Librarian

Librarian

Start date: 17th April 2023, or by negotiation

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week, 38 weeks per year plus five additional days

8.00am – 4.30pm Monday to Thursday, 8.00am – 4.00pm Friday

Salary: Grade 8, Point 18 – 23, £23,619 - £26,043 pro-rata (£27,344 -£30,151 FTE)

Responsible to: Assistant Headteacher: Teaching & Learning

Burford School Library provides a welcoming, inclusive learning environment that is central to the school, actively supporting teaching, learning, and wellbeing. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and be responsible day to day for managing, developing and promoting the library and literacy.

You will have a love and enjoyment of reading and be able to enthuse students and support them with their reading. Duties will include overseeing the maintenance and use of the school library, facilitating library-based learning, and supporting the delivery of literacy interventions.

What we are looking for

In addition to your knowledge and passion for all things reading you will be able to demonstrate:

· Understanding of learning support and learning resources work/understanding of the value of libraries in the school environment

· Excellent and effective written and oral communication skills

· Effective organisational skills and attention to detail

· An ability to work with and manage larger groups as well as individual students

· Good computer literacy skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office

· Willingness and ability to quickly learn new organisational and technical skills

· Good numeracy skills (i.e. for managing budget, reporting statistics, etc.)

Why work with us

Burford is an oversubscribed school situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty. This is an excellent school, with a superb environment for learning and a priority given to teacher development. Our aim is to recruit colleagues who will be stimulated by the prospect of working hard to share in our success.

Additional Staff Benefits

· Supportive continuous professional development and growth opportunities

· Health and wellbeing support including access to an Employee Assistance Programme, free flu vaccinations and a subsidised Healthcare Plan

· Local Government Pension scheme membership

· The school is located within a short walk of a picturesque Cotswold town

As we are a heavily oversubscribed school, children of staff have priority for admission to Burford School.⃰

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed so you can see for yourself what makes Burford School such a special place to work – please contact Sarah Evans, HR Manager, to arrange this.

The successful candidates will need to meet the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

For more information or an informal discussion regarding the post, please contact Mrs Scantlebury, Assistant Headteacher.

Burford School is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check.

As part of the vetting procedures, shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search. This isn’t part of the shortlisting process, and there will be a chance to address any issues of concern should it be necessary.

Closing date: Tuesday 14th March 2023 (12:00pm)

Interview date: Monday 20th March 2023

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £23,619.00-£26,043.00 per year

Benefits:

• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 14/03/2023
Reference ID: https://www.eteach.com/job/school-librarian-1311509
Expected start date: 17/04/2023