Creative Learning Services Librarian

Overview

Using our amazing collections and professional expertise, Creative Learning Services delivers engaging learning opportunities to support the curriculum, inspire pupils and equip staff in schools with knowledge and skills. You will be delivering booktalking, poetry, spoken word, creative writing workshops and reading cafes to primary pupils, secondary students and parents in schools throughout Leicestershire and Leicester. You will be required to transport the session resources to schools and other venues yourself. A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post. We would like you to contribute to developing the CLS library management system and to provide professional advice and CPD to librarians, teaching and other staff in school to support the development of good school libraries and learning opportunities. We are keen to support employees in balancing their working lives with other commitments. Wherever possible, we will consider flexible working arrangements to suit personal circumstances while still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below; this may include term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for managing the paid-for subscriptions of a case load of schools to ensure good customer relationships. With your professional knowledge of children\\\’s fiction and non-fiction you\\\’ll enthuse teachers and pupils about children\\\’s literature to raise attainment and wellbeing and develop and maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the National Curriculum and current children\\\’s literature through your own reading and contributing to the CLS library book selection. You will contribute towards working with local library and educational partners to share expertise in facilitating book awards, online author talks and CPD.

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Library/Information management or significant demonstrable experience of working in a library or information environment
• Experience of working with children and/or young people in formal learning environments
• Knowledge of the current National Curriculum and educational developments in schools
• Up-to-date professional knowledge of children\\\’s literature and authors
• Provision of excellent customer care and understanding of customer requirements, whilst understanding the priorities of operating within an income-generating service
• Ability to take responsibility for managing your own work to deliver objectives to agreed priorities, manage time effectively and ensure all tasks are completed and deadlines met with accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work well in a team and with a range of partners, including schools, community and commercial partners

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to provide evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

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