Lead Cover Supervisor
Hampstead School
Camden
- £30,622 - £32,486 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Scale SO1
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 1 June 2023
Job overview
The Lead Cover Supervisor will play an important role in ensuring effective management of cover lessons and cover work by leading a small team of dedicated staff to provide continuity in students’ learning.
The successful candidate will help maintain consistency in lesson experience for students through unfailing adherence to the school’s standard operating procedures, contributing to the development of a purposeful working atmosphere.
The Lead Cover Supervisor will possess an ability to build effective working relationships at all levels, be highly organised with excellent admin skills and able to remain friendly and approachable at all times, with a professional manner.
Our non-teaching associate staff perform a fundamental role in improving life chances for our young people, so the Lead Cover Supervisor will be critical in ensuring students learn to the best of their ability in the absence of colleagues and achieve their potential.
The details of the post are:
- Contract status: Permanent
- Weeks per year: Term Time Only (which is 39 weeks a year)
- Days per week: Monday to Friday
- Hours per week: 35
- Shift pattern: 8.00am to 4.00pm with an hour unpaid break
- Grade: Scale SO1
- Actual salary: £30,622 to £32,486 (depending on experience, but will increase once NJC pay deal is agreed for 2023-24 financial year)
What we offer:
- a collaborative administration team that is experienced, innovative and supportive
- a diverse and inclusive community, where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit
- an ideal opportunity to work in a friendly and supportive environment.
We need you to be:
- in possession of excellent organisational skills with a willingness to respond positively to changing circumstances
- able to work flexibly in a team situation whilst being able to prioritise, show initiative and work independently, ensuring key routine tasks are achieved within deadlines
- able to communicate with a wide range of audiences, including students, parents, some external agencies
Closing Date: Thursday 1 June 2023 at 9am
Interview Date: Tuesday 6th June 2023
We welcome applications from colleagues who are looking to work part time and will always consider job shares or other flexible arrangements.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check. Checks will be made with previous employers.
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About Hampstead School
Hampstead School is Camden’s largest maintained comprehensive School, educating 1330 students (including 300 in our stand-alone Sixth Form). The school is oversubscribed with a waiting list in all years, admitting 7 forms of entry from over 70 primary schools. Founded in 1961 as a mixed comprehensive school, Hampstead School has remained firmly committed to inclusive and nurturing education; quality of relationships based on respect and responsibility underpin all our endeavours. This is combined with a laser-like focus on the highest expectations of achievement and a belief that every student can and will achieve means that Hampstead School’s reputation for creativity and inspiration is firmly rooted in rigour. This continues to be epitomised in our motto “Learning Together Achieving Together”.
Reflecting our part of North West London, Hampstead School’s intake is predominantly from the local areas of Kilburn, West Hampstead, Cricklewood and Willesden. Our learners represent the diversity of our communities with over 70 languages spoken by our 50%+ bilingual students.
The school has been almost completely rebuilt over the past 5 years with our modern inspiring facilities offering a vibrant and brilliantly equipped place to work and study.
Ofsted noted that “Staff really like working at the school. They feel valued and very well supported". This is an exciting, dynamic place to work, and its vitality greatly benefits the pupils. Our equally diverse staff is well supported and encouraged to achieve their career aspirations. They have a passion for learning and commitment to delivering outstanding education to our students. Consequently, we are proud of our terrific record of staff development, second-to-none, whereby posts arise because of the excellent career progression that teachers at Hampstead School experience.
Our package includes
· Our own school Teaching & Learning Professional Development
· Professional on site coaching
· Further bespoke CPD through Camden Learning
· Thorough New Qualified Teacher (NQT) programme and strong track record of working with Teach First, Teaching Leaders and Future Leaders
· Support for your well-being through our well-being team, and 24/7 Access to a personal employee assistance helpline
· Access to counsellors, occupational health and mental health practitioners on-site
· Free eye care vouchers and annual onsite free flu jab
· Salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work
· Season ticket loan
· Family friendly absence policies such as paid time-off for primary school plays, child-care emergencies and house moves.
· Guarantees to work-life balance such as no expectation of excess presenteeism or to open e-mails out-of-school hours.
Hampstead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhance DBS check.
Hampstead School is close to Cricklewood Thameslink Station and close to the triple transport hub of West Hamsptead stations (Tube; London Overground; Thameslink). A number of buses stop close to the school including the C11 at the dedicated Hampstead School bus stop.
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