• About The Role

  • Please note: This post is offered on a three day per week job share basis, with working days to be agreed at interview
     
    We are looking to appoint an experienced and motivated Learning Resource Manager to lead the strategic development and day-to-day management of the school library at Avanti Fields.
     
    This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate who is passionate about reading, research skills and resource development to make a meaningful impact across the whole school.
     
    The successful candidate will play a central role in supporting curriculum delivery, strengthening students’ information literacy and promoting a strong culture of reading for pleasure.

    Working collaboratively with subject leaders and teaching staff, you will ensure that high-quality, diverse and accessible resources are available to all learners, while creating a welcoming and inspiring library environment.
     
    School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.
     
    What will you do?
    • Lead and manage the school library and learning resources, ensuring they are well organised, inclusive, accessible and effectively promoted across the school.
    • Select, acquire and maintain high-quality print and digital resources that support the national curriculum, equality and diversity, and wider reading for pleasure.
    • Work collaboratively with teaching staff and subject leaders to support curriculum planning, develop information literacy skills and advise on copyright compliance.
    • Promote a strong reading culture by leading initiatives that inspire reading for pleasure and supporting independent learning.
    • Manage the library budget, systems and environment, while supervising and training staff, volunteers and pupil librarians.

  • About Us

  • Why should you apply  

    You will be working in a fantastic environment. 

    Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place. 

    We offer a range of staff benefits including professional development opportunities, retail discounts, flexible working options, well-being programs, and more; further details at the bottom of the page

     
    What are we looking for?
    • Knowledge and understanding of library and information skills
    • Knowledge of how ICT can be used to support reading development
    • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and the ability to adapt to very different audiences
    • Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students
    Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role
     
    Further information
    Pre-employment checks
    Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
    Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
     
    Diversity and Inclusion
    We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. 
    Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
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About our School

Avanti Fields School is an all-through, faith-designated (Hindu) state school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018, and first intake of Nursery and Reception students in September 2022. The school is rapidly expanding and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues its journey to outstanding.

The staff at Avanti Fields School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students.

This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:

  • Educational excellence
  • Character formation
  • Spiritual insight