Library Manager

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Woodhouse College is a popular and oversubscribed 16–19 academy of around 1,500 full‑time students on a vibrant campus in North London and one of the top‑performing sixth form colleges in England. The College now seeks a Library Manager to join the team and run the library as a welcoming and interesting place to provide students with what they need to study, learn and research.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring a safe, calm, customer‑focused and high‑quality environment for all students.
• Managing student behaviour appropriately so that everyone can use the space effectively.
• Communicating what the library offers and how to access its resources.
• Selecting, acquiring and organising relevant, useful and up‑to‑date resources.
• Managing the library software and cataloguing systems and administering the daily loans of IT hardware so that stock is tracked, maintained and locatable.
• Managing the budget optimally, actioning annual improvement plans, and managing the team so that the facility is as effective for students as possible.
• Leading, managing, training and developing team members and helping recruit and induct new staff when necessary.
• Actively building relationships with staff in curriculum areas to review and develop the resources offered.
• Guiding students in research and referencing for their assignments, such as coursework and EPQ.
• Representing the library among other college services and reflecting the needs of others in the way the library works.

Skills and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent (a Library or Information Science qualification is desirable).
• A vision for what makes an excellent library service and the ability to promote it.
• A warm and welcoming manner with excellent customer service skills.
• The confidence and people skills needed to oversee and manage the behaviour of young people courteously and assertively.
• Experience of successfully managing a library service in an educational environment.
• Financial and resource management experience.
• Experience of the successful management of a team.
• A thorough knowledge of the demands of a general A level programme and the ability to advise teachers and students on learning resources.
• The ability to work constructively with a wide range of staff and students in the interests of the service and developing students’ independent learning skills.
• High‑level written and oral communication skills.
• Fluency with and an interest in relevant IT and software and an interest in AI – the opportunities and challenges it poses for students and learning.
• Enthusiasm for personal development and the ability to inspire such enthusiasm in others.
• Very strong learning ethos and a positive workplace culture.
• Excellent pension schemes (TP and LGPS).
• Generous holiday entitlement for support staff.
• Eligibility for the Blue Light Discount Card.
• Option to apply to sabbatical schemes.
• Internal CPD programme.
• Well‑resourced library for staff personal use.
• Free eye tests and contributions towards glasses.
• Free flu jabs.
• Free parking on site.
• Employee assistance programme – free counselling, support and guidance on a wide range of topics.
• Excellent sports facilities for staff badminton, football and table tennis.

Required from: January 2026.

Closing date: 9 am on Monday, 8 December 2025.

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time