Safeguarding Officer
The Oxford Academy
Oxfordshire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- NJC Grade 8 £24,313 to £26,999 pa pro-rata 37 hours pw term time plus 10 days. Actual salary £21,437 to £23,208 pa
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Septmeber 2019
- Apply by:
- 16 August 2019
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of a Safeguarding Officer at The Oxford Academy. A Good school with Outstanding Leadership Management and Professional Development following and ranked in the top 0.2% of schools nationally and where behaviour in and around the school is positive.
We are looking to appoint a Safeguarding Officer who is highly organised, emotionally resilient and able to prioritise a conflicting workload. Experience of working within an educational setting is desirable but not essential. The successful candidate will need to have a good knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding procedures and must be a clear and effective communicator and have the ability to build and sustain appropriate relationships and manage personal and professional boundaries with children and young people.
This role requires the successful candidate to possess a full clean driving license and be a car owner with availability to use their car in work. There will be the need to adjust working hours to suit the needs and demands of the school which will include attending evening and early morning meetings.
Please see person sepcficiation and job desctipion for further details.
If you have, any queries about the application process or would like further information please email; enquiries@theoxfordacademy.org.uk
Closing Date for applications is: midday Friday 16 August 2019, however applications will be considered on receipt.
To comply with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1998 (as amended by S147 of the Nationality and Immigration and Asylum Act 2002) all prospective employees will be required to supply evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.
The Oxford Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant for any position will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS (disclosure and barring system) and appropriate Right to Work clearances.
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About The Oxford Academy
- The Oxford Academy
- Sandy Lane West, Littlemore, Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX4 6JZ
- United Kingdom
We provide good teaching, small classes, excellent intervention support for literacy and numeracy, reinforced by regular assessments. We make sure we know every student well from the minute they start at our school. Pastoral support at The Oxford Academy is strong and behaviour is of the highest standard. We also work closely with our families and our community to ensure the best possible outcomes for their children.
At The Oxford Academy we insist on high standards for staff, students, parents and governors, whilst at the same time we ensure that there is a caring environment that allows our students to achieve beyond expectations.
We are 3 miles from Oxford Town Centre for which we have a large onsite car park, the best sports facilities within a school in Oxfordshire and provide staff with free use to our gym.
Oxford is physically one of the most beautiful and cultural cities in the world with stunning old buildings and urban villages such as Jericho. As a major university town with it's beautiful colleges and spires, we have a lively nightlife, great museums and plenty of performing arts, from Art-houses to cinemas to the usual multiplexes, along with excellent all round sports facilities from gyms to ice rinks. There is a wealth of fantastic eateries, great bookshops, decent libraries and a historic old covered market, as well as an open-air market . Bicester Designer Outlet Village with its luxury shopping of designer fashion and homeware stores, which offer up to 60% off is only 13 miles from Oxford.
The new Westgate Centre opened in October 2017 and has 800 000 sq. ft. of prestigious global brands, inventive and eclectic restaurants and cafes, a five screen boutique cinema and sophisticated rooftop bars and dining.
We are only 50 minutes by train to London with strong transport links, equally Oxford is close to the Cotswolds', with the dreamy riverside pubs which are such a quintessential feature of Oxford and the home to Inspector Morse, we are a city that has class!
Please come and visit us, we will be delighted to see you.
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