Pastoral Officer

Required to work 37 hours per week 41 weeks per year

Fixed Term Contract until 31st August 2022

QEGSMAT is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, supportive and well-organised person to work alongside a team of dedicated support staff at Chellaston Academy, providing a professional frontline service to students, parents and visitors.

We have a fixed term vacancy for a Pastoral Officer who will be responsible for assisting the Student Progress Leader with the pastoral and academic overview of their year group.

Additionally, the successful candidate will lead and manage student behaviour day to day, in line with the School Behaviour Policy, alongside ensuring the attendance is monitored and promoted across the year group, reporting any issues to the Attendance Officer.

This is a newly created yet pivotal role within our Academy and will require making referrals to the pastoral support staff and external agencies as and when required, including safeguarding concerns.

The successful candidates will have:

• Experience of working in an educational setting and have experience of working with children on a 1:1 basis
• Have good organisational skills
• Be confident in dealing with children’s challenging behaviour
• Have good team work and interpersonal skills
• GCSE grade C or equivalent in Maths and English

QEGSMAT's vision is to ‘Question, Explore; Give; Succeed’ and our exceptional staff, strong leadership and motivated children and young people, as well as excellent facilities, provide the successful formula for this.

We offer candidates:

• Support, mentoring and professional learning appropriate to the post.
• A forward looking, hardworking and enthusiastic team of staff with the desire and skills to improve outcomes.
• A location which has a highly successful school, with an aspirational ethos which leads to excellent levels of achievement.
• Staff, students and governors are committed to working together to build a positive learning environment, ensuring continuing success for all students.
• Our core values include hard work and personal courtesy. We firmly believe that the aim of always doing one's best is the key to sustained success.

The application process:

At present, we welcome school visits for interested parties, or if you wish to have an informal conversation to discuss the role in more detail, we would be happy to arrange this. Please call 01332 702502.

Further details about our school can be found on our website.  

Please use the Quick Apply button to apply.

Closing date for applications: 21st October 2021

Interview date: To be confirmed

QEGSMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all

staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Further information about our commitment to Safeguarding can be found -https://www.qegsmat.com/documents/safeguarding.