Librarian and Reprographics Coordinator 

Houstone School have an exciting opportunity for an organised and proactive Librarian and Reprographics Coordinator to join our wonderful support team. The successful candidate will have a passion for promoting literacy, reading and learning, alongside strong technical and administrative skills to manage print and copy services efficiently. This is a dual role that combines managing our vibrant school library with overseeing our reprographics service – supporting students’ literacy development and ensuring staff have the resources they need to deliver high quality teaching.

At Houstone, our values of Integrity, Ambition, Excellence are underpinned by very high expectations and drive in everything that we do. We have a powerful culture which is warm but strict, based on clear routines, systems, and structures. As a result, our staff enjoy their roles within Houstone school experiencing impeccable behaviour and hardworking, highly motivated pupils.

Joining Houstone School as a Librarian and Reprographics Coordinator is a fantastic opportunity to be part of our story – providing transformational experiences for thousands of pupils, developing our staff to be the very best they can be, and influencing the wider system by demonstrating first-hand what is achievable.

Key Duties

• Manage the day to day operation of the school library, including supervising students, maintaining resources and promoting reading initiatives (including breaktime, lunchtime and after school)
• To develop a culture of reading for pleasure and promoting the positive use of the library.
• Oversee all reprographics requests from staff, ensuring timely and high quality production of teaching and learning materials.
• To manage the resources – books, magazines, newspapers, folders and computers, selecting new resources according to the development plan.
• To run an effective reprographic service for Houstone School, ensuring agreed deadlines are met and processes followed.

The ideal candidate will

• Have experience working in a library or an educational setting
• Have excellent organisational and communication skills
• Be proficient in using IT and reprographic equipment
• Be passionate about reading and promoting literacy to students
• Have demonstrable experience of dealing in person with a wide range of people in a customer orientated service
• Be able to prioritise workload effectively and work to deadlines
• Be able to sort accurately alphabetically and numerically
• Have a flexible can-do attitude and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Ability to use own initiative and remain calm under pressure

Job Specifics

Start date asap

Salary  AS 6-8 FTE £26,298-£27,133 actual pro rata salary £23,991 - £24,753 dependent on experience

Job role Permanent, Full time, Term time + INSET, plus 2 weeks, 41 weeks per year, 37 hours per week,

Monday–Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am – 4:30pm

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.  Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.