School Librarian

School Librarian

Start date: September 2024

Term time only

Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 2.00 pm (30 minute lunch break)

Competitive salary and generous benefits

Located in Farnham Royal, South Buckinghamshire

Caldicott is one of the country’s most prestigious Independent Boarding and Day Preparatory Schools for Boys. We are a flourishing school with around 250 boys from 7 to 13 years old, with a five-day week in Year 3 & Year 4 and Saturday School from Year 5, with Flexi Boarding (1st to 4th Form/Years 3 – 6), Weekly, Full Boarding or Day Plus options (5th – 6th Form / Years 7 & 8). We deliver a first-class education, sporting provision and a rich variety of music, drama, arts and extracurricular opportunities in a friendly and supportive working environment. The school is only twenty miles from central London in a beautiful location.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced librarian to manage this core resource, provide a professional and friendly library service to pupils and staff alike and encourage and facilitate a love of reading. The successful candidate will develop our library not only as a hub where they want to learn, read, study and borrow resources but also to explore their creativity and imaginations.

The successful candidate will be:

·        educated to degree level, ideally with a qualification in librarianship;

·        knowledgeable and enthusiastic about children’s literature;

·        collaborative with classroom teachers, providing effective curriculum support and developing pupils reading and referencing skills;

·        Committed to developing our safe and happy learning environment;

·        confident and comfortable with technology (the school uses Oliver Library Software)

·        innovative, with ideas for new initiatives to inspire pupils and develop the library; and

·        have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, resilience, and the ability to work as a part of a team.

Caldicott places the Library at the heart of the community – a place of intellectual challenge that inspires a love of reading and natural sharing of literature. The new School Librarian will build upon this positive culture and play an active role in the curriculum: running reading workshops, competitions, book clubs and introductory sessions to boys of all ages.

Caldicott is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.