Librarian
Sanders Draper, Hornchurch, RM12 6RT12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
22 June 2026 at 11am
Date listed
10 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £17,132.00 - £17,376.00 Annually (Actual) Scale 3 Point 5-6
Librarian job summary
In this role, you won't just manage books—you will curate a vibrant hub of imagination, digital literacy, and discovery for our students and staff. Foster a Love for Reading: Guide students to their next favourite book and host engaging literacy events (like book fairs and author visits). Manage the Space: Maintain, organise, and modernise our library collection, ensuring it reflects a diverse and inclusive world.
Key Role Descriptors
The role of Librarian will be to organise, manage and develop library resources. They will provide information in support of the curriculum and in response to the needs of students and staff, and for promoting literacy and the enjoyment of reading in all its forms.
The post holder will:
Maintain resources and materials within the agreed organisational frameworks and using agreed processes and procedures so that they can be retrieved and used by staff and students
Support and develop the Library as an effective learning environment, which may include ensuring cleanliness and tidiness, putting up and maintaining displays and information boards, supporting exhibitions and one-off events.
Support and assist with ‘literacy lessons’ skills programmes and induction sessions for students and staff. Work closely with the English Faculty and the Literacy Coordinator to promote and support literacy across the school. Including leading small group intervention sessions.
Use ICT skills to support the administrative needs of the Library, which may include, for example, word processing, purchasing and ordering and the maintenance of files, records and data.
Be responsible for library stock and consumables, including receipt, storage, ordering, purchasing and security.
Promote good order and student discipline, which is consistent with the behaviour policy and the culture and ethos of the school. The postholder is expected to intervene where necessary and know when and how to refer relevant discipline and behaviour matters to more senior school staff.
Develop and continue current break and lunch activities/duty
Work in accordance with the values, culture ethos, equalities and inclusion policies of the school proactively and in the day-to-day operation of the job.
Take appropriate action to identify, evaluate and minimise any risks to health, safety and security in the immediate working environment.
Complete school based induction and any subsequent training required to improve performance.
Take part in the school performance management system.
Staff wellbeing and benefits
We offer the following staff benefits:
As an employee, you will be covered by our excellent well-being support and medical cover programmes provided through the Spark and Medicash organisations. This includes access 24 hours a day to a GP helpline, physiotherapy, optical support, dental treatment, and access to a counselling service.
-Career Development (apprenticeships, support towards achieving further qualifications, leadership programmes, progression opportunities, teacher training, shadow opportunities and a vast CPD programme of relevant courses through both internal and external training providers)
-Two week October half term
-All teaching staff are allocated a laptop,
-Staff supervision sessions with a trained professional,
-Promotion of a Cycle-to-work scheme
-Fortnightly line management meetings to support staff development and performance
-The Sanders Draper local committee has a link member who is responsible for overseeing wellbeing, further highlighting the importance we place on this aspect. This is also further emphasised by the Trust approach and relentless focus on the wellbeing of all staff members.
-Regular staff social and get-together events as a school and across the trust
-Staff surveys where staff views are gathered and actions are taken based on the results.
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 Sanders Draper
- School type
- Academies, None, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 705 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sanders Draper website
Sanders is part of the Success for All Educational Trust along with Redden Court School and The Royal Liberty School for boys.
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