Cover and Exams Officer
Barking Abbey School
Barking and Dagenham
- £27,979 - £28,992 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Pro rata (depending on expirience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 16 July 2021
Job overview
Cover, Exams and Timetabling Officer
Start Date: September 2021
Permanent Contract
35 hours per week, term time plus 10 days
Salary Scale 6 (Point 18 to 20), £27,978 - £28,992 pro rata
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Barking Abbey School for someone to undertake a new role in School as our cover exams and timetabling officer.
This role is integral to the daily smooth operation of the school and will provide a hardworking and ambitious administrator with great opportunities for growth and development, to work as part of our expanding exams and timetabling team.
The role will be varied, and at times fast paced, enabling the successful candidate to develop skills and specialisms with software, data, and legislation regulations relating to examinations.
A key element of this role is to manage cover each morning, with this in mind the postholder should be able to commence work at around 6.30am during term time.
The successful candidate will have:
• A can do and positive attitude
• The ability to prioritise and plan workload and think of innovative solutions to solve problems
• A commitment to Barking Abbey’s high expectations and ethos
• A desire to work collaboratively and to make a real contribution to the progress of a growing professional service department in school
• Great communication skills with the ability to manage, manipulate and interpret data
• Great ICT skills, in particular a willingness to learn and master new software.
• A willingness to work flexibly in a varied role
• The ability to manage time, and an IT support team, delegating as appropriate, multi-tasking and working to tight deadlines.
The successful candidate will need to be flexible regarding working hours and location in order to meet the needs of the school in particular during busy exam periods
In return we can offer:
• A good school with outstanding features (OFSTED 2017)
• A school where we get to know our students and staff well, find out what they are good at and develop their talents
• A supportive and encouraging staff team
• The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school
• A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management
Barking Abbey is a heavily over-subscribed dual Campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and has a well-deserved reputation for its friendly and supportive atmosphere and its excellent academic achievements.
The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube station and Barking mainline station (25 minutes from Liverpool Street).
Please click here to find out more information about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey www.barkingabbeyschool/join-us/staff-vacancies/
The application process:
A full application form must be completed and submitted via TES https://www.tes.com/jobs/
Closing date for this post: 9:00am 16th July 2021
Interviews to take place: 21st July 2021
Dates are subject to change
Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including a full disclosure check will be undertaken on all successful applicants.
Attached documents
About Barking Abbey School
Barking Abbey is a heavily over-subscribed split site secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and has a well-deserved reputation for its friendly and supportive atmosphere and its excellent academic achievements. With a large KS5 provision and Additional Resourced Provisions (ARP) on each of our campuses, the school provides a varied role for the right individual.
Headteacher
Tony Roe
Values and vision
Our school motto is 'Give and Expect the Best' and we do this by living our values each and every day. Bravery, Excellence, Self-Discipline and teamwork.
Barking Abbey School aims to provide world-class teaching and learning to all its students. Staff strive to offer outstanding pastoral care, and to deliver an inclusive and challenging curriculum while offering regular and robust assessment. The secondary school also has a programme of high-quality enrichment classes.
Recruitment process
We serve a diverse community and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. We also welcome candidates with a non traditional background. The most important thing for us is your desire and ability to make a difference in young peoples lives.
Our recruitment process is fair and transparent and designed to get the best candidate for the role. A sample of our recruitment process is listed below
- Advert placed on TES, internally and in LBBD boards
- Blind shortlisting by a panel against the Job description. Potential applicants are scored. Shortlisting by at least 3 people including one SLT.
- Shortlist for interview based on scores from shortlisting.
- Interview process will depend on role and may include; lesson observations, data or admin tasks, panel interviews, student panels and a final interview
- All assessed tasks are scored according to set criteria and scores are moderated to ensure consistency.
- All panel interviews and final interviews are scored. Each interview has a moderation process to ensure consistency of scores where appropriate. Questions are common to all applicants.
- Feedback is provided by a member of the panel.
Ofsted report
A clear theme running through the school is the positive behaviour of pupils and their excellent attitudes to their work. Pupils are keen to do well and seize the opportunities given by teachers to work hard. They conduct themselves well around the school and are polite and respectful towards others. These attitudes have a strong impact on pupils' achievements because they enable learning to take place without undue interruption.
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