Library Assistant

Overview

We are seeking a Library Assistant who is passionate about supporting reading, learning and student development within our dynamic Lord Wandsworth College Library. Our College Library is more than a space for fiction and information resources. It is a welcoming physical environment for reading and study, a social space and meeting point for school clubs, and a digital hub where pupils develop research skills and critical thinking.

The Library Assistant will support the effective day-to-day operation of the Learning Resource Centre, ensuring it remains an attractive, inclusive and accessible resource for pupils, staff and visitors. Working in coordination with the Hampshire School Library Service, the role will stock, catalogue and organise resources that support teaching, learning and independent study.

Contract:

Part-time (20hrs per week | 10.00 am to 2.00 pm), term-time only, fixed term until the end of the summer term.

• Support the day-to-day operation of the Learning Resource Centre.
• Stock, catalogue and organise resources that support teaching, learning and independent study.
• Collaborate with the Hampshire School Library Service as part of role activities.

• Contributory pension scheme
• Fee remission for children
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, including support for emergency time off for dependants
• State-of-the-art, restaurant-quality hot and cold food available (complimentary)
• Death in service scheme - 4 times your annual salary
• Friends and Family referral scheme (£250 for each referral)
• Give as you earn and staff volunteering day
• Use of wide-ranging school facilities - swimming pool, tennis, walks, trails, etc
• Excellent social and sporting events for staff within the school

Further details about this role, including Key Responsibilities and Person Specifications, are outlined in the supporting 'Role Profile' document. Should you wish to discuss the role in strict confidence, please feel free to contact Peter McNeely, Assistant Deputy Head  apply, please visit the vacancies page of our website via the Apply button. Closing date:
Midnight on Friday, 16th January 2026. Interviews:
Week commencing 26th January 2026. The college reserves the right to close the role early. Please note, two references will be required prior to the interview.

We welcome people of all faiths and those who are committed to these values. We recognise that we have under-represented groups within our workforce. As part of our commitment to diversity and equality of opportunity, we are actively encouraging applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions and those with a lived experience of poverty as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce.

We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm. Appointments will be made subject to receipt of satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check. The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. The successful applicant will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check and references.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Lord Wandsworth College is a registered charity (Number: 1143359) providing outstanding, caring education for boys and girls since 1922.