CCF Contingent Commander
The King's School Canterbury
Kent
- £35,000 - £45,000 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Dependent on experience; accommodation available
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 4 June 2021
Job overview
Based in the stunning setting of the Precincts of Canterbury Cathedral and St Augustine’s Abbey – a World Heritage Site – The King’s School is one of the oldest and most prestigious Schools in the country with an enviable record of academic excellence and achievement.
The King’s School is seeking an individual with Regular or Reserve military experience, ideally as an Officer. They will lead, manage and organise the Combined Cadet Force (CCF) at The King’s School Canterbury and, in doing so, enable participating students to develop powers of leadership through military training whilst promoting the qualities of responsibility, self-reliance, resourcefulness, endurance and perseverance.
Ideally the candidate will be able to offer some form of subject based academic teaching, therefore will have a degree that is relevant to one of the schools many subjects if not already qualified as a teacher themselves. If the successful candidate is able to teach a subject, they will be part of the King’s Teaching Salary Scale.
The successful applicant will lead a popular Combined Cadet Force. They will have acquired the broader knowledge, experience and outlook to inspire, motivate and manage not just the cadets and NCOs, but also the staff and other adult volunteers. They will possess excellent organisational and administrative skills to ensure a high-quality experience for all cadets and staff and effective use of resources. In addition to working normal working commitments there will be weekend and holiday commitments where a willingness to work sometimes long, odd and flexible hours, sometimes away from home, will be necessary.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- To plan, update and oversee all Training and Development Programmes for all staff and pupils for The King’s School CCF and ensure that all are actively engaged according to school and MoD policy.
- To plan and oversee arrangements for all CCF exercises, camps, training days, inspections, and activity periods.
- To oversee the overall care and maintenance of MOD issued equipment with particular emphasis on the safe storage of arms and ammunition, including holding and renewing the School Firearms Certificate.
- To keep the Headmaster, staff and parents informed of CCF activities in which pupils are engaged, according to School and MoD policy.
- To ensure that accurate registers are maintained (including using WESTMINSTER) and missed attendance is followed up and appropriate action is taken.
Those considering applying but requiring more information, can contact the current Contingent Commander, Major Adam Vintner, for an informal discussion: arv@kings-school.co.uk
Applications should be submitted online through the King’s School website: www.kings-school.co.uk > Staff Vacancies, and should include a personal statement for the Headmaster and a CV.
Closing date: 9.00am on Friday, 4th June 2021.
Interview date: w/c 7th June 2021.
The King’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About The King's School Canterbury
THE KING’S SCHOOL is a leading independent co-educational boarding school, situated in the heart of the historic cathedral city of Canterbury in Kent. The precincts of Canterbury Cathedral are part of a world heritage site, a centre of pilgrimage and study, and host to over one million visitors each year from many different cultures. This international dimension deeply influences the life of the city and the school.
The origins of King’s date back to the arrival of St Augustine in 597 AD and the school’s Christian tradition remains at its heart although pupils and staff subscribe to many different faiths and beliefs and none. Embracing this diversity, there is a desire to foster fairness, tolerance, courage, perseverance, mutual respect and understanding. The Benedictine tradition of developing mind, body and spirit within a community given to hospitality still influences the life of the Cathedral and the school lives out its life in that context. Thus, academic excellence and scholarship take their place alongside the school’s commitment to physical and cultural endeavour. Sport is strong, with a number of boys’ and girls’ teams at national level. Music and drama are outstanding, both having the finest traditions and producing performances of the highest standards. King’s Week, the school’s own Festival of Creative and Performing Arts, offers well over 100 events and attracts thousands of visitors each summer.
The curriculum at King’s is based upon strong academic roots. It emphasises and relies upon what is best in traditional school education: scholarly excellence, supported by a caring pastoral and tutorial system, and a wide-ranging co-curricular programme. The curriculum is continually adapting and reacting to the changing demands of modern education: new subjects are added, new teaching techniques adopted, and there is an increasing awareness of the need to provide programmes of study that match individual needs and skills. The school does not gauge its success by exam results alone but by broader measures of educational attainment and personal development, helping pupils to achieve their potential and equipping them to play an active and responsible role in society as young adults.
Our family of schools comprises The King’s School, Canterbury (KSC), The Junior King’s School (JKS), and the International College, all in Canterbury, with an international school in Shenzhen opened in September 2019. At KSC there are over 860 pupils, split 50-50 boys-girls, of whom about 80% are boarders. There are six boys’ boarding houses, seven girls’ boarding houses and three mixed day houses. Junior King’s occupies a fine rural site on the banks of the River Stour, in Sturry, two miles from Canterbury. There are over 350 pupils at Junior King’s of whom 20% are boarders.
The King’s School occupies various sites around the Cathedral and its precincts. Many teaching departments and the majority of houses are in the beautiful ancient buildings around Green Court and Mint Yard on the north side of the Cathedral. To the east of the Cathedral the St Augustine’s Abbey site is home to five boarding houses, a medieval refectory, and the magnificent neo-Gothic school library containing over 30,000 items. There are two major sites for sport: Birley’s, and the Recreation Centre, both within walking distance of the school, with rowing at Westbere Lakes in Sturry. The King’s School Malthouse Theatre opened in April 2019 with a 350-seat auditorium, studios, teaching, dance and rehearsal spaces.
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