LRC & Literacy Programs Lead

IMJobs; Norwich; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

IMJobs is seeking a dedicated LRC Supervisor to manage daily operations of the school Library Resource Centre. You will run the LRC, provide a full library service to staff and students, and oversee cataloguing, stock control, and reporting.

You will promote literacy through displays, reading lists, and involvement in literacy meetings, while training staff and coordinating reading programmes and year-group reading support. The role is based in Norwich, with a 37-hour week over 40 weeks per year.

Qualifications

• Experience organising and managing a learning resource centre or school library.
• Ability to operate a library management system for day-to-day lending, cataloguing and stock control.
• Strong interpersonal skills to promote literacy and support students and staff.

Responsibilities

• Organise the LRC and supervise its operations.
• Provide day-to-day library service to staff and students using the LMS.
• Issue and return items, manage overdue loans and communications with parents.
• Catalogue, classify and create keyword indices for stock.
• Promote reading through displays, reading lists, and literacy meetings.
• Train adults in reading with students and support reading programmes.
• Organise and timetable after-school reading support and Year 7/8 reading lessons.
• Collate databases, reports and statistics; liaise with website manager for event reporting.

Skills

Library management

Customer service

LMS software

Reading promotion

Teamwork

Tools

Sparx Reader

LMS (Library Management System)

Job description

IMJobs is seeking a dedicated LRC Supervisor to manage daily operations of the school Library Resource Centre. You will run the LRC, provide a full library service to staff and students, and oversee cataloguing, stock control, and reporting.

You will promote literacy through displays, reading lists, and involvement in literacy meetings, while training staff and coordinating reading programmes and year-group reading support. The role is based in Norwich, with a 37-hour week over 40 weeks per year.