School Librarian

Location: Birmingham

Salary: FTE Salary £31,586 - £32,654, Actual £28,965 - £29,935

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Closing Date: 01/09/2025 at 08:00

The Role

Smith’s Wood Academy is a large academy with just over 900 students from Year 7 to Year 11. Located in the north of Solihull, the academy serves students who live in the immediate locality.

Their vision is that every child within the Trust, regardless of their background, will attend an Academy that offers an outstanding quality of education.

This is an exciting time to join the Academy, and a great opportunity to be involved in the next stage of development of this strong team within Smith's Wood Academy. This is an ideal opportunity for a colleague who is ambitious, creative and enthusiastic about helping students to learn in a strong supportive environment.

This role is term time only plus 2 weeks to be worked through the year.

As the school librarian, you will be responsible for maintaining all aspects of the library resources, activities and provision, and support the Academy as and when required.

They are incredibly fortunate that their Academy was built as part of the 'Building Schools for the Future’ initiative.

The Academy enjoys first class educational facilities that are well maintained and conducive to exciting and successful learning opportunities.

Staff and students enjoy;

• Excellent sports facilities - gym, sports hall, climbing wall, swimming pool, multi-use games area (MUGA), all-weather sports pitch and a fitness suite;
• A large outdoor space which is well maintained. Students also benefit from a canopied area, seating areas and outdoor table-tennis facilities for use at social times.
• Drama studios, music suites and recording studios

An extensive programme of redecoration, refurbishment and maintenance ensures that their environment is one in which people want to work- please see their Candidate pack below for more information on their facilities.

Skills and Qualifications

• 5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 4-9) or equivalent
• Commitment to Trust aim and values
• Committed to Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
• Promotes a culture of Safeguarding
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, parents and students
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment
• Awareness of child protection/safeguarding with up-to-date training (or willingness to undertake training)
• Adaptable - ability to adapt style to a variety of situations and people
• Experience of dealing with sensitive and confidential student information

Benefits

• Access to support and guidance from other subject leaders across the MAT and form subject expertise within the Academy SLT
• Bespoke Continual Professional Development (in the academy and online via the National College)
• Perkbox example benefits;
• Discounts at nationwide retailers
• Gym discount
• Cinema discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Up to 4 structured counselling sessions per year
• A MAT wide focus on staff well-being

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

The Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.