Learning Resource Centre Manager
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, London, SE19 2JH9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September
Closing date
9 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
30 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Actual salary £27,354.43-£28,996.45 (38 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,535-£34,488
Pay scale
- Grade 5 (Outer London)
Additional allowances
+ Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are currently looking to appoint a Learning Resources Centre Manager to manage and oversee the Learning Resources Centre at Harris City Academy Crystal Palace,maintaining a professional, stimulating and tidy learning environment at all times and foregrounding student achievements.
The actual salary for this role will be £27,354.43-£28,996.45 (38 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week).
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- English and Mathematics GCSE or equivalent
- Degree or equivalent
- Knowledge of library systems
- Knowledge of Accelerated Reading, or similar reading scheme
- Knowledge of National Curriculum, particularly for English
- Three years' experience of working in an inner city school or educational establishment
- Experience of managing a library service
- Experience of a range of reading schemes
For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
What the school offers its staff
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a mixed Academy for 1,300 students aged 11-18, with a large sixth form of nearly 400 students. The Academy has three consecutive Outstanding judgments by Ofsted, with the most recent inspection in 2014 finding the Academy to be Outstanding in every aspect. We are a consistently high performing school. Our motto, ‘All Can Achieve' encapsulates our vision that all members of the Academy community are supported and encouraged to achieve their absolute potential. We believe that a well-supported and valued staff body is the key to our success.
We are the ‘Teaching School Hub' for Croydon and Sutton and we are able to offer all teachers an extensive programme of first class professional development. Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is part of the Harris Federation and this enables us to offer you a comprehensive induction programme and training and development opportunities to support your career development including Masters and other qualifications.
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includesour Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS,a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more aboutour benefitson our website.
Flexible working opportunities
Harris Federation is committed to fostering a positive and supportive working environment for our staff, recognising that achieving a balance between professional and personal responsibilities is essential. We understand that each individual’s circumstances are unique, which is why we offer flexible working options that can be adapted to meet the needs of both the academy and our employees.
Our approach to flexibility includes a range of solutions, from tailored working hours to part-time arrangements, where appropriate, ensuring that we maintain our high standards of education while supporting the wellbeing of our staff. Whether you are a classroom teacher, support staffor part of our senior leadership team, we work together to find solutions that align with both the operational needs of the academy and your professional development.
Harris Federation and our academies are dedicated to creating an inclusive and collaborative environment, where every member of staff can thrive and feel valued in their role.
Further information about the job
Your responsibilities will include:
- Management, organisation and supervision of the Learning Resources Centre
- Ensuring that learning resources equipment is well maintained, reporting all computer faults immediately
- Contributing to presentation and consultation evenings and meeting with parents to encourage reading beyond curriculum time
- Providing advice to staff, students and the community on Learning Resources
- Devising and offer INSET activities in teaching and learning techniques and training in the use of Learning Resource materials
- Time-tabling LRC/enterprise centre/post 16 study centre and other resources
- Liaising with the English and media team and external providers to publicise and organise an annual book week
- Liaising with the English and media team to organise frequent visits from writers to raise the profile of reading and writing for pleasure
- Encouraging the effective use of the Learning Resource Centre across the curriculum
- Providing guidance to groups and individuals using the Learning Resource Centre
- Liaising with other information agencies, including other resource areas and LRC managers across the Federation
- Development and implementation of study and information skills linked into the curriculum
- Participating in community links, including opening out of academy hours
- Managing of the Centre's budgets
- Keeping robust records to enable efficient management of resources across the academy
- Disseminating information on resources and access to staff and students
- Monitoring, evaluating and reviewing the use and development of the area
- Organising and supervising after hours, lunch time and break time use of resources for students
- Overseeing the chosen reading scheme programme (e.g. Accelerated Reading) for KS3 students
- Devising and delivering INSET activities on reading schemes for KS3
- Devising intervention programmes to support and challenge targeted students to accelerate reading skills
- Analysing data and providing detailed reports to evaluate success rates of students
- Liaising with the provider of the chosen reading scheme to ensure that licenses are accurate and that all aspects of the programme are exploited to maximise student success rates
- Managing the rewards systems for the chosen reading scheme to maximise student engagement and motivation
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1162 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Harris City Academy Crystal Palace website
- Email address
- careers@harrisfederation.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 771 2261
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a pioneering academy for 1,300 students aged 11-18, and celebrated its 25th anniversary last academic year. The founding academy of the Harris Federation, it has three consecutive outstanding judgments by Ofsted, most recently finding the academy to be outstanding in every aspect in 2014. It is one of the most oversubscribed comprehensive schools in the country and in the top 5% for performance. Come and see us in action: visits to Harris City Academy Crystal Palace are strongly encouraged and very welcome. Please call 0208 771 2261 or info@harriscrystalpalace.org.uk to arrange a time to come in or an informal conversation with the Principal.
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