PE and Activities Teaching Assistant with Boarding Duties

We are looking to appoint a PE & Activities Assistants to join us in September 2023. This is an exciting and challenging role, with accommodation and meals provided during term time in return for undertaking boarding duties. It is a full time, fixed term contract for one academic year.

Role overview

We are seeking to appoint a PE & Activities Teaching Assistant to join our PE & Activities staff team. The position is fully residential: in addition to the role in the PE & Activities department, the successful candidate will have a role as a Boarding Assistant in one of the school’s boarding houses. Accommodation within the boarding house is provided during the school’s term time in each case.

As a Teaching Assistant, the successful candidate will be required to assist the PE teachers with the running of a wide-ranging programme of PE and other activities throughout the school. For the residential post, there is an expectation to support the Heads of Boarding House and to help with some aspects of the running of the House in which accommodation is provided.

The role could present an excellent career development opportunity for PE enthusiasts who are considering a career in teaching and/or coaching.

The successful candidate may have the opportunity to further their coaching qualifications through relevant courses. They will also be required to undertake a first aid qualification as well as the necessary training to gain a PCV qualification to enable them to drive a 17-seater minibus to transport students to and from sports and activities venues.

Person Specification and Necessary Qualifications

Applicants must have:

·        Either a degree in PE or a related subject, or other appropriate vocational qualifications and experience;

·        Playing and, ideally, coaching experience in at least one, and preferably more than one, sport;

·        A clean driving license, since all the members of the PE department are regularly expected to drive the School’s minibuses for travel to and from sports venues.

In addition to the above, we are looking for candidates who:

·        Are committed and passionate about PE and about teaching / coaching;

·        Have a caring and cheerful personality and a demonstrable ability to relate to students, parents and colleagues with empathy and sensitivity;

·        Have a mature, responsible, patient and resilient attitude to life and work;

·        Have an ability to be firm while doing so in a friendly, engaging and respectful manner;

·        Are reliable, responsible and well organised with strong communication skills;

·        Have good, reliable and balanced judgement and the ability to think clearly and rationally in an emergency;

·        Are good team players who will work well with colleagues and with students both in PE and Activities and in the boarding context;

·        Have good practical and administrative skills.

Duties and Responsibilities - see all details in candidate brief.

Non-smoking policy

·        d’Overbroeck’s has a strict no-smoking and no-vaping policy (this is intended to cover all forms of e-cigarettes) in all parts of the school, including gardens and grounds. It is part of the responsibilities of House staff to ensure that this policy is enforced. It is also a requirement that House staff be non-smokers.

Salary and pension

·        The salary for the post will be competitive.

·        In addition, and as has already been mentioned, accommodation within one of the school’s boarding houses and meals are provided (during term time) for those undertaking residential, boarding duties.

·        The school has its own pension scheme, which will be open to the successful candidates from the time that they join the school.

·        Please note that the role as set out above involves working through the school’s term times plus a day or two before and after each term to help with opening up and closing down the House.

Applications

For further information, please contact Stephen Creamer, Vice-Principal (staff and curriculum operations), on the school’s main phone number 01865 688600, or stephen.creamer@doverbroecks.com

Applicants should complete the Form entitled Application for a Teaching Post, which can be downloaded from www.doverbroecks.com/posts. The Application Form, full Curriculum Vitae and a covering letter should be emailed to HR@doverbroecks.com and a signed copy sent to:

Human Resources

d'Overbroeck's

333 Banbury Road

Oxford

OX2 7PL.

Applications will be processed on receipt. Please apply as soon as possible, but no later than

16 April 2023.

Nord Anglia Education

In early 2021 d’Overbroeck’s was acquired by Nord Anglia Education, a leading premium international schools organisation. At the start of the 2022-23 academic year, NAE comprised 81 school in 32 countries, employing over 15,000 and teaching over 70,000 students.

You can find out more on their website: nordangliaeducation.com