School Librarian

School Librarian | Southwark

Great opportunity for a School Librarian to join a highly successful team. The School Librarian will be passionate about reading and children’s literature and will have the ability to inspire pupils to develop their reading and independent study skills.
School Librarian salary: £35,000 - £40,000.
School Librarian work pattern: Permanent, 37.5 hours per week, 41 weeks per year.
The School Librarian will support the school by managing, maintaining, and promoting the school library and learning resources. The School Librarian will advise on and deliver strategies for the use of learning resources in the delivery of the curriculum and to take a lead role in the development of literacy across the school.
School Librarian Responsibilities include:

• To be responsible for the management and development of the library environment and resources, including information and e-learning technology, contributing to and supporting the curriculum. This will include the cataloguing, classifying, and recording of resources.
• To ensure that the library maintains a high profile, including arranging for regular visitors, authors, and speakers to visit.
• To support the wide range of extra-curricular activities and clubs which the library traditionally hosts.
• To participate, and plan where appropriate, trips for pupils to enjoy, related to activities held within the library.
• To work with the English department to further develop literacy across the school including the promotion, special events, book fairs, visiting speakers and authors.

School Librarian Requirements:

• Chartered Librarian qualification, equivalent library experience, or detailed knowledge of the role.
• Excellent management and organisational skills to manage and develop the school library environment, its resources (through a library management system) and events.
• Knowledge and experience of e-learning technology and familiarity with children’s literature.
• The ability to relate well to pupils, to provide guidance to groups and to individual pupils, to ensure that pupils have ready access to the curriculum.

If this School Librarian role is of interest to you then please contact Jonathan at Ribbons & Reeves who is the school’s chosen recruitment partner.
School Librarian| Southwark | INDNCB