Librarian
London Academy of Excellence Tottenham, London, N17 0BXThis job expired on 27 June 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
30 August 2022
Closing date
27 June 2022 at 1pm
Date listed
14 June 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday - Friday, 9am-6pm Term-time only plus two weeks (39 working weeks in the year)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £35,500
Additional allowances
£30,500 actual pa salary
Access to the LGPS pension scheme
Librarian job summary
Key responsibilities
To establish and maintain an outstanding library which is central to the academic provision of LAE Tottenham.
To build a whole school reading culture (academic and reading for pleasure).
To support students with university applications, including by guiding them to relevant resources and opportunities
Specific tasks
Library management
Developing and managing the learning resources in the Library in the context of an exciting expansion of LAET’s library services.
Ensuring that successful study happens in the Library and surrounding study space.
Ensuring that the Library is central to learning at LAE Tottenham.
Working with all stakeholders to promote and develop the Library and its resources.
Act as a curriculum resource adviser and provide academic support to teachers.
Use selection tools/ review journals to keep informed about current literature for pupils.
Organise efficient procedures and systems for delivery of library services including in a remote learning environment.
Select and continually review resources to support the information needs of the school, particularly in relation to university admission and careers.
Employ strategies to maximise access to print and electronic resources/information services.
Ensure that the Library is multifunctional and a focal point for student learning.
Manage library budgets and build library stock in conjunction with lead teachers.
Coordinate displays, special events and activities to support learning and academic literacy.
Develop and document library policies, goals and objectives and evaluate them on an on- going basis according to changing school needs.
Work closely with the IT team to ensure high standards of equipment and delivery of ICT as a tool for teaching and learning in the Library.
Developing students’ research skills and a reading culture
Teach library / research skills classes as required.
Prompting subject teachers to develop research-based learning tasks.
Supporting individual students in their research.
Identifying exemplary activity in this area (for example, in partner schools and universities) and bringing best practice to LAE Tottenham.
Support students in the use of a range of resources and technologies including use of the Internet.
Promoting a love of reading and research, by leading initiatives on reading and research which invite increasing use of the Library.
Support and guidance for University applications
Offer guidance to pupils with their UCAS applications, including personal statement drafts.
Support the reference writing process for wider opportunities, such as summer schools, work experience and taster events, if required.
Support the Year 13 team with processing UCAS applications, if required.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion and proactively seek to recruit a diverse staff body.
The London Academy of Excellence Tottenham is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to this post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note that this role ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore, you are required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings that are not ‘protected’ (i.e. filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). Further information is available on the school’s website.
We reserve the right to invite candidates to attend interview before the close date of the advert and to close it ahead of the close date.
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.
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About London Academy of Excellence Tottenham
- School type
- Free School, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Sixth form and collegejobs
- School size
- 607 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- Lisa.Cardinali@laetottenham.ac.uk
- Phone number
- 02083526020
The London Academy of Excellence Tottenham, is an academically selective 16-19 free school opened as part of the redevelopment of White Hart Lane in September 2017.
LAE Tottenham's principal education sponsor is Highgate school and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club acts as the Business Sponsor.
Alongside Highgate, LAE Tottenham also benefits from partnership with eight other leading independent schools from London and the South-East: Alleyn's, Chigwell, Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’, Harrow, John Lyon, North London Collegiate, Mill Hill and St Dunstan's.
LAE Tottenham is The Sunday Times Sixth Form College of the Year 2021..
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