LRC MANAGER

Location: Kings Lynn

LRC Manager
Location :  Springwood High School, Kings Lynn
Springwood High School are looking to appoint a LRC Manager to join their team. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual passionate about fostering a love for reading, managing student resources, and leading a vital hub within the school community.

Start Date:

ASAP
Salary:  Scale D, Point 6 - 7, £13.91 - £14.13/hour approx £23,581 - £23,956 (FTE £26,847
- £27,274 per annum) Please note salary will be pro rata.

Hours:

37 hours per week, 40 weeks per year

Springwood High School
To supervise the LRC on a daily basis, running the LRC and carrying out a range of associated administrative duties
Responsibilities, but not limited too:
To organise the LRC
To use the computerised Library Management System to provide a day to day library service to staff and students, including:
Issues and returns
Overdue loans and letters to parents
Cataloguing, classifying and key words
Genre/recommended reading lists
Stock control
Reports, e.g. statistics
Promote literacy, and the LRC, through the use of displays and reading lists, and attend literacy meetings within the school
Carry out research and maintain links in order to identify and purchase new stock
Maintain an appropriate working environment in the LRC
Supervise LRC computers and assist students when required
Run year 7 or 8 reading lessons as required by the timetable
Keeping up-to-date and aware of the latest recommended reading for relevant age groups
Encourage reading and inspire a love of literature
Train other adults in reading with students (on own, together and in groups)
Provide recommendations and support for additional reading programmes as necessary
Organise and timetable 6th form reading support
Organise testing on Sparx Reader for key stage 3
Organise the annual ‘Book Buzz' event
Organise reading week
Organise reading celebrations at the end of each term
Supervise after-school activities that take place in the LRC
Support the running of extracurricular clubs within the LRC
Collate and maintain shared databases
Liaise with the school's website manager regarding reporting school events
Oversee the creation and compilation of the Year Book
Support with immunisations staffing
Support with attendance home visits, as required
Carry out LRC induction sessions for new students
Photograph new students (other than at year 7 and 12 transition), and new staff
Personal and Professional Conduct
A member of staff is expected to demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct. They are to uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school.
Closing Date for Applications:  19th October 2026
Interview Dates:  Oct 2026

Start Date:

Nov 2026
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable field is met.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from minority ethnic communities and those with disabilities. An enhanced DBS check will be required.
As part of our recruitment process it is necessary for us to perform an online social media check. The reason for the online search is to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet the safeguarding duties set out in KCSIE. There is no other purpose for a search.
This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualifications) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post.
West Norfolk Academies Trust is fully committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, eliminating discrimination. Applications are invited from all sections of society.