Literacy Tutor and Librarian

Required start: January 2025 or sooner by agreement 

Contract: Permanent, Part Time 30 hours per week, Term Time Only + 1 week (39 working weeks) 

St Bernard’s Catholic School is a high performing Secondary school in a  beautiful corner of Cumbria, a stone’s throw from the Lake District National Park – an incredible place to live and work.

We are a school where all are ‘known and loved’. We are proud to be part of the Mater Christi Trust comprising 16 schools (and growing) across Cumbria and Lancashire, providing incredible opportunities for growth and development for our staff. If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and believe in high expectations for all, we would love you to apply for this Librarian & Literacy Tutor post.

The successful candidate will be a confident individual who can work alongside children to successfully deliver a reading intervention package, play an integral part in every child’s reading journey and be accountable for the progress children make with reading.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Director of Literacy, the English Department and the SENDCo.  Experience in this field would be beneficial, but is not necessarily essential.

We are seeking to appoint a candidate who is highly motivated, optimistic, solution focused and flexible. They must be open to change, should work well as part of a committed team and must be able to cope with the various demands of working in a busy secondary school. In addition, the successful candidate should be willing and prepared to develop their skills through ongoing  professional learning.

We would welcome applications from someone who has: 
· The ability to work proactively and independently with general supervision.
· High level organisational, planning, ICT and administrative skills.
· Experience of supervising or managing others. 
· The ability to relate well to children and adults. 
· The ability to work constructively as part of a team, understanding school roles and responsibilities and your own position within these. 
 

We would really encourage candidates to come our visit our wonderful school if interested in this post. 
 
Our School can offer you;
· A school where “Students describe the school as a loving environment” and “Students behave in a mature and sensible way”, “They respect each other and their teachers and enjoy learning”. 
· A professional, enthusiastic and supportive team of staff with the capacity and commitment to raise student achievement. 
· Centralised behavior systems to support teaching staff.
· High quality and regular CPD
· Supportive parents, Governors, Diocese and Trust. 
· A well-resourced school with good results. 
· A strong commitment to developing staff and creating the leaders of tomorrow. 
 
An application pack and further details about the post are available from: www.stbernardsschool.uk. Completed applications should be returned to: angela.williams@mater-christi.com
 
Closing Date: 12 noon on Friday 13th December 2024 
Shortlisting: Friday 13th December 2024 
Interviews:  Week beginning  16th December 2024
 
St Bernard’s Catholic High School is part of the Mater-Christi Trust in the Diocese of Lancaster. The Trust actively promotes diversity, unity and community cohesion and that it supports pupils to become successful, compassionate citizens. The Mater Christi Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process.

For this post, prior to appointment Mater Christi Trust will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check,  two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening, carry out online searches for shortlisted candidates, and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006’.