Librarian

Job Description

Thames Park Secondary School

Chadwell Road, GraysRM17 5TD

Wishes to appoint an

Librarian

Salary: Band C Point 13 - 19

(£24,352.85- £27,915.05 actual salary per annum)

37 hours per week

Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 4:00pm, Friday 8:00am - 3:30pm

with 30-minute unpaid lunch

38 weeks of the year - term time plus inset days

Start Date: January 2025

1-year fixed term contract - Maternity Cover

Are you passionate about encouraging a love for reading and supporting educational development? We are seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Librarian to join our team. This role is integral to supporting both students and staff by creating an engaging, organised, and effective library environment that enhances learning and literacy.

As our Librarian, you will co-ordinate the school's library activities, ensuring the library's resources and atmosphere align with the school's educational aims and literacy goals. You will manage library resources, support curriculum-related activities, and create an inviting space for research and leisure reading.

Key Responsibilities:

· Organise and manage the library to support curriculum and literacy initiatives.

· Guide students and staff in using library resources for research, assignments, and personal reading.

· Select, acquire, and maintain a diverse range of resources that reflect the varied needs of students and staff.

· Teach library skills, including research techniques and information retrieval, integrating technology where applicable.

· Ensure the library remains a conducive environment for learning, including overseeing pupil behaviour within the space.

The ideal candidate will bring a proactive approach to promoting literacy and fostering a love for reading, demonstrating strong communication skills to work effectively with students, staff, and external organisations. They will also show a commitment to upholding the school's policies on equal opportunities, health and safety, and safeguarding, ensuring a supportive and secure environment for all library users.

Why apply for Thames Park Secondary School?

Thames Park Secondary School opened in September 2020 and we moved into our £25 Million state of the art facilities in 2022. Thames Park Secondary School aims to provide an outstanding education for all its students. We have a strong focus on digital education running throughout our curriculum as each of our student has access to their own Chrome book to enhance their learning experience. We are passionate about making our learning both exciting and memorable through our ACE framework for teaching and learning.

We aim to provide all students with an education that is tailored to support their academic development as well as their well-being; physically, mentally and spiritually. We have a clear set of co-operative values; self-help, self-responsibility, equity, equality, democracy and solidarity. These values underpin everything we do. These values are not just words but help to create the"Thames Park Way."

We are a school which is firmly rooted in serving our community. We are proud to be an inclusive co-educational school where we recognise that success for young people is built on firm foundations of trust, respect, care and hard work. We measure our success by much more than exam results as we recognise that such data tells only a part of the story of each of our young people. Thames Park is already a great place to teach and learn and we have many strengths including:

· Motivated and polite pupils, who have a strong voice in the school with diversity champions and student parliament

· Staff are aided by extensive and wide-ranging in-house support and coaching, by dedicated and helpful colleagues

· Part of a knowledgeable and dynamic Trust with supportive governors, Trustee's and Central Staff with a robust understanding of education

In return for your hard work you will receive:

· Two-week October half term

· Support from highly experienced SLT members, the wider trust network and collaboration with our two other secondary schools

· Wider support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance

· Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools

· Recognition of continuous service 

· Excellent CPD opportunities through the school and the trust

· Access to the Employee Assistance Programme 

· Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff

· On site gym

· National Conditions of Service

· Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme

If you feel you could make a positive contribution to the school, and you have the passion, drive and commitment to work with us to make all aspects of our school outstanding, please apply now or you can request a visit of the school or for more information speak to Ayshen Uluhan hr@osborne.coop or call 01375 648944.

Thames Park is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. As a Trust, we recognise the value of and seek to achieve a diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds.Please refer to our recruitment & selection policy statement (www.osborne.coop/working-with-us) for more information.

If you would like to be considered for this post, application forms are available via our websiteOsborne Co-operative Academy Trust

Closing date: Monday 2nd December 2024 - Midday

Interview date: Friday 6th December 2024

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate before the closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.