Assistant Headteacher - Personal Development and Employability

The David Nieper Academy is a newly formed academy in Alfreton. A new school building opened in early 2017 therefore this is an immensely exciting time to be joining the academy and being a key component in the future development.

Due to our growing pupil numbers the Governing Body is seeking to appoint an additional Assistant Headteacher to lead on the areas of Personal Development and Employability. We are very proud of our work on Personal Development which is led by a number of Middle Leaders and currently overseen by a number of members of the SLT, we now seek to bring this remit under a single leadership role. In addition, the employability agenda is central to the ethos and vision of our academy and Trust, and we are looking to ensure that this approach is continued and further embedded across all aspects of our academy life and work.

The successful candidate must be an inspiring role model, able to lead and work well as part of a flexible team, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, have a ‘can-do’ attitude, be highly organised and have the ability to work under pressure.

The Governing Body is committed to the safeguarding of children and young people, so all staff appointments are subject to employment checks and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Candidates should indicate an acceptance of, and a commitment to, the Academy’s policies in relation to equality and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

It is an offence to apply for this role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Please follow the below link to view the Christopher Nieper Education Trust Safeguarding/Child Protection Policy https://davidnieper.academy/about-us/academy-policies/

Job description – Assistant Headteacher – Personal Development & Employability

As a member of the David Nieper Academy leadership team, you will:

·        Think strategically while being able to deal with immediate challenges

·        Provide opportunities for staff to grow and develop

·        Set a high standard through personal example

·        Contribute in a variety of ways to the day to day running of the academy

·        Support all academy events

General role responsibilities

·        To strategically lead all aspects of Personal Development including:

o  DNA Way and assembly elements of the Tutor Programme

o  Personal, Social, Health and Careers Education

o  Pupil voice

o  Pupil wellbeing

o  Equality & Diversity

o  Safeguarding – Deputy DSL

o  Extra-Curricular activities

o  House activities

o  Employability agenda and links with our Employer Partners

o  Employability Curriculum

o  Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG)

To line manage:

o  Extra-Curricular and House coordinators

o  Head of PSHCE

o  Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance assistants

·   To strategically lead and develop, bringing together all aspects of Personal Development across the academy working with and through the leads in each area

·        To lead and oversee in conjunction with the Progress and Achievement Leaders the DNA Way and assembly programme elements of the Tutor programme

·        To strategically lead, develop, monitor and review the development of the employability agenda, incorporating all aspects of the Gatsby Principles into excellent practice across the academy.

·        To strategically lead, develop, monitor and review the development of the Nieper employability benchmarks, incorporating all aspects of the principles into excellent practice across the academy and sharing across the Trust and other schools.

·        To lead, develop, monitor and review the work with the academy employer partners, seeking to develop strong and sustainable relationships

·        To lead, develop, monitor and review the employability curriculum including the Employer challenges and the Year 7 & 8 Enterprise curriculum.

·        To lead, develop, monitor and review Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) working alongside the assistant

·        To monitor and evaluate impact on pupil progress and skill development

·        To lead, develop and support the development of the Nieper Employability benchmarks

·        To lead, develop, monitor and review the extra-curricular activities working with and through the Extra-Curricular and House coordinators

·        To support all aspects of Safeguarding across the academy, leading on the staff training and policy oversight

·        To contribute to the academy development plan and academy self-evaluation, providing regular reports to governors

·        To make a full contribution to the wider leadership and management of the academy

·        To lead a duty team as part of the leadership team

·        To attend SLT operational meetings each day 8am and strategic meeting 4pm- 6pm each Tuesday

·        To have a teaching commitment of approximately 45% - any subject area will be considered however the following subjects are particularly welcome: French, Psychology, Health & Social Care, PE, Science or Maths.

 A reduction in teaching commitment will be provided to ensure the time to carry out the roles.

Accountability

·        Be responsible for producing development plans and relevant sections of the SEF for all areas of responsibility

·        Be a full and contributing member of Senior Leadership Team

·        Attend relevant governor meetings as required

·        Lead and coordinate the employability Steering group

·        Prepare and present reports on areas of responsibility for governors as required