School Librarian

Establishment: Smith\’s Wood Academy Location: Smith\’s Wood Salary: FTE Salary £31,586-£32,654 Actual £28,965- £29,935 Department: English Job Type: Full Time

Closing Date:01/09/2025 08:00 Interview Date: 05/09/2025 Start Date: asap

Additional Information

Establishment: Smith\’s Wood Academy Location: Smith\’s Wood Salary: FTE Salary £31,586-£32,654 Actual £28,965- £29,935 Department: English Job Type: Full Time Closing Date:01/09/2025 08:00 Interview Date: 05/09/2025 Start Date: asap

Additional Information

Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: TTO Plus – Term time only plus weeks Hours per Week: 37.00 Weeks per Year: 47.800 Pay Grade: Support Staff | SC6.20 – SC6.22

The Role

Smith’s Wood Academy is a large academy with just over 900 students from Year 7 to Year 11. Located in the north of Solihull, the academy serves students who live in the immediate locality.

Our vision is that every child within the Trust, regardless of their background, will attend an Academy that offers an outstanding quality of education .

This is an exciting time to join the Academy, and a great opportunity to be involved in the next stage of development of this strong team within Smith\’s Wood Academy.This is an ideal opportunity for a colleague who is ambitious, creative and enthusiastic about helping students to learn in a strong supportive environment.

This role is term time only plus 2 weeks to be worked through the year.

As the school librarian, you will be responsible for maintaining all aspects of the library resources, activities and provision, and support the Academy as and when required.

We are incredibly fortunate that our Academy was built as part of the ‘Building Schools for the Future’ initiative.

The Academy enjoys first class educational facilities that are well maintained and conducive to exciting and successful learning opportunities.

Staff and students enjoy;

• Excellent sports facilities – gym, sports hall, climbing wall, swimming pool, multi-use games area (MUGA), all-weather sports pitch and a fitness suite;
• A large outdoor space which is well maintained. Students also benefit from a canopied area, seating areas and outdoor table-tennis facilities for use at social times.
• Drama studios, music suites and recording studios

An extensive programme of redecoration, refurbishment and maintenance ensures that our environment is one in which people want to work- please see our Candidate pack below for more information on our facilities.

In return we will offer you:

• Access to support and guidance from other subject leaders across the MAT and form subject expertise within the Academy SLT
• Bespoke Continual Professional Development (in the academy and online via the National College)
• Discounts at nationwide retailers
• Employee assistance programme
• Up to 4 structured counselling sessions per year
• A MAT wide focus on staff well-being

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of[1]offenders-act-1974

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Qualifications

Qualification Title

Grade

5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 4-9) or equivalent Essential

Skills

Personal Attributes

Commitment to Trust aim and values Essential

Committed to Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Essential

Promotes a culture of Safeguarding Essential

Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, parents and students Essential

Ability to work effectively within a team environment Essential

Ability to work effectively within a team environment Essential

Abilities, Skills and Knowledge

Awareness of child protection/safeguarding with up to date training (or willingness to undertake training) Essential

Leadership

Adaptable – ability to adapt style to a variery of situations and people Essential

Experience

Experience of working in an educational environment Desirable

Experience/Knowledge

Knowledge of school standards and procedures or willingness to train Desirable

Experience of dealing with sensitive and confidential student information Essential

Fairfax Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

Following the update of KCSIE 2023 Fairfax Multi Academy Trust will now carry out online checks of all appointments.

Fairfax Multi Academy Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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Smith\’s Wood Academy
Windward Way
Smith\’s Wood
Birmingham
B36 0UE

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