Librarian & Marketing Officer

Swinton Academy; Mexborough; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Swinton Academy is seeking a passionate individual to help embed a culture of reading across the academy and beyond. The role places the library at the heart of literacy development, working with whole-school leads to support students in improving reading skills and engagement.

The post holder will work independently, support intervention groups, and contribute to the development of young people’s reading fluency, using ICT tools including interactive whiteboards.

Qualifications

• Must be able to work independently and with initiative.
• Support student reading intervention groups.
• Develop reading fluency and contribute to a culture of reading.
• Demonstrate good communication skills and professional conduct.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside whole-school leads for literacy and reading.
• Be based at Swinton Academy but may work at other locations within the trust.
• Support the library as a core feature of the reading culture.
• Assist with ICT-enabled teaching and learning resources.

Skills

Independent work

Reading intervention

Reading fluency

Communication skills

Energetic and flexible

Professionalism

ICT literacy

Education

GCSE standard or equivalent

Tools

Interactive whiteboards

Job description

Working alongside the whole-school leads for literacy and reading, the post holder will play a key role in ensuring that reading is fully embedded in to the culture of the academy, with the library at the core.

The successful candidates will:

• Be able to work independently and with initiative
• Be willing to support student reading intervention groups
• Be interested in the development of young people, especially their reading fluency
• Have good communication skills
• Be energetic, well-motivated and flexible
• Have a professional manner and plenty of common sense
• Be educated to GCSE standard or equivalent
• Be able to work with ICT including interactive whiteboards

The role is based at Swinton Academy, but you may be required to work at other locations within the trust.

Safeguarding

ACET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants should read our safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on the ‘policy’ section of our academy websites.

It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children. This post will involve regular contact with children, and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared. Guidance on this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Additional checks in relation to the Childcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successful candidates to junior academies. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be required from you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.

Equality

ACET is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity throughout the recruitment process. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and your application will be assessed purely on your ability to do the job.

We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. Where required, we will make reasonable adjustments to the selection process for an applicant with a disability.

Please note if you have not received a reply within three weeks, your application has been unsuccessful.