Cover Officer & HR Assistant
Barking Abbey School
Barking & Dagenham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary Scale 6 SP 26 - 28 pro rata of £25,242 - £26,805 per annum pro rata
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 15 March 2018
Job overview
Cover Officer & HR Assistant
35 hours per week, 6.30am-2.30pm
Term Time Only (38 weeks per year)
Start Date: ASAP
Salary Scale 6 SP 26 - 28 pro rata of £25,242 - £26,805 per annum pro rata
Actual Salary £20,725 - £22,008
Ref: 0164
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Barking Abbey School for a Cover Officer & HR Administrator to work in a fast past demanding HR team. The main purpose of the role is to ensure that all lessons are covered so that the school runs smoothly when lessons begin at 8.30am, for this reason the postholder must be able to start work no later than 6.30am. It is vital that the successful candidate have a positive solution focused can do attitude at all times whilst working in a pressurised environment which demands the individual to be continuously flexible to ever changing priorities. You will need a professional attitude towards customer service, exemplary organisation skills, proactively planning in advance. Meeting high quality standards whilst maintaining a sense of humour. The role makes up part of a small hard working team that you are required to work closely which is well supported by the wider school team. You will be required to work with a team spirit approach whilst balancing that need by using your initiative working unsupervised regularly.
The successful candidate must have experience of coordinating cover (preferably in a school setting), operating the SIMS cover screen and producing sophisticated SIMS reports and excel spread sheets to an intermediate level, have worked with recruitment agencies SLAs, understand safer recruitment in education, a basic understanding of employment legislation would be beneficial.
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.
Interested applicants should download the core staff application form, found on-line at www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk Only fully completed application forms will be accepted, CV applications will not be considered.
Closing Date: 9am, Friday 16th March 2018
Interviews: Week Commencing 19th March 2018
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 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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