Cover Manager

Manager Salary: £27,183 - £29,908 pro rata  (£30,856 - £33,950 FTE)

Hours: 37.5 Hours per week, Term Time only inclusive of inset days 7.15am – 3.15pm Monday - Friday

Contract type: Permanent 

Reporting to: Assistant Headteacher

Responsible for: 

The role of Cover Manager is to provide cover during teaching staff absence and is integral to the smooth operation of the school. 

Cover Manager role is to organise the deployment of the cover supervisors, collate the cover and manage the cover process in addition to supervising classes to cover during teaching staff absence. The role is primarily to manage and organise short and mid-term cover for absent teaching staff and includes liaising with supply agencies if additional cover is required.

You will need to be:

• Reliable, committed and consistent
• Organisationally excellent with strong IT skills
• A strong communicator
• Professional, preferably with some school context experience
• Passionate about young people
• Have good interpersonal skills
• Calm manner

The ideal candidate will have 5 GSCEs at grades A-C, or equivalent, with sound numeracy, literacy and ICT skills and proven administrative and organisational skills.  The ability to communicate in a professional and effective manner is essential.  Experience of behaviour/classroom management and working with large groups of 11-16 year olds is preferred but not essential as training will be given to the right candidate. 

In return we recognise your skills and commitment to us:

• Wellbeing days
• A strong and extensive CPD programme
• Opportunities to undertake afternoon wellbeing sessions
• Great facilities with a dedicated office
• Being part of something bigger as part of the high performing Bohunt Education Trust
• Amazing students
• Wonderful colleagues

Our School

Bohunt Farnborough is a vibrant and truly comprehensive school that supports the development of the whole child and celebrates success in the widest sense.  It has a reputation as a small, friendly school, built on strong traditional values, exceptional pastoral care and high academic expectations. . You will play a key role within a  passionate, loyal and talented team of leaders, teachers and support staff, utterly committed to making Bohunt Farnborough the school of choice within its community.  

Bohunt Farnborough is also a school on the move. You will be joining us at the best possible time, with the school having recently joined Bohunt Education Trust, an outstanding multi-academy trust, deeply committed to the development and support of its school teams.  As a leader, you will benefit from being part of a trust-wide admin team, professional networks, exceptional support and CPD.

We acknowledge that we are on a journey of improvement, which is well underway and are looking for dedicated staff who wish to play a part in the improvement of the whole school. This is a team approach and it is often commented on about how warm and welcoming staff are, and how well supported they feel.  We are looking for someone who enjoys working with children, can build good relationships and is a good communicator. We welcome applications from those that are interested in a career in teaching but require school-based experience or people who are keen to have a rewarding job working with students. We are committed to becoming a great school and our ethos of ‘Enjoy; Respect; Achieve’ applies equally to staff and students. 

We look forward to receiving your application.

Details and an application form can be found on our website www.fernhill.hants.sch.uk/joining-us/staff-vacancies  Please email applications to Cindy Reynolds, PA to the Headteacher creynolds@bohuntfarnborough.com 

Bohunt Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and

young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are

encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation,

pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Applicants will be required to demonstrate their commitment to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in line with the school’s policies and procedures. 

Appointments will be made subject to pre employment checks, receipt of satisfactory

references enhanced DBS check including online/social media checks. The school is

committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.