Libraries & Learning Resources Assistant (Kettering)

Location: Tresham College - Kettering Campus

Benefits: People’s pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Hours/Weeks: 22 hrs per week - 38 weeks per year

Contract Type: Permanent - Term Time/Part Time

About the role:

We are currently seeking a Libraries & Learning Resources Assistant to join our Student Services department at The Bedford College group.

As a Libraries & Learning Resources Assistant, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Actively contributing to the effective and efficient day to day running of campus Libraries, maintaining a welcoming and orderly learning environment with high standards of customer care and close links with curriculum and other staff
• Raising levels of learner retention, success and value added through the provision of an outstanding Library service with a focus on teaching and learning.
• Proactively supporting learners in overcoming barriers to the successful completion of research and other learning tasks and actively promoting and facilitating the use of the full range of learning resources.
• Providing support to learners and staff for curriculum-based activities.
• Being a first line help for learners and staff in locating and using to the best effect all resources within the areas, online sources of information and internet-based research.
• Promoting learner independence and self-determination through positive working relationships with learners.
• Contributing to the delivery of an efficient and effective Library and Information Service
• Operating the Library Management System for the issue, receipt and reservation of books and other items, fines calculations and the searching and maintenance of borrower records.
• Contributing to the maintenance of a tidy, orderly, and well-presented learning environment. Returning stock to shelves in a timely manner and maintaining shelf order. Contributing to displays and other promotional activities.
• Maintaining an appropriate environment for all types of library use and ensuring that behaviours are not detrimental to the learning or studies of other students.

About you:

• Possess a good all-round level of education to include Maths and English to GCSE (Grade A – C) or equivalent level (level 2)
• Have experience delivering user education to groups of learners and give clear concise advice and instruction to learners and staff
• Have excellent IT skills, experience of Windows based applications, internet-based research and willingness to develop new skills
• Have demonstrable knowledge of Equality and Diversity
• Have excellent learner behaviour management skills
• Have excellent customer care and communication skills
• Be flexible, reliable collaborative team player
• Be able and willing to work until 9 pm weekday evenings, if required
• Possess the ability and willingness to work flexibly including occasional weekends and hours to meet organisational needs

Interviews to be held: 27 February 2025

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About The Bedford College Group
The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire: Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and Tresham College in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough; Shuttleworth College, a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport alongside Silverstone race circuit. To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

Safeguarding our Students
The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.

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