Assistant Librarian

Lord Williams's School, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2AQ

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  18 November 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  4 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £26,429.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary of £10,679 per annum based on 17.75 hours per week, term time only (Wed-Fri)

Assistant Librarian job summary

Main Duties:

Deal with enquiries from students and teaching staff for books and information

Issue and return library resources and retrieve overdue books

Handle Petty Cash

Shelve returned books and other materials and keep shelves tidy and in good order

Order Processing: selection and purchase of book stock and library materials within delegated budget

Accession and processing of new library resources

Care for and maintain library resources

Undertake stock withdrawals, annual stock check, recycle/update stock

Supervise groups of pupils at breaks and lunchtime, referring to duty staff as required

Teach library skills (information literacy/citation) to students and carry out other talks as required

Use computerised systems for administrative and information purposes

Maintain appropriate financial and administrative systems including data input in to library databases

Help to promote the libraries and their services to teaching staff and pupils and assist with specific promotional activities and projects including display work

Report any maintenance and care problems concerning fixtures, fittings and furniture to relevant staff

Maintain a calendar of key action points

Establish links with relevant teaching staff and support the curriculum

Support school policies and National Awareness Days with displays

Promote Reading and Reading For Pleasure with displays and presentations

Manage Accelerated Reader (users, reports, etc.)

Organise and Manage Student Librarians

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Lord Williams’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Lord Williams's School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 2259 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lord Williams's School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lord-williams-s-school

Lord Williams’s School is a thriving and popular comprehensive school serving the Thame community and its surrounding rural area. We are a split-site school, with Years 7 – 9 on the Lower School site at Towersey Road and Years 10 – 13 on the Upper School site at Oxford Road. We pay particular attention to each individual student by promoting their personal, social and educational development to enable all to achieve at the highest level possible. As a result of our continuing success, Lord Williams’s School is consistently oversubscribed.

We promote high quality teaching and learning. We attract talented, committed and conscientious teachers who produce stimulating and challenging learning activities helped by experienced support staff. Teamwork is a key feature of our work.

We are an inclusive school; we cater for all abilities and we provide access for all students. This is reflected in our work with the more able, with students with a range of learning and other difficulties and in our admissions policy for the Sixth Form.

The school has excellent teaching facilities on both sites with accommodation that is suited to the demands of the curriculum.

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