you, please head to our website https://www.collegiate.org.uk/
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