Library Assistant - Part Time

Bedales School; Hampshire (IL); On-site; USD 13,000; Part time

Job summary

Bedales School seeks a Part-Time Library Assistant to inspire students with a love of reading and provide support in managing library services. This role emphasizes a warm and professional approach, assisting across three libraries while ensuring high standards of student behavior during self-supervised hours. Engaging with the school community and potential involvement in developing the Bedales Archive are key aspects of this position.

Benefits

Free on-site parking

Life Assurance

Pension

Personal Accident Cover

Funded Healthcare Cash Plan

Free lunch is provided during term time

Qualifications

• A warm, caring, and positive outlook.
• High standards of professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Support the library in inspiring young people with a love of reading.
• Manage day-to-day library collections and promote the service.
• Assist community members with their information needs.

Skills

Warmth

Professionalism

Job description

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Library Assistant - Part Time

Reference: MAY20259712

Expiry date: 08:00, Fri, 13th Jun 2025

Location: Bedales School, Church Road, Steep, Hampshire

Benefits: Free on site parking, Life Assurance, Pension, Personal Accident Cover, Funded Healthcare Cash Plan

Bedales Senior Library is a Grade 1 Listed building built by Bedalians, in honour of Bedalians lost in World War I, and remains in every sense the heart of the school community. It is open to all from early in the morning to nine o’clock in the evening and is loved and respected by our students. Whilst based at the Senior Library the library team provide a full library service to our co-located Prep and Pre-prep schools and all library positions work across all three libraries.

Our school is a unique educational establishment, set in the beautiful Hampshire countryside. Our aim is to create an environment where questioning, divergent thinking, and freedom to learn from mistakes are all encouraged. Central to our success is the sense that each person is a member of our community whose voice is entitled to be heard and treated with respect. Both our staff and students expect of each other the best kind of relationships - co-operative, authentic and trustful.

Experience & Background

To succeed in this role, you will combine a warm, caring, and positive outlook with high standards of professionalism. You will support the library in its aim to inspire young people with a love of reading, helping them practice the information skills they need to be successful and safe in today’s world with the aim of realising our ideal of curious, independent learners.

Assisting the Head Librarian, you will help run all aspects of the school library service. From the day to day managing of the collections and promoting the service, through to assisting all members of our community with their information needs. Although we are intensely proud of our library, we are committed to continuous improvement and are actively seeking to develop our offering to our students and staff.

Within this role, there is the potential to make a valuable contribution to the ongoing development of the Bedales Archive, which is managed alongside the three Libraries. As a school with a very distinctive history and philosophy, we value our heritage and seek to use it to inspire the present generation. If this is one of your strengths, there would be scope for you to make a significant impact in this area.

This post is Regulated Activity.

Hours of Work

This is a part-time, term time plus role, working during when the school and library are open, and students are present. There are some additional days during school holiday and closure periods. You will work for three days a week, on a bi-weekly rotational basis, with a working week of 22.5 hours. The work pattern will be discussed at interview.

Although, at times, you will work with the Head Librarian in the library, there will be working hours spent as the sole member of staff on duty in the library with responsibility for ensuring appropriate standards of student behaviour.

£12,096 per annum based on the above hours and weeks of work which is pro-rata of the full time equivalent salary of £25,749 per annum.

Benefits
Free on-site parking
Funded Healthcare Cash Plan
Pension with Royal London
Salary Extras Benefits Platform
Employee Assistance Programme
Life Assurance
Personal Accident Cover
Free lunch is provided during term time

Pre-Appointment Checks
All candidates will undergo a Safeguarding Suitability Interview and application for an Enhanced DBS and Barred List check and be asked to provide evidence they are eligible to work in the UK, on an on-going basis, at the shortlist stage of the selection process.

Closing Date: 9:00am Friday 13 June 2025
Application discussions reviews via Teams: on a rolling basis during the advertising period.
Interview Date: Friday 20 June

Early application is advised as Bedales reserve the right to make an appointment at any stage of the application process.

How to Apply

If you are interested in applying for this post please read the Job Description which includes full details regarding the post. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines, CVs cannot be accepted in lieu of a fully completed application form.

If, having read the Job Description, you have further questions about the role, you are most welcome to contact Marianne De Giovanni on 01730 300100 for an informal discussion, or email [e-mail] .

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Candidates will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Prohibition from Teaching Checks, Prohibition from Management Checks.

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:
• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children;
• fostering a culture of openness, safety, equality and protection;
• providing a safe and welcoming environment where both children and adults feel secure, able to talk and believe that they are being listened to;
• playing a key role in prevention of harm and an equal responsibility to act on any suspicion or disclosure that may indicate a child is at risk of harm;
• When concerned about the welfare of a student, acting in the best interests of the student.

All staff have a key role to play in identifying concerns early and in providing help for children and are expected to act in accordance with the school Safeguarding & Child Protection Policies.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job candidates to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.