Sports Enrichment Assistant

Working Pattern: Full Time - term time only

Start date: 27 August 2024

Application Deadline: 03 June 2024, 9am

Salary: Support Staff Grade 3 - £22,736 - £26,818 FTE

Contract: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, Term-Time only

●       Are you an experienced Enrichment Assistant or looking to gain experience in this role?

●       Are you an organised individual, with good attention to detail?

●       Are you passionate about supporting students in education?

●       Do you have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills?

If you can answer yes to these questions, we would love to hear from you.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a Sports Enrichment Assistant to join the Sport & PE department, within an outstanding Sixth Form College. This role involves supporting staff and students in reaching the highest standards possible. Offering a full extracurricular programme enriching the student experience through performance and recreational sporting opportunities.

We seek a charismatic and enthusiastic team player for this exciting and rewarding post within our Sport and PE department. As a long-standing and very successful provider of Sport and PE and competitive sports this post would benefit an individual from a wide ranging sports background, coaching background or a sports graduate.

We are a leader in the delivery of Cambridge Technical Sport (single and double awards) and A Level PE, equipping our young people for the next stage of their lives. We offer a full extracurricular programme enriching the student experience through performance and recreational sporting opportunities. These opportunities allow students to compete at local, regional and national level. Meaningful employer engagement, volunteering and work experience opportunities further prepare students for their educational and sporting future. We seek charismatic, enthusiastic and suitably qualified teachers for this exciting and rewarding post.

The Prospect Trust is a leading Multi-Academy Trust in the South of England, with an aim of providing outstanding education for all learners within a family of local academies. There are currently three academies within the Trust: The Sixth Form College Farnborough, Tomlinscote School and Frimley Church of England Junior School.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Sport & PE Team within an outstanding Sixth Form College. We are seeking a proactive individual to provide an excellent level of support to both staff and students in the College.

Key strengths of The Sixth Form College are:

○       ‘Outstanding’ rating from Ofsted

○       Achievement of high grades with excellent value added;

○       Outstanding teaching by a team of experienced and motivated staff;

○       Exceptional levels of support for students both inside and outside of lessons;

○       Innovative use of IT to promote learning embedded as a regular part of normal teaching.

If you would like to have a further discussion before applying for this role please contact the HR team on team_HR@prospecttrust.org.uk

Please complete the attached application form and equality monitoring form and email all completed applications to recruitment@prospecttrust.org.uk by by 9am, 03 June 2024.

Early applications are encouraged, as the Trust may at its discretion elect to both interview and select candidates before the advertised closing date.

The Prospect Trust takes the control and processing of employee data very seriously and is committed to acting in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulation; please read the attached applicant privacy notice which explains how your data is processed.

Prior to the interview, an online search will be conducted by HR, to identify any past or current incidents or issues that might affect your suitability to work with children and undertake this role. Please note this online search will be carried out only on publicly available information and be limited to issues relating to your suitability to work with children and/or in an educational environment. Issues that arise will not automatically be a bar to your employment at the Trust but may be discussed with you at interview. This is in line with statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified applicants, however all disabled applicants who meet our minimum criteria will be invited for an interview.

The Prospect Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people within our care and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The job description fully sets out the safeguarding responsibilities of the post. Any future offer of employment remains subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS clearance, a health check and references.