Librarian

Newmarket Academy, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0EB

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  12 August 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: (35 hours per week and 38 weeks per year)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 4, SP9 to SP12 (FTE £25,119 to £27,334 / Actual £19,868 to £21,620)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Newmarket Academy is a good school (Ofsted 2023) with a commitment to excellence. We aim to be the best we can be in all areas and are committed to being the best school in the area.

Newmarket Academy is part of Unity Schools Partnership a forward-thinking academy trust of 39 schools.

We value our people and we have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice. Unity Schools Partnership celebrates both professional development and career progression. The Teaching school which is part of Unity will support the successful candidate in this post and their future career.

We are looking to recruit a highly conscientious, and self-motivated person to provide a key role in managing, developing and promoting the school’s library so that all students and staff have ready access to a broad and relevant range of reading materials, research tools and information services as possible. This role will include being a tutor.

You will:

• Be able to work independently but contribute to a strong team ethos
• Be flexible and open to change in order to meet the needs of our students and the needs of the Academy.
• Be pro-active, and willing to use your own initiative, as appropriate
• Possess good interpersonal, organisational, communication and administrative skills
• Take a professional approach in your dealings with students, staff, parents/carers, and external users of the school
• Have an ability to remain calm and confident when under pressure
• Be a team player, open to advice, feedback and guidance from colleagues
• Be able to deal with sensitive information in a confidential manner
• Be resilient, hard-working and self-motivated.

What the school offers its staff

In return we will offer:

• Support any CPD required to be able to fulfil the role
• Newly refurbished learning spaces with state of the art interactive white boards and sound systems.
• A supportive and friendly working environment with well established “well-being” programmes.
• An excellent programme of induction into the Academy with supportive and dynamic staff.
• 2 week October half term
• Well-being day each Academic year.

Commitment to safeguarding

Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.

Applying for the job

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About Newmarket Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 831 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Newmarket Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: Sian.newby@newmarketacademy.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/newmarket-academy (opens in new tab)

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