Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Woodside Green, A SHARE Primary Academy
Kirklees
- £28,768 - £31,139 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 4 October 2024
Job overview
About Us
SHARE Multi Academy Trust comprises Woodside Green Primary, Heaton Avenue Primary, Luck Lane Primary, Millbridge Primary, Royds Hall, Shelley College, Whitcliffe Mount School and Thornhill Community Academy. A central team provides a number of services, including School Improvement, Finance, ICT, HR & Payroll, Premise & Compliance and Governance Services.
We believe in helping staff and students achieve their personal best and are keen to recruit the very best talent to our trust.
More than six hundred people work hard across the trust to ensure we provide the very best education and service across all our schools, from invigilators joining us for a few hours a year through flexible part-time work to many full-time teaching and support roles.
There are many reasons why you will enjoy working for the trust. You will be surrounded by supportive people working together with a common goal for all of our students and aiming to value and support all colleagues in order to help them achieve their personal best.
If you decide to join us, we will ensure you have what you need to make a positive difference in your education role. We will seek out your ideas and ask for your opinions regularly using staff voice.
Our CPD commitment is second to none, and the training and developmental opportunities on offer will empower you to make improvements in all aspects of your role. The training you receive will help you fulfil your potential, whatever your stage of career.
For support staff, we offer a personalised programme tailored to both job and level of experience and, where possible, training linked to a national standard, for example, the Higher Level Teaching Assistant status.
Job Description
Under the direction of your Line Manager, you will be a dedicated member of the support staff team, which includes leadership posts, classroom-based support staff, pastoral staff, the premises team, and administration staff, as well as our valued contractor staff which includes cleaners and caterers.
For candidates who have not worked in the education sector before, this is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced environment that is challenging but immensely rewarding, as whatever your position, you are helping shape the next generation. For those candidates who already work in schools, this could be your next career move where your experience will be valued and utilised to our advantage, as the trust has a genuine belief that our support staff are crucial in helping us deliver the very best teaching and learning.
Benefits
The trust offers a wide range of benefits, including employee assistance programmes catering for the individual wellbeing needs of staff, wellbeing champions and designated wellbeing resources for staff, flexible working opportunities (where practical), occupational sick pay, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave, competitive pension schemes with the opportunity for shared cost AVCs, money-saving ‘salary sacrifice’ cycle schemes and tech schemes.
Essential Criteria
We are looking for an individual who demonstrates through their personal statement in the application form that they meet the essential criteria detailed in the job description in terms of knowledge, experience, skills and abilities. We can only shortlist candidates who meet the essential criteria and who are qualified for the job, so please do evidence in your application form that you have what we are looking for withing the context of this job.
In summary, we are looking for a self-motivated individual who expresses a desire to join the trust and believes that together, we can make a difference for all of our students.
For more information and to apply, please visit our careers portal.
Closing date: Friday, 4th October 2024.
Interview date: Wednesday, 16th October 2024.
SHARE MAT is committed to the Equalities Act 2010 and also to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children and young people, by adhering to the “Keeping Children Safe in Education” guidance. All staff and volunteers are regularly trained regarding our expectations in keeping our students safe. An enhanced DBS is required for every post and an online search will be undertaken for all shortlisted candidates.
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About Woodside Green, A SHARE Primary Academy
- Woodside Green, A SHARE Primary Academy
- Main Avenue, Cowlersley, Huddersfield
- West Yorkshire
- HD4 5US
- United Kingdom
Rated Good by Ofsted in 2022, Woodside Green, A SHARE Primary Academy, is a small and friendly academy. It has a clear vision to deliver an excellent education to its pupils, which in turn enables them to shine as individuals, make a positive contribution to society, and reach their full potential.
Woodside Green is one of nine academies within the well-regarded and high-performing SHARE Multi-Academy Trust. Part of a close-knit, diverse community, the academy is well located for commuting from Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wakefield. Woodside Green is proud to offer:
- A supportive and ambitious environment where all pupils are encouraged to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead successful, healthy and happy lives.
- A vibrant place to work which equips staff to deliver their best every day, under the strong belief that Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is the key.
- A commitment that staff are happy, engaged and well supported at work, taking pride in pupils’ attendance, behaviour, progress and development as well as their own.
- Excellent training and guidance relevant to individual job roles, so expectations are understood and staff are motivated.
- Great benefits, as an employer of choice, including outstanding CPD, supportive line management, and meaningful networking opportunities across the trust to aid personal development.
- Supportive leadership, encouraging healthy work-life balance.
- A high-quality teaching and learning environment, alongside good facilities.
- A culture where children are happy, settled and confident, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a memorable educational experience for pupils and staff.
The Trust
SHARE Multi Academy Trust currently consists of Shelley College, Thornhill Community Academy, Royds Hall Academy, Whitcliffe Mount Academy, Todmorden High School, Heaton Avenue Primary School, Millbridge Primary School, Luck Lane Primary School, Woodside Green Primary School and Calderdale and Kirklees Teaching School Hub.
Our aims
Our overarching aim is to help more pupils, particularly the disadvantaged, achieve highly. Achievement includes academic success and the development of personal qualities and knowledge to lead happy, healthy and successful lives.
Our values
We believe education is all about people. Our success is measured in how we help our children and young people achieve. We can only achieve this success by employing talented, committed staff and working in partnership with parents. In doing so, we will benefit our communities. We have a distinctive way of interpreting this belief. We summarise it as:
“Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best.”
This means we seek for every one of our students and members of staff, to enjoy coming to our schools and for all of us to try our very best in everything we do. We help everybody gain the knowledge, skills and habits that can lead to a happy and successful life, both now and in the future. We believe that helping people feel valued increases the chances of them achieving their personal best, which is the highest standard we can expect anybody to achieve.
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