Woodhouse College is a popular and oversubscribed 16–19 academy of around 1,500 full-time students on a vibrant campus in North London and one of the top-performing sixth form colleges in England. The College now seeks a Library Manager to join the team and run the library as a welcoming and interesting place to provide students with what they need to study, learn and research.
Key Responsibilities
* Ensuring a safe, calm, customer-focused and high-quality environment for all students.
* Managing student behaviour appropriately so that everyone can use the space effectively.
* Communicating what the library offers and how to access its resources.
* Selecting, acquiring and organising relevant, useful and up-to-date resources.
* Managing the library software and cataloguing systems and administering the daily loans of IT hardware so that stock is tracked, maintained and locatable.
* Managing the budget optimally, actioning annual improvement plans, and managing the team so that the facility is as effective for students as possible.
* Leading, managing, training and developing team members and helping recruit and induct new staff when necessary.
* Actively building relationships with staff in curriculum areas to review and develop the resources offered.
* Guiding students in research and referencing for their assignments, such as coursework and EPQ.
* Representing the library among other college services and reflecting the needs of others in the way the library works.
Skills and Experience
* A bachelor’s degree or equivalent (a Library or Information Science qualification is desirable).
* A vision for what makes an excellent library service and the ability to promote it.
* A warm and welcoming manner with excellent customer service skills.
* The confidence and people skills needed to oversee and manage the behaviour of young people courteously and assertively.
* Experience of successfully managing a library service in an educational environment.
* Financial and resource management experience.
* Experience of the successful management of a team.
* A thorough knowledge of the demands of a general A level programme and the ability to advise teachers and students on learning resources.
* The ability to work constructively with a wide range of staff and students in the interests of the service and developing students’ independent learning skills.
* High-level written and oral communication skills.
* Fluency with and an interest in relevant IT and software and an interest in AI – the opportunities and challenges it poses for students and learning.
* Enthusiasm for personal development and the ability to inspire such enthusiasm in others.
Benefits
* Very strong learning ethos and a positive workplace culture.
* Excellent pension schemes (TP and LGPS).
* Generous holiday entitlement for support staff.
* Eligibility for the Blue Light Discount Card.
* Option to apply to sabbatical schemes.
* Internal CPD programme.
* Well-resourced library for staff personal use.
* Bike scheme.
* Free eye tests and contributions towards glasses.
* Free flu jabs.
* Workstation assessments.
* Free parking on site.
* Employee assistance programme – free counselling, support and guidance on a wide range of topics.
* Excellent sports facilities for staff badminton, football and table tennis.
Salary: £38,897 – £41,019 gross per annum plus £3,382 London Weighting (£42,279 – £44,401 inclusive) per annum, depending on experience.
Required from: January 2026.
Closing date: 9am on Monday, 8 December 2025.