Library Resource Coordinator - Kendrick School
Kendrick School, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5BNThis job expired on 22 September 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
22 September 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Part-Time Role to support an existing job share arrangement (alternate weeks - 8.00am to 12.30pm; 12.30pm to 5.00pm) 22½ Hours per week - Term time - Plus 1 week during the summer holidays and INSET days as and when required
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £12,441 Per year
What skills and experience we're looking for
Part-Time Role to support an existing job share arrangement (alternate weeks - 8.00am to 12.30pm; 12.30pm to 5.00pm)
22½ Hours per week - Term time - Plus 1 week during the summer holidays and INSET days as and when required
Kendrick School is a successful 11-18 girls’ grammar school in the centre of Reading. Graded ‘Outstanding’ in its last OFSTED inspection (November 2022), Kendrick School is a centre of academic excellence with a track record of high performance and achievement.
Required for September/October 2024, an enthusiastic and well-organised Library Resource Coordinator. Experience is not essential however, you must be motivated, creative, and passionate about students’ learning, books and reading. The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills, the ability to work independently, but also part of a team, and be proactive and resourceful.
The role involves working with the current postholder to manage, develop and promote the Library, ensuring that all students and staff have access to a wide range of reading matter, reference materials, research tools and information services. You would be responsible for supervising students and supporting them with their independent learning as well as organising and maintaining the school archives for school events and the Alumnae and creating and refreshing display boards in the Library and around the school.
Kendrick School is a welcoming, inclusive and happy community. We can offer you:
- Friendly, welcoming and supportive colleagues.
- A student body that is motivated and engaged.
- Training and development.
- Local Government Pension Scheme membership.
- Free onsite parking.
- Access to our swimming pool and other fitness/wellbeing initiatives.
- Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
- Term time only contract.
The recent Ofsted report, November 2022 stated: “The Kendrick Pledge emphasises friendship, kindness, respect, equality, tolerance and justice, and these values underpin all that the school achieves. Pupils flourish in this exceptionally caring and inclusive learning environment. Secure, trusting relationships between staff and pupils ensure pupils feel very well supported and safe here. In turn, pupils’ excellent behaviour and impeccable manners make Kendrick a very special place to be”.
What the school offers its staff
Further details and an application form can be downloaded from the school website https://www.kendrick.reading.sch.uk/page/?title=Vacancies&pid=29 or obtained by emailing Amanda Emberson-Powney - aemberson@kendrick.reading.sch.uk.
CVs cannot be accepted as a method of application.
Closing date: 9.00am - Monday 23rd September 2024
(we reserve the right to close the application process early if a suitable candidate becomes available)
Kendrick School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check by the Disclosure & Barring Service. Kendrick School is an Equal Opportunity employer
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 Kendrick School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 903 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Kendrick School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- aemberson@kendrick.reading.sch.uk
Kendrick School is an 11-18 selective girls’ school with academy status situated in the centre of Reading. Kendrick has an impressive record of the highest academic standards and achievements and is acknowledged as being one of the very best state schools in the country; it is a centre of excellence for girls’ education and an outstanding school. Year on year Kendrick has been acknowledged for being in the top 5% of schools in the country in terms of progress of students between KS2 and KS4, using the Progress 8 measure.
Arranging a visit to Kendrick School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email aemberson@kendrick.reading.sch.uk.
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