Associate Tutor Outdoor Learning and Applied Resilience
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock
Tilbury, Thurrock
- Expired
- Salary:
- NJC Scale 6 Spinal Point 26-28
- Job type:
- Part Time, Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- February 2018 (negotiable)
- Apply by:
- 11 January 2018
Job overview
Do you want to come to work each day with a smile on your face?
Do you want to work for a values led Trust?
Do you want to work at the cutting edge of pedagogic development?
Do you want to work with an inspirational leadership team?
If yes, we want to know who you are.
We are building a team of non-teaching support staff at Olive Academies who are confident and enthusiastic about delivering alternative provision in Thurrock.
We work with people who are determined to improve the life chances of young people aged 11 to 16 with social, emotional and mental health challenges.
We are delighted to offer an excellent opportunity for an outdoor practitioner/enthusiast to be part of our academy outdoor adventure programme.
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate the benefits of working in the outdoors and how this can bring positive effects to our young people and help improve staff well-being. This is an opportunity to bring the passion of the outdoors and expeditionary learning into the classroom and take learning in the classroom outside.
Instructors will work with young people aged 11 to 16 years. Olive Academies places an emphasis on character development, and values developing the whole student to help prepare them for later life and the challenges and opportunities this may hold. Therefore, we are looking for someone who can model and encourage traits such as leadership, communication, determination, ambition, reflection, empathy and conviction. Experience of instructing young people in an outdoor learning environment is both classroom and field based is essential.
Please contact us if you would like to visit our academy. Jo Hill, our headteacher, will be delighted to welcome you for a tour and informal chat.
If you believe you have the skills and expertise to help us in our ambitious journey to outstanding, we want to hear from you.
Job: Associate Tutor Outdoor Learning and Applied Resilience
Salary: NJC Scale 6 Spinal Point 26-28
Full time or part time permanent position
Location: Olive AP Academy - Thurrock
Closing date: 11th January 2018
Interviews: Week beginning 15th January 2018
Return your application form to susie.tyler@oliveacademies.org.uk
About Olive Academies
Olive Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.
Olive Academies is a multi-academy trust, approved by the Department for Education. Established in 2013, it is one of the first academy sponsors specialising in alternative provision in England. Its principal aims are to encourage students, many of whom live in deprived communities, to develop the confidence, skills and knowledge to believe that they can be successful in their own lives. Find out more about the trust www.oliveacademies.org.uk
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About Olive AP Academy - Thurrock
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock
Just 40 minutes from central London by train, Olive AP Academy - Thurrock is based in Tilbury. Our brand new building opened to staff and students in summer 2017. The academy was graded as 'Good' in all areas at its last Ofsted inspection in December 2018.
We work with pupils who have been permanently excluded from school and those who have medical needs. Our alternative provision academy has up to 96 students aged between 11 and 16 on roll at any one time.
Olive AP Academy – Thurrock is part of the Olive Academies Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), approved by the Department for Education. Established in 2013, it is one of the first academy sponsors specialising in alternative provision in England.
Our aim is to transform the lives of children and young people for whom traditional teaching methods have not worked. We help our pupils develop the confidence, skills and knowledge to believe that they can be successful in their own lives.
To find out more about us and our work visit www.oliveacademies.org.uk
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