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Recruitment Officer (GORSE SCITT)

Recruitment Officer (GORSE SCITT)

The GORSE Academies Trust

Leeds

  • Expired
Salary:
Grade C1 SCP 12-17 (£21,589 - £23,836 per annum)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
13 December 2019

Job overview

Required as soon as possible 

Recruitment Officer (GORSE SCITT) 

Salary Range:  Grade C1 SCP 12-17 (£21,589 - £23,836 per annum)

Hours: 37 hours per week – All year round 

(subject to a 6- month probationary period)

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to work alongside the Principal and the Director of The GORSE School Centred Initial Teacher Training programme (SCITT), in this important and stimulating role, as GORSE SCITT further develops its outstanding provision.

The intention of this role is to ensure the day to day running of the all processes surrounding the recruitment of Trainee Teachers to the SCITT programme. Recruitment of trainee teachers to GORSE SCITT is an integral part of the day to day success of the SCITT. Over the last seven years, GORSE SCITT has trained and supported into employment in excess of 700 teachers. We are an outstanding provider of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) and we receive a large number of applications from candidates wishing to train with us. As a result of this, we interview and recruit weekly, meaning that recruitment is a full time, ongoing activity needing the highest level of administration. 

You should be incredibly organised, efficient, personable and committed. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone wanting to take their career to the next step in a dynamic organisation. 

This vacancy represents an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking, innovative and dynamic team that works within the nationally renowned GORSE Academies Trust. The Trust is relentless in its determination to provide the high standard of education possible in all our settings.  We passionately believe that where teaching is excellent, leadership inspiring and behaviour standards exemplary, all children excel regardless of background. Any candidate who is eager to play an important role in this is encouraged to apply.  We offer a comprehensive and personalised approach to Continued Professional Development which we hope would be of interest to any potential applicant.

An application pack which provides further details of the role is available to download directly from our website at www.tgat.org.uk/jobs  or by email to recruitment@tgat.org.uk.  Please note if you submit an electronic application we will not require a hard copy.  CVs are not accepted.

Closing date: Friday 13th December 2019 (noon) 

Interviews to be held: Thursday 19th December 2019 

The GORSE Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all children and we expect our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure Barring Service Check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.

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About The GORSE Academies Trust

GORSE has a well-known reputation for changing the deal for children and young adults who come from some of the most impoverished parts of the country. Our central mission is to ensure that we play a significant role in removing the stubborn link between poverty and academic underperformance. Consequently, our students and our professionals are in the vanguard of the national drive which seeks to prove that where teaching is excellent, leadership inspiring and behaviour standards exemplary all children excel regardless of background.

ALL CHILDREN EXCEL REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND

Because of the trust’s reputation, we are also seeing the development of a new approach to academisation which is bringing already strong and successful schools forward to convert as new partners within GORSE. Those schools recognise the enormous advantage that comes from belonging to a network of excellence in both leadership and teaching, and we as a trust recognise that there is much to be gained when great organisations are brought together.

WE AS A TRUST RECOGNISE THAT THERE IS MUCH TO BE GAINED WHEN GREAT ORGANISATIONS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER

Our final aim is to challenge the underperformance of other schools and academies through the excellence of our own work. In particular, we have sought to do this through taking advantage of the free schools programme and our trust will continue to look to develop new schools and to sponsor already existing schools in areas of significant educational underperformance. We believe that all great organisations have a role to play in agitating the system.

OUR SCHOOLS ARE HAPPY PLACES WHERE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING HARD AND RECOGNISING THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS.

Our trust is also proud of its generosity in sharing ideas and approaches to the development of teaching and leadership with partners regionally and nationally. We are also humble, and take great enjoyment in learning from others including the very best practitioners nationally and internationally but also those struggling most in their work. This is because we believe that all schools contain areas of brilliance and it is for us as professionals to seek them out, understand their success and ensure that their magic is disseminated.

GORSE, of which GORSE SCITT is a central part, was awarded Teaching School Hub status in 2021. This saw the opening of Leeds Teaching School Hub in September of that year. We were delighted to learn in February 2024 that we have been designated to function as Leeds Teaching School Hub for a further 4 years. That renewed status now means that, as a trust, we have a great responsibility placed upon us to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. The most important single quality that we hope to nurture in all professionals is a passion and love for education and a determination to inspire and support young people, regardless of background.

You can find out more about us, our values and people at www.tgat.org.uk.

Sir John Townsley - Chief Executive Officer.

Leanne Griffiths - Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

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