Assistant Librarian

Assistant Librarian Permanent Job share - part time during term time September 2026 The Godolphin and Latymer School is one of the country’s leading independent day schools for girls, located on a six acre site in Hammersmith, London. The School’s facilities are excellent, making it an exciting place to learn and work. The students at Godolphin and Latymer receive unrivalled academic and pastoral support and outstanding examination results are achieved. We currently seek to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Assistant Librarian to join the school on a permanent and job share part time, during term time basis from September 2026. The recently developed Library facility, situated at the heart of the school, boasts a bright and state-of-the-art working environment which provides our students with modern study areas supporting our commitment to both scholarship, and innovative teaching and learning. Our library stocks approximately 21,000 books, plus several thousand ebooks and audiobooks, along with a substantial collection of subscription databases and websites. In addition, the library provides Chromebooks for student use. The Assistant Librarian provides support for the Library and for the Librarian. Duties of the role include but are not limited to; maintaining an appropriate learning environment, dealing with queries from students and staff, assisting with Library lessons, cataloguing and identifying and making available further resources. The Library is open and staffed from 8.00am to 7.00pm Monday to Thursday and 8.00am to 6.00pm on Fridays during the term time, on a rota basis covered by the Librarian and Assistant Librarians. The role therefore includes sole supervision of the Library at times. The working hours are part time, Monday to Thursday 2.30pm to 7.00pm and Friday 2.30pm to 6.00pm during term time, which includes the full weeks in which a term begins and ends. The salary will be commensurate with the post and will depend upon