Pastoral Manager

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a highly committed Pastoral Manager to work in our fantastic team at MEA Central.

This a Grade 6 role, working 35 hours per week, term-time only plus 5 INSET days. The pro-rata salary is £24,774. The full time equivalent salary is £28,900.

The candidate will take responsibility for providing a designated year group of students with outstanding pastoral care and guidance as well as developing positive links between home and school, working closely with parents / carers to ensure that every student will thrive and succeed. 

About MEA Central 

MEA Central is proud to be part of the Prospere Learning Trust. Our vision of a fantastic future for all our students is easy to understand but complex to achieve as the future evolves so rapidly around us. Our students have to adapt in order to build themselves a secure and resilient future. Our vision underpins all we do, and our starting point is excellent academic results. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in working at a school with a phenomenal culture that is achieved through commitment and hard work. Further information about MEA Central can be found in the candidate brochure below. 

Main responsibilities 

·        Effectively lead and manage the behaviour of the year group, ensuring the regular monitoring of behaviour through learning walks, managing behaviour escalations, preventing issues through a range of mediation strategies and addressing incidents that occur during the day through the ‘on call’ system 

·        Work closely with Curriculum Leaders and Teachers to identify barriers to learning and achievement; guide and direct staff in the implementation of intervention and support strategies to overcome those barriers 

·        Encourage students to interact and work co-operatively with others 

·        Be the first point of contact with students to raise safeguarding concerns, taking initial responsibility for Child Protection matters within the year group and working with the Safeguarding Team to support students at risk 

 ·        Lead on the successful re-integration of students on return to school e.g. from exclusion / alternative education placements and on work experience placements as appropriate 

Key skills and experience 

 . A committed educational professional, with experience to support the school in its next stage of development

. Demonstrates a good understanding of current relevant issues and developments within education

. Proven experience in the 11-16 phase

. Demonstrates an understanding of the role of support staff and other professionals who work to help students reach their potential.

. Excellent communication skills, evidence of ability to relate to all sectors of the school community

. Demonstrates ability to produce good quality written documentation that effectively communicates key pastoral information to different audiences

. Ability to monitor key pastoral measures, evaluate and challenge using a range of evidence

. Ability to identify barriers to learning and engagement, including behaviour management strategies.

Working for us: 

Great schools thrive because of the great people in them. 

Prospere Learning Trust offers a variety of employee benefits, including; 

• a commitment to continuous professional development for all colleagues 

• membership to Bupa Level 1 Health Plan which allows employees to claim money back for a range of health expenses such as prescriptions and dental treatments 

• access to counselling, financial, legal and personal advice provided through either our free Bupa or Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including confidential 24 hour support 

• Cyclescheme access 

• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) contributions and Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS) contributions 

The closing date is Monday 6th February. Interviews to take place shortly thereafter.

Applying to work for us 

Applications will only be accepted on the TES application form and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage. Applications may not be considered if they are incomplete. We cannot accept CV's. We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applicants.  

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview. 

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. This is not a role in which the Trust sponsors a visa application. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, the Trust will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references. 

Safeguarding Children 

All schools within the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. 

Equality Statement 

At Prospere Learning Trust we are committed to creating a community of belonging. This means we continually celebrate the diverse communities within our schools and the communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. 

If you would prefer to request a manual application pack, or should you require any additional support in completing your application, please feel free to contact us on 0161 527 7953 or via e-mail at hr@prospere.org.uk