Library Assistant
Katherine Warington School, Harpenden, AL5 5FHThis job expired on 9 October 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
9 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
19 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,500.00 Annually (FTE) £4,346 actual salary
Library Assistant job summary
We are seeking a confident, supportive and flexible person who can adapt to changing circumstances and maintain an environment conducive to private study whilst fulfilling both library and administrative duties.
The successful candidate will have good knowledge of IT and databases, however, will receive relevant training in Access it and Google Drive.
Key Responsibilities
Providing administrative support to the Library Manager
Supervising students and managing their behaviour (alongside other staff)
Issuing, returning and renewing books
Assisting with preparing books for loan
Keeping resources organised, returning resources to the shelves
Helping staff and students locate resources
Creating and maintaining displays
Promoting reading for pleasure and purpose
Personal attributes and skills:
Good organisational skills
Good IT and creative skills
Know when to ask for support and advice
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to deal confidently with a wide range of people including staff and students
Approachable and empathetic to the needs of others
Experience of working with children and teenagers desirable
Experience of working in a secondary school desirable
Experience of working in a library desirable
Good role model
Demonstrate professionalism at all times
It should be noted that a job description is not an exhaustive list of activities, and employees may be asked to carry out other duties commensurate with the grade of the post. The job description may also be amended to take account of changed circumstances, and employees will be consulted if this is necessary.
We are required to conduct online searches about all candidates as part of the shortlisting process and in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, which could identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online. By submitting and signing your application, you acknowledge that such searches will be conducted as part of the shortlisting process.
This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. An enhanced disclosure will be sought through the DBS as part of Hertfordshire County Council’s pre-employment checks along with any other checks as deemed appropriate for the role you are applying.
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.
About Katherine Warington School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 923 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Katherine Warington School website (opens in new tab)
Katherine Warington School is a new comprehensive, co‐educational and non‐denominational academic secondary school (opened September 19) with 750 students currently (180 in each of years 7, 8, 9 and 10 – these year groups are already oversubscribed). The school will add a
further 180 students in each subsequent year and then open a 250 strong Sixth Form. By 2025 we will have grown to our capacity of 1,150 students. The school was established through the partnership of the Harpenden Secondary Schools Trust, which includes the three outstanding
schools in Harpenden: Roundwood Park, St George’s and Sir John Lawes and additional partners: the University of Hertfordshire and Rothamsted Research Centre (a world leading non‐profit agricultural science research centre).
Further details about the school, including our prospectus and virtual tour, can be found on our website: www.kwschool.co.uk
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