English Department Administrator & Librarian
The Bishop of Winchester Academy, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PW2 days remaining to apply
Closing date
16 October 2026 at 8am
Date listed
9 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- Actual Salary - £18,794 (FTE Salary - £27,696)
English Department Administrator & Librarian job summary
This varied role combines administrative support for our successful English department with the day-to-day management of the Library. Working closely with the Head of English and teaching staff, you will help ensure the smooth running of the department whilst promoting reading, literacy and independent learning across the Academy.
Hours will be 30 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time only). Actual Salary - £18,794 (FTE Salary - £27,696)
Our Head of English would be delighted to welcome you on a tour of the academy and answer any questions that you may have, prior to applying.
As English Department Administrator & Librarian you will be welcomed into an exceptional team of professionals to:
- Provide comprehensive administrative support to the English department, including maintaining student data, running and merging data reports and diagnostics, coordinating resources and supporting departmental communications.
- Assist with the organisation of assessments, intervention programmes, enrichment activities and departmental events.
- Manage the Library, ensuring it is a welcoming and effective learning environment for students and staff.
- Promote reading and literacy through displays, competitions, events and other initiatives that encourage a love of reading.
- Support students with research, study and independent learning skills, helping them to make the most of available resources.
- Maintain and develop library resources while encouraging engagement with reading across the school.
We put the welfare of our staff at the heart of everything we do and can offer you:
- Generous employer pension contribution at 23% of basic salary
- Career development with a bespoke CPD programme
- Excellent teaching and office facilities with free onsite parking and good local public transport links
- Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work scheme
- Close proximity to beaches and the Jurassic Coast to assist your work life balance
The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, recently recognised by Ofsted as prioritising ‘wider opportunities alongside achievement so that pupils “live life to the full.”’ (Ofsted 2023). Operating from recently refurbished facilities, our shared mission to improve the life chances of all of our students is at the very centre of our work.
The Bishop of Winchester Academy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants. Please be aware that due to the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ legislation we do not accept CV’s.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we have received applications that meet the criteria.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Bishop of Winchester Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1162 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, commended by Ofsted for its ‘inclusive approach, which seeks to support all pupils’. Led by a dedicated team with ‘strong moral and ethical foundation[s]’, our shared mission for ‘improving the life chances of all [our] pupils is at the very centre of [our] work’ (Ofsted, 2017).
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