Midday Assistant

Required: ASAP

Contract Type: Part-Time, Permanent

Salary: Scale 2.3 (£24,012) Inclusive of Outer London Allowance

Actual Salary: £2,795 p.a.

Hours: 5 hours per week

Weeks per year: 38 weeks per year

FTE: 11.64%

Application Deadline:5/10/2023

Building Great Learning Communities

Our Mission is 'To build great learning communities'. To accomplish our mission, we keep our 3 core beliefs at the heart of everything we do: Courageous Optimism, Boundless Creativity and Heartfelt Compassion. We support our schools to deliver excellent pupil outcomes, create vibrant, exciting environments and offer rewarding careers for employees. To help us with this, we are looking to appoint a Midday Assistant at Benhurst Primary School to provide a safe and positive lunch-time experience. The successful candidate will:

• Share our passion and commitment to building great learning communities for our pupils
• Have excellent communication skills
• Be professional, approachable and caring
• Have first aid knowledge preferred but not essential
• Enjoy working with children (experience preferred but not essential)
• Work as part of a team

The successful candidate will be part of a positive environment, with dedicated and supportive colleagues who strive for excellence. The school is committed to providing the very best learning opportunities for the pupils in a safe, secure and friendly environment.

In return we can offer you:

• Supportive and friendly colleagues
• Happy, friendly and well-behaved pupils
• A stimulating and welcoming learning environment in a fantastic school community with a family feel
• High quality continuous professional development
• An all-inclusive and supportive Senior Leadership Team and Multi-Academy Trust
• Free flu vaccinations
• Access to the Schools Advisory Service (SAS) the Trust’s employee well-being support and medical programme. This includes 24 hour a day access to a GP helpline for you and those within your household, a counselling service, stress management, weight loss programme, physiotherapy, menopause support and much more
• A colleague Support Pack regularly updated with local financial guidance, schemes and support
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to TES Development
• Links with the local community, including our charity partner, The Trussell Trust Food Bank
• Retail discounts

Applications:

Please forward your completed application form, together with a letter of application and supporting paperwork to recruitment@lifeeducationtrust.com by 9am Thursday 5th October 2023 . A copy of the school’s Support Colleague Application Form can be found on the school website benhurst.havering.sch.uk/. Shortlisting and interviews will take place shortly after. The school reserves the right to interview prior to the deadline date. For further information about this role, please contact Vicky Smith, Head of HR via email at recruitment@lifeeducationtrust.com. Visits to the school are welcomed.