Assistant Head - Pastoral

Notre Dame Senior School is seeking to appoint an Assistant Head Pastoral to take overall responsibility for the pastoral management and ethos of the Senior School, and also to be an integral member of the senior management team which shares responsibility for whole school issues and works together to fulfil the functions required by the Head Teacher.

Aims:

• To lead and support the Teachers in meeting the objectives of Notre Dame School, by building and maintaining an ethos of high expectation, hard work and independence in learning, resulting in high levels of academic achievement.

• To lead the Year Heads and other pastoral staff.

• To oversee the general welfare and pastoral care of the senior students.

• To keep Senior Management informed on all pastoral matters and issues.

• To ensure that safeguarding practices and policies are in place and adhered to.

Personal characteristics: 

• Be experienced in DSL matters

• Ability to develop and implement policies to deliver the strategic vision for school

• Leadership and management skills to improve and maintain level of attainment and success

• Excellent classroom practitioner who can lead by example

• Ability to motivate students and staff

• Ability to lead, coordinate, delegate and empower

• Experience of carrying out staff performance reviews and acting on any issues that arise from the reviews

• Ability to manage change and work under pressure of changing circumstances

• Ability to see things through to completion

• Excellent and demonstrable organisational skills

• Excellent communication skills along with the ability to listen and understand

• An exceptional role model with high standards of integrity and approachability

• A ‘team player’

• Highly motivated, ambitious, and upbeat

• Calm under pressure with a good sense of humour

• Flexible and collaborative

• Evidence of a commitment to promoting the health, welfare and safeguarding of children

• Evidence of promoting, implementing and monitoring equal opportunities across all aspects of the school

Benefits

• The School has high expectations of its staff, and therefore looks to reward them with a competitive salary scale and beneficial conditions of service

• There is an extensive induction programme for all new colleagues and NQTs and ongoing professional development is encouraged

• There is ample opportunity to take on additional responsibility

Personal

• The School enjoys a fantastic situation: central London is 30 minutes away, the M25 and A3 are 5 minutes away.  Heathrow is less than half an hour.

• Fee concessions are available for the pupils of any member of staff who meet the school’s entry requirements 

• Longer holidays than the state maintained sector

• Free on-site parking

• School Nurse on site

For Recreation

• Free use of the school’s leisure and sporting facilities, including a heated indoor pool

• Free lunch and refreshments are available throughout the working day

Selection Process

To apply for the position, please visit our website http://www.notredame.co.uk/Vacancies where you can access Candidate Information and download an Application Form.  Please note, only applicants who submit an application form will be considered.

Deadline to apply: 9am on Monday 27th February 2017