This is the coordinator post for the learning resource centre at Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth, part of Outwood Grange Academies Trust. The post holder selects, acquires and catalogues stock, and leads reading programmes and events to raise standards of reading. It is a 37-hour, term-time-plus-five-days role that includes supervising pupils, running lunchtime and after-school activities, and building community links. Experience in a library or learning resource setting is essential, and the start date is 4 January 2027.
What the job involves
- Manage the LRC, including selection, acquisition, cataloguing and organisation of all resources
- Supervise and promote reading programmes and events to raise reading standards
- Actively supervise pupils
- Maintain high-quality working conditions in the LRC
- Ensure optimum use of ICT
- Assist students in developing research skills
- Run after-school enrichment and lunchtime activities
- Develop community links to promote reading
- Provide regular reports on the LRC's needs, performance and usage
What’s required
Experience
- Experience of working in a library or learning resource environment
Skills & knowledge
- Communicating effectively with a wide range of audiences
- Maintaining confidentiality
- Using standard ICT packages such as Microsoft Office
- Excellent time management and organisation
- Relating sympathetically to students and recognising child safeguarding issues
Other
- Willingness and ability to enhance own qualifications
Nice to have
- Experience of working in a school environment
What’s offered
- Investment in professional development
- Investment in staff wellbeing and workload
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
