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The Council is in the process of implementing a new pay and grading structure under the national Single Status agreement. The salary for jobs earning a basic between £15,470 and £46,479 is subject to that review and may therefore change in the next 12 to 18 months.

Schools

Based at Gosforth High School
Learning Resource Centre Assistant
Ref: ED/G/5016(e)
£15,895 - £16,663 per annum, pro rata (actual £13,450 - £14,099 per annum)
37 hours per week, term time only

Gosforth High is a highly successful 13-19 school which is part of the Gosforth Federated Schools along with Gosforth Junior High School. We were graded ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted – ‘Nothing is merely ordinary and much is exemplary’, Ofsted March 2008. The High School has over 1700 students on roll, including 650 in the sixth form and following a restructure of our support services we are hoping to appoint to this new post for September 2009. The post holder will be required to assist in the daily running of the Learning Resource Centre under the direction of the Librarian. The successful applicant will have a range of responsibilities to include providing a full service to staff and students, including processing and maintenance of stock, assisting users in both selection of books and use of ICT and other administrative tasks. You will need to clearly demonstrate an interest in and empathy for young people. You will be required to have a flexible approach as you will be working across the federated schools.

This school is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the CRB and a range of other recruitment checks.

For further details and an application pack please contact: Mrs E Tolley, Administration Officer, Gosforth High School, Knightsbridge, Great North Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 2JH. Tel 0191 285 1000.
Closing Date: 10 July 2009

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