Librarian and Malcolm Hancock Centre for Communications (CfC) Manager
Thank you for your interest in becoming part of our Houlton School family. Houlton School occupies an iconic local landmark building set in 20 acres of countryside on the east boundary of Rugby (M1, Junction 18). Our Grade II listed buildings are home to state-of-of-the-art facilities, including specialist Performing and Visual Arts Studios, our own Radio Broadcast facilities, a brand new Sixth Form Centre and more. Also, we have the addition of a Sports England compliant Sports Centre and two purpose- built teaching blocks for Humanities and STEM, each well equipped with computer suites. Our Houlton School’s £39m campus provides a truly exceptional school experience for students aged between 11-18 years. Houlton School is due to welcome our second cohort of Year 7 pupils in September 2022, with 6 forms of entry. Our school will serve our local community - a new housing community of 6,200 homes to be built over the next 15 years; we will be the only secondary school on the development and will set the standard for delivering excellence in education as well as providing a valuable community resource via our facilities.
The Librarian and Malcolm Hancock Centre for Communications (CfC) Manager will be an integral member of our support staff team, working with us to formulate and realising our ambitious strategic vision for a world-class education; together, we will continue to use Houlton’s heritage to build a global hub for communication, the arts and world-class engineering.
Under the direction of the HoF: English and Literacy:
· To develop the provision of for pupils and staff, including the financial management of the resources budget in order to provide an effective resource and information service.
· To organise materials for effective retrieval by classifying, cataloguing, and indexing all Malcolm Hancock Centre for Communication resources, and maintain and monitor stock in order to ensure an effective service that meets the requirements of the national curriculum, pupils and staff.
· To monitor usage of resources and to ensure the security of the Malcolm Hancock Centre for Communication facilities to ensure that resources are available when required and to ensure an effective service for pupils and staff.
· To supplement the academy’s resources through sourcing additional resources from appropriate channels, establishing external links and actively seeking to increase resource provision to ensure access to a variety of resources for staff and pupils.
· To work with the HoF for English and the English team in the promotion of the development and importance of Reading and literacy skills through contributing towards the planning, development and delivery of whole academy Reading and literacy programmes, including taking responsibility for reading young fiction, making recommendations to pupils and promoting co-curricular reading competitions, clubs and interest groups.
· To plan and deliver activities to enhance and widen the curriculum and further promote the importance and love of Reading with other professionals in academy including the HoF for English, Literacy and Acting, and the HoF Inclusion
· To establish and maintain a programme of induction, teach library skills on a timetabled basis, and give ad hoc demonstrations of information/retrieval techniques to ensure all pupils and staff have equality of opportunity to the learning resources.
· To maintain an effective booking system for classes in the Malcolm Hancock Centre for Communication to enhance the usage of the Malcolm Hancock Centre for Communication resources, including the digital broadcast facilities; this includes an understanding that Houlton Academy’s Centre for Communications is about much more than silent reading, and is a vibrant zone for sharing a passion for creativity and communications.
· To contribute to curriculum development through discussions with teaching colleagues, and to advise on the availability of resources needed for curriculum development to ensure that the Malcolm Hancock Centre for Communication supports the delivery of the academy’s curricula.
· To recruit, advise, train and motivate pupil librarians to enable pupils to receive the service they need.
· To monitor the use of IT and the digital Radio Station within the Malcolm Hancock Centre for Communication to ensure appropriate use, including during co-curricular study support sessions.
· To promote a positive working environment within the Malcolm Hancock Centre for Communication in order to encourage and promote the use of the Malcolm Hancock Centre for Communication as a resource and to ensure that pupils have adequate support for their learning needs.
· In the future as we grow, to assist the Sixth Form team in ensuring post-16 students have access to an appropriate range of multi-modal texts for post-16, independent study.
· To understand and be fully committed to the duties and responsibilities in relation to child protection and safeguarding young people.
· To provide occasional cover for other colleagues if required on an ad hoc, short term basis ‘one team, one goal’.
· To undertake any other additional duties deemed reasonable, as directed by the Principal.
Continuing Professional Development
- In conjunction with the line manager, take responsibility for personal professional development.
- Undertake any necessary professional development as identified in the Academy Development Plan taking full advantage of any relevant training and development available, particularly when related to literacy. Ensure there is an annual strategic development plan in place for the CfC, in liaison with the HoF for English, Literacy and Acting.
Safeguarding
- To be aware that all staff are responsible for the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children.
The post holder will have a shared responsibility for the safeguarding of all children and young people. The post holder has an implicit duty to promote the welfare of all children and young people.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £24,791.57-£26,892.93 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Experience:
- Working in Schools: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
