Assistant Librarian

Woolmer Hill School; Manchester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Woolmer Hill School is seeking a dedicated Library Assistant to support pupils and staff with library services, process book orders, manage returns, and maintain stock. You will teach information literacy skills and promote reading across the school.

Responsibilities include handling petty cash, cataloguing new resources, supervising pupils, and using library management systems to maintain records and reports.

Qualifications

• Experience assisting students and staff in a school library.
• Ability to process book orders and manage returns.
• Good numeracy for petty cash handling and budgeting.
• Ability to teach basic information literacy skills.

Responsibilities

• Deal with enquiries from students and teaching staff for books and information
• Issue and return library resources and retrieve overdue books
• Handle Petty Cash
• Shelve returned books and other materials and keep shelves tidy and in good order
• Order Processing: selection and purchase of book stock and library materials within delegated budget
• Accession and processing of new library resources
• Care for and maintain library resources
• Undertake stock withdrawals, annual stock check, recycle/update stock
• Supervise groups of pupils at breaks and lunchtime, referring to duty staff as required
• Teach library skills (information literacy/citation) to students and carry out other talks as required
• Use computerised systems for administrative and information purposes
• Maintain appropriate financial and administrative systems including data input in to library databases
• Help to promote the libraries and their services to teaching staff and pupils and assist with specific promotional activities and projects including display work
• Report any maintenance and care problems concerning fixtures, fittings and furniture to relevant staff
• Maintain a calendar of key action points
• Establish links with relevant teaching staff and support the curriculum
• Support school policies and National Awareness Days with displays
• Promote Reading and Reading For Pleasure with displays and presentations
• Manage Accelerated Reader (users, reports, etc.)

Skills

Customer service

Stock management

IT literacy

Information literacy training

Education

GCSEs including Maths & English

Tools

Library management system

Job description

• Deal with enquiries from students and teaching staff for books and information
• Issue and return library resources and retrieve overdue books
• Handle Petty Cash
• Shelve returned books and other materials and keep shelves tidy and in good order
• Order Processing: selection and purchase of book stock and library materials within delegated budget
• Accession and processing of new library resources
• Care for and maintain library resources
• Undertake stock withdrawals, annual stock check, recycle/update stock
• Supervise groups of pupils at breaks and lunchtime, referring to duty staff as required
• Teach library skills (information literacy/citation) to students and carry out other talks as required
• Use computerised systems for administrative and information purposes
• Maintain appropriate financial and administrative systems including data input in to library databases
• Help to promote the libraries and their services to teaching staff and pupils and assist with specific promotional activities and projects including display work
• Report any maintenance and care problems concerning fixtures, fittings and furniture to relevant staff
• Maintain a calendar of key action points
• Establish links with relevant teaching staff and support the curriculum
• Support school policies and National Awareness Days with displays
• Promote Reading and Reading For Pleasure with displays and presentations
• Manage Accelerated Reader (users, reports, etc.)