Temporary Teacher of Geography/Earth Sciences & EPQ ( 0.6 FTE)

Holy Cross College is seeking to appoint a Temporary Teacher of Geography/Earth Sciences & EPQ (0.6 FTE) to commence from 24th August or 1st September 2022 until 31st August 2023.

You will join us on a salary of £25,826 to £42,149 per annum, pro rata p.a. plus excellent benefits! 

The Geography Department is well-established and successful and offers both Geography and Geology A Levels following the Eduqas specification. There are two fully equipped rooms, refurbished to a high standard, with interactive whiteboards and blackout facilities. The department is very well resourced with a range of specialist fieldwork equipment, a wide variety of stimulus material, a comprehensive on-line library and a well-used Moodle site.

We want our students to have the best possible experience of Geography, to become accomplished, active geographers and to unlock their full potential. We set high expectations of ourselves and our students to help all achieve their full potential, using rigorous assessment and timely feedback to ensure learners make excellent progress throughout their time with us and attain highly at the end

At the present time, the Geography team consists of three members of teaching staff, one of whom is also a Geology specialist, overseen by a Curriculum Leader. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed, and innovative Temporary Teacher of Geography/Earth Sciences & EPQ to commence on 24th August 2022. We very much welcome applicants from both school and college sectors

Working at Holy Cross College:

We believe Holy Cross Sixth Form College is a great place to work as we genuinely care about all our staff and want them to be happy working here.

In return our staff can expect:

• Generous holiday entitlement

• Option to apply for sabbatical leave

• Family friendly policies

• Free car-parking (on and off-site)

• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme

• Excellent opportunities for CPD and individualised induction programmes for new staff

• Cycle Hire scheme (subject to terms and conditions)

• VDU eye sight test vouchers (subject to terms and conditions)

• Various health and wellbeing benefits (including an on-site gym, staff well-being initiatives, staff badminton and football)

• Counselling service – face to face counselling as well as access to a confidential telephone counselling service

If you relish innovation and excellence in supporting learning and pastoral care, allied to a sense of community, then we would love to hear from you. We welcome applications from all those who could enthusiastically support this vision and ethos.

Further details and an application form are available from the College website: https://www.holycross.ac.uk/information/job-vacancies/

Closing Date: 08.00 a.m. on 4th July 2022.

Interviews will take place shortly after the closing date.

Holy Cross College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In this respect all applicants are advised that any offer of appointment will be subject to Enhanced Clearance through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) as well as other relevant checks.