Classroom Cover Supervisor

The Ecclesbourne School is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to join our support staff team as a Classroom Cover Supervisor. We ask that you are passionate about the power of education to improve the life chances of young people and are a committed team player. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is thinking of training as a teacher and someone who is keen to contribute to our students’ success.

Our ideal candidates will have:

• Good organisational skills, patience, flexibility, creativity and an ability to build relationships with young people
• Previous experience of working in a school
• Good communication skills

You will have the opportunity to:

• Become part of a team of like-minded individuals
• Work with colleagues who are friendly, welcoming and committed to ensuring every student receives a first rate teaching and learning experience 
• Receive full support for training and professional development

We are offering this post as five days per week, term-time only from 8.30am until 4.00pm paid at NJC Point 12 (£26,421 per annum, actual pro-rated salary £19,673 per annum). However, we are willing to consider flexibility around hours and days worked to meet the needs of candidates. Please state your ideal working pattern on the application form. Please note that there is a pay award pending from April 2024 and that this post is fixed-term until 31 July 2025 in the first instance.

We offer immediate membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, excellent opportunities for professional development and a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Continuity of service will be recognised for local government employees. Children of members of staff, with a minimum of two years’ service at the school at the time of application, are included in our admissions criteria.

The school motto of ‘Integrity. Tenacity. Service.’ is at the core of school life. To learn more about our school please visit the school website at www.ecclesbourne.derbyshire.sch.uk. If you share our ethos we look forward to hearing from you.

The reward for working at Ecclesbourne is more than financial and we give back to our staff in terms of wellbeing, training and support.

When applying please outline how your previous experience has prepared you for this role and what skills you will bring to it.  

For further information, please contact Tina Spencer-Keyse, Director of Human Resources, at tspencer-keyse@ecclesbourne.derbyshire.sch.uk or call 01332 843257.

Please do request a visit if you can as you will be most warmly welcomed.

Our preferred method of application is via the school application form, which can be downloaded and completed via the ‘apply’ button. Completed application forms should be sent to tspencer-keyse@ecclesbourne.derbyshire.sch.uk

Please note that we do not accept any applications via CV.

Closing date: 9am on Friday 15 November 2024.

We encourage applicants to apply early as we reserve the right to close applications on an earlier date should there be a high number of candidates.  

Our commitment to safeguarding: Our school is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students, and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment will be conditional on a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, references, health check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check. 

The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain convictions are considered “protected”. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers and, if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice Website and on the websites of charities NACRO and UNLOCK. 

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a school, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics, which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.