Librarian

REPORTING TO

• Head of Primary & Head of Secondary

DIRECT REPORTS

• Library Assistant

OTHER KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Teacher, students, Inventories & procurement officer

PACKAGE

• Competitive salary

KEY RESULT AREA 

• Collaborating with the Coordinators in supporting students to complete the Extended Essay
• Collaborating with subject teachers to ensure written and taught curriculums develop inquiry skills
• Ensuring that students have access to quality resources to support the curriculum, research, and pleasure reading across a range of reading levels, and the knowledge of how to access these resources
• Ensuring that the library is an effective study and engaging environment
• Coordinating events that promote inquiry and literacy
• Work with the Lang leads to promote a love of reading
• Instruct students in understanding the library system and assist them in finding the resources they require.
• Help students learn how to correctly cite the information that they find.
• Updating and expanding the current library collections of print and non-print materials in accordance with curriculum, programme, and staff developmental needs, and with the reading interests of students and the wider SSIS community, in consultation with all relevant members of staff; and in accordance
• Maintaining the current collection by ensuring the proper security of resources in the library, that lent items are returned in a timely fashion and that lost items are paid for promptly and replaced.
• Ensure an accurate and up to date inventory of all library resources is maintained, and that additional material is properly received, catalogued, placed, and inventoried.
• Supervising, developing, and evaluating the Library Assistant and the Library Technician.
• Liaising with the ICT technician and Ed Tech Lead to ensure that all automation services and computer related research hardware and software are functioning efficiently.
• Promote the library, inquiry, and literacy through events such as Book Week, visiting authors and writing, information meetings and writing competitions.
• Promote awareness of relevant and pertinent issues through displays, events and resourcing.

• Maintain and promote the use of staff professional development library resources

Extra-Curricular Activities/School Events

• Support school spirit and life beyond the classroom
• Participate in school trips and events as required
• Support the delivery of after school activities/sport coaching sessions
• Create opportunities to develop parent understanding of the importance of literacy skills and the use of the library.

Personal Development

• Continual development through the identification and implementation of your own Personal Development Plan
• Improved performance
• Performance appraisal
• Personal Development Plan
• Valued member of the team and organization

OTHER

Promote and adhere to the Company Vision and Values:

• Opportunity - For us, opportunities need to be meaningful, about achieving potential and making progress.
• Impact - For us, impact is about making a difference. It needs to be immediate, positive and lasting.
• Leadership - For us, leadership is about considering the teams needs as well as your own, setting inspiring examples, being supportive and showing real accountability and responsibility.

• Respect - For us, respect is about listening, being inclusive, showing tolerance and getting the little things right

• All staff are required to manage effective personal development as part of the Companys commitment to invest in staff as the key resource in the organisation
• Everyone must ensure that they meet their statutory responsibilities and Company policies regarding Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities and other relevant legislation
• Any other appropriate duties as allocated by the Head of Primary or Head of Secondary

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS

Qualifications/Training

• Qualified librarian with a minimum of 2 years library experience

• A minimum of a bachelors degree in the subject(s) or area(s)

• Evidence of continuous professional development and commitment to further professional development

Experience / Knowledge

• Demonstrate evidencet of innovating and adapting curricular to engage children and enable them to perform highly

• Evidence of creating innovative ways of promoting a CPD environment

Skills

• Develop strong relationships within local communities and the wider Nord Anglia Education community

• Communicate effectively (both written and verbal) to a variety of audiences and influence a wide range of stakeholders

• Reliable with an attention to detail and a commitment to quality

• Utilise IT effectively

• An innovator with a willingness to embrace change

• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and time-management skills