Library Manager - Part-time

Mascalls Academy , Paddock Wood

• Ref:KCC886-5439-67S
• Posted:17/06/2022
• Pay:Actual salary £7,463-£10,809
• Start Date:September 2022
• App Close Date:04/07/2022 at 23:45
• Interviews:TBC

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About the role: Mascalls Academy has a fantastic opportunity to appoint a Library Manager, starting from September 2022. The School library is a unique and specialist part of an academy as it fundamentally supports students’ learning and their development to be effective, independent learners and readers. The role will complement the hard work of our dedicated staff - both in teaching roles and support roles. The position is ideal for an English Graduate as it will draw on your genuine passion for literature, or perhaps an experienced Learning Mentor who has experience working with secondary aged pupils, as you will have a solid understanding of the impact that written resources can have on students' learning.  

The successful candidate will be:

• a partner with teaching staff in the education process
• an ‘expert’ in resource and information collation
• a leader and partner with teaching staff in the collaborative design and implementation of information literacy programmes throughout the academy
• a leader in creating and developing a climate to promote and support reading for pleasure across the academy
• an acknowledged partner with all departments to effectively support and resource each key stage
• a partner in out-of-hours learning

Skills, knowledge and qualifications:

• Ideally, our successful candidate will be a graduate with an English-based degree
• Meticulous and precise in their work of ordering, recording and caring for resources
• Friendly and customer-oriented for the outward-facing parts of their job
• Passionate about reading and well-read and up-to-date both in digital and print publishing
• Adaptable and aware of current and emerging technologies

This is a permanent, part time position based on Term time only. The salary offered is dependent on hours and commensurate with experience, please see a breakdown of this below;

• £7,463 - £10,262 per annum based on 16 hours per week
• £7,861 - £10,809 per annum based on 22 hours per week

Please note that hours will be agreed at interview stage.

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Information about the school

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Mascalls Academy community. As a successful and popular academy, we provide our students with the opportunities within the classroom and beyond to develop into young people who will contribute positively to our local, national and global communities.

At Mascalls Academy, we offer an incredibly wide curriculum, there are twenty seven different subjects being taught at GCSE level and twenty nine subjects at A level. We are also proud to be an International Baccalaureate World School offering the Middle Years Programme in Years 7-9 which is designed to develop happy, inquisitive, rounded, independent, globally aware and resilient young people. Our co-curriculum offers an incredible eighteen lunchtime clubs and twenty one after school clubs alongside teams in football, netball, rugby, volleyball and many more.

We achieve academic excellence and promote the Arts, our Creative Arts National Area of Excellence develops the skills and confidence our students need to succeed through visual art, dance, drama and music. There really is an opportunity for everyone to be happy and succeed here and that underpins the very core of our purpose.

Whilst our academy is large, we support our students by breaking it down into smaller schools, known as colleges. Each college is roughly the size of the average primary school and is headed by a large and dedicated leadership team devoted to the academic and pastoral care of the students within it. We prioritise mental health and well being alongside academic achievement through our on-site provision of Place2be, offering full time individual and group therapy sessions for those who need it. In partnership with parents we work closely through the seven-year journey from the very first day to the confident, knowledgeable and disciplined individuals leaving our academy as young adults.

We have incredibly high expectations of behaviour. Our students are happy, they are polite and show respect. Our behaviour systems promote a discipline within our students that prepares them fully for the world beyond the academy. As an academy, as a community we achieve academic excellence, develop strength of individual character supported by our culture of aspiration and celebrating success. Our rewards system recognises the success of our students through achievement points, Golden Tickets, half colours and full colours. Achievement and progress are rewarded within every lesson.

What underpins all that we do is that we truly care, Mascalls Academy really is a community in the truest sense. Developing successful and happy young people requires a team, and strong and supportive communication between all members of our community is essential to ensure this. Our students are balanced and compassionate young people who care for one another and have pride in what we all achieve each and every day.

Thank you for reading and I hope we will be welcoming you to the Mascalls Academy community in the future.- Principal Jo Brooks

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs Julie Wareham
• Address:Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Kent, TN12 6LT
• Telephone: 01892 839024
• Email: wareham@mascalls.kent.sch.uk

Fax: 01892 835648

Documents

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• Library Manager-Job Description-Mascalls Academy