Resource Learning Centre Manager

Overview

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a mixed Academy for 1,300 students aged 11–18, with a large sixth form. The Academy has four consecutive Outstanding judgments by Ofsted, with the most recent inspection in 2025 finding it Outstanding in every category. We are a consistently high performing school and value a well-supported and valued staff body.

• Appoint and manage the Learning Resources Centre (LRC) to maintain a professional, stimulating and tidy learning environment and foreground student achievements.
• Manage, organise and supervise the Learning Resources Centre.
• Ensure learning resources equipment is well maintained and report computer faults promptly.
• Contribute to presentation and consultation evenings and meet with parents to encourage reading beyond curriculum time.
• Provide advice to staff, students and the community on Learning Resources.
• Devise and offer INSET activities in teaching and learning techniques and training in the use of Learning Resource materials.
• Liaise with the English and media teams and external providers to publicise and organise an annual book week.
• Liaise with the English and media teams to organise frequent visits from writers to raise the profile of reading and writing for pleasure.
• Liaise with other information agencies, including other resource areas and LRC managers across the Federation.
• Develop and implement study and information skills linked into the curriculum.
• Participate in community links, including opening out of academy hours.
• Keep robust records to enable efficient management of resources across the academy.
• Monitor, evaluate and review the use and development of the area.
• Devise intervention programmes to support and challenge targeted students to accelerate reading skills.
• Analyse data and provide detailed reports to evaluate student progress.
• Support English and Mathematics GCSEs or equivalent requirements.

• Knowledge of the National Curriculum, particularly for English.
• Experience of managing a library service.

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

• Competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

We value the diversity of our staff and students and strive to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve.

GBP 31,000 – 42,000 per year