Teaching Assistant Level 1

We currently have an exciting opportunity for Teaching Assistant Level 1 to join our fantastic team at Manchester Enterprise Academy starting as soon as possible.

The ideal candidate will support access to learning and provide general support for the school in the management of pupils and resources, as directed by senior staff.

This is a Grade 2, permanent post working 35 hours per week (8:30am-4:10pm) term time only plus 5 INSET days. The starting pro-rata salary is £17,679. The full time equivalent is £20,623.

About Manchester Enterprise Academy 

MEA is proud to be part of the Prospere Learning Trust. At MEA our vision is a Fantastic Future for All. This means that we strive to do everything we can to ensure that every single student has the best possible chance of a fantastic future regardless of background. Integral to this, we focus relentlessly on the MEA Way of being safe, respectful, ready and kind at all times. Our academic curriculum is complemented by our Fantastic Futures curriculum. This is designed to develop students’ social, moral, spiritual and cultural character. We strive to provide students with the experiences, skills and attributes to understand the world around them and to develop the cultural capital that is essential to succeed in today’s society. We also pride ourselves on our staff wellbeing work and strive to support staff through a range of wellbeing initiatives. Further information about MEA can be found in the candidate brochure below. 

Main purpose of the job:

To support access to learning and provide general support for the school in the management of pupils and resources, as directed by senior staff.

To work collaboratively with all staff and parents in order to support pupil wellbeing and to promote the five outcomes of Every Child Matters

Key relationships:

All members of staff (Teaching, Safeguarding team, Pastoral team, SENCO, SLT), students, governors, and parents.

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 application closing date is midday on Thursday 23rd March 2023 with interviews to take place on Monday 27th March 2023.

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, please note that interviews may be held at any stage after applications are received and we reserve the right to close the vacancy before the specified closing date if we receive a high volume of suitable 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. Unless applicants make clear on their application form that they have the right to work in the UK by responding to the relevant question and providing their National Insurance Number, we are unable to consider their application and, due to the high volume of applications, may be unable to enter into correspondence with them. We expect applicants to provide this confirmation in order for their application to be considered, otherwise they will not be eligible for the vacancy. 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