Cover Manager

Purpose of the Role

• To manage the cover diary for planned and unplanned absences
• To supervise whole classes undertaking pre-prepared activities provided by a teacher during short term absence of a member of teaching staff.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Managing cover:

• Manage, arrange and coordinate all aspects of cover as required to ensure effective teaching and learning is uninterrupted and delivered within a safe environment.
• Lead and manage a small team of cover supervisors including performance appraisals, continuing professional development and wellbeing.
• Receive and process cover requests for planned absence and monitor and manage unplanned absences.
• Manage the cover diary, assigning cover supervisors, available teaching staff and agency staff to ensure all lessons are supervised.
• Book and liaise with agency staff during periods of high cover, managing the school’s cover budget.
• Manage the re-rooming of classrooms during examination periods and other events.

Supervising Lessons:

• Supervise pre-prepared activities and self directed learning in the short term planned / unplanned absence of teachers to provide continuity of learning for pupils.
•  classroom / outside areas for lessons, ensuring that resources are available and cleared away at the end of the lessons and completed work is returned to teachers when appropriate.
• Manage the behaviour of pupils whilst they are undertaking work to ensure a constructive learning environment and report, as appropriate, using agreed referral procedures any issues arising.

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week, Term Time plus one week for INSET days; working hours from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm (with 30-minute unpaid lunch break where free meals will be provided on site)

Salary: Full-time Equivalent salary from £32,076 to £34,834 per year, plus outer fringe allowance of £689 per annum

Pro-rata Salary for Term time plus one week contract:Range from £28,025 to £30,384 per annum (inclusive of annual outer fringe allowance)

In return we offer:

• Additional training and support
• Ongoing professional development
• Free Lunch on working days
• Use of the school’s fitness suite/Gym
• Childcare Voucher Scheme
• Staff Wellbeing Programme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free parking on school site
• As a permanent member of staff you benefit from the application being favourably ranked if you apply for a day admission place for your child at St George’s school, subject to meeting the requirements of our published Admissions Criteria and Policy

For details of the role please refer to the Application Pack.

Applications will be shortlisted throughout the process and we may interview and close the advert early if we are in a position to recruit a suitable candidate.  We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply early.

St Georges School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and visitors to share this commitment. This post will require a Full Enhanced, with List Checks, Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).

We are required to conduct online searches about all candidates as part of the selection and appointment process, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online. By submitting and signing your application, you acknowledge that such searches will be conducted as part of the selection and appointment process.