Waynflete Academic, Senior School Sports (FTC)

The School

Magdalen College School, founded in 1480 by William of Waynflete, is one of the country’s leading independent day schools. It is situated in an enviable location at the heart of Oxford beside the River Cherwell.

The Role

MCS is seeking to appoint a hard-working, skilled and motivated individual from 1st January 2023, to help further develop sport within the School. The successful applicant will be expected to coach pupils from the ages of 7-11 in a variety of sports including Rugby, Hockey, Tennis, Athletics and Cricket. This will involve participation in training and fixtures as well as contributing to School life through a variety of duties, supervision, trips and events.

The precise nature of the role will be shaped to fit the strengths of the candidate appointed, but the key roles are likely to include the following:

• Coaching, refereeing/umpiring and managing teams in the focus sports, which are rugby, hockey, cricket and tennis.
• Taking responsibility for sports teams at fixtures (after school and on some Saturdays)
• Assisting with any administration, planning or coaching of the games programme as required.
• Leading and assisting in the coaching of sports sessions.
• Assisting in PE Lessons in a range of activities, building experience through the curriculum.
• Additional extra-curricular training sessions.
• Supervisory duties, covering classroom lessons, and accompanying trips as required (sometimes during the school holidays)
• Ensuring coaches and pupils have access to appropriate equipment required for all fixtures and training sessions.
• Enthusiasm and passion for sport and encouraging pupils in to club sport and raising awareness of the representative pathways.
• Attending and contributing to MCS Sport departmental meetings and Open Morning activities.
• Overseeing the School sport section of the noticeboard, school website and contributing, where appropriate, to whole school marketing.
• Helping to collate sports reports and results and updating the MCS Sport website – mcssport.org
• Any other duties which may be reasonably requested by the Head of School Sport, Director of Sport, or Senior staff.

The Candidate

This is a fabulous opportunity for those considering a future career in teaching with the majority of candidates that join us deciding that this is the route they would like to take.

The successful candidate is likely to be able to demonstrate/have:

• An ability to work closely with the Sports Department and provide support for coaches from teaching staff is key
• Ability to demonstrate technical knowledge and initiative
• Ability to display a high level of organisation mixed with enthusiasm for pupil participation
• Excellent communicating skills to effectively communicate with pupils, parents and staff.

Desirable:

• Experience of either playing or coaching at a high level
• Previous experience of coaching or teaching in a school
• an understanding of sport as part of a thriving extra-curricular provision

Application Process

Candidates should click "Apply now" to submit the “MCS Application Form for Teaching and Support Staff” which can also be found on the Job Vacancy link of the website (www.mcsoxford.org). To access Click here. To apply for the position please send the following three documents to the HR Administrator, Miss Aimee Edwards (recruitment@mcsoxford.org).

1. “MCS Application Form for Teaching and Support Staff” Form
2. CV (Curriculum Vitae)

All documentation should be sent no later than Monday 28th November, at midday; early applications are highly encouraged. The school’s preferred method of communication is by email and it will not be necessary to send a hard copy of the documents by post.

References may be taken up in advance. If you do not wish references to be called for at this stage, please make that clear on the reference section of the application form.

We anticipate holding interviews in the week beginning Monday 5th December, but we reserve the right to interview before this date. We will be in contact with shortlisted candidates by telephone. Please be aware that all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a “Self-Disclosure” form before attending their interview.

Equal Opportunities

Magdalen College School recognises and is committed to ensuring applicants and employees from all sections of the community are treated equally regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marital and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Safeguarding Policy

Magdalen College School is committed to the safeguarding of pupils, and any offer of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, the receipt of satisfactory references, the school’s pre-employment medical questionnaire, plus sight of relevant original ID documentation and degree certificate(s). This role will be in regulated activity and will require a children’s barred list check as well as an enhanced DBS check. The enhanced DBS check is due to this role being exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Remuneration and other benefits

The position is full-time, term-time only (plus Inset days) fixed-term contract until 31st August 2023 with a salary of £22,000 pro-rata.

Non-teaching staff are automatically enrolled in the school’s contributory Group Pension Scheme. This is a defined contribution pension scheme into which the employee contributes 5% of gross salary and the employer contributes 10%.

School fee remission for the children of permanent staff who pass entrance tests for the school is currently 50%. Headington Girls’ School currently allows permanent staff daughters who pass entrance tests for the school a 20% remission. (Headington fee remission is only available to staff with an FTE of 50% or over).

There is a wide range of benefits on offer to staff, including a free lunch during term time, free private health insurance and complimentary use of school sports facilities. Head to mcsoxford.org/vacancies to find out more.

Please note that MCS is an inner-city school, with very limited parking. Staff are encouraged to use public transport wherever possible for their journey to work.

Additional Information

For more information, please see the attached ‘Information Pack’.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact the HR office: 01865 253401.