Community Supervisor

Ark; London; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Ark is seeking Community Supervisors for a one-year fixed-term role in London. The job offers a chance to work during term time, engaging with students while ensuring their safety and wellbeing. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills and a commitment to high standards.

Benefits

Weekly CPD sessions

Twice as many training days as standard

Generous pension scheme

Access to Ark rewards

Interest-free loans

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to follow regulations and processes.
• Ability to be firm but fair.

Responsibilities

• Ensure confidentiality at all times.
• Take responsibility for a class during wet lunchtimes.
• Implement safeguarding and school policies.

Skills

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Initiative

Job description

About The Role

Community Supervisor (One Year Fixed-term)

Reports to: Estates & Operations Director
Start date: September 2025
Contract: Fixed-term one year, 11am - 4pm (4.5 hours per day with free lunch between 2:35pm-3:05pm), Monday to Friday, Term-time only (37 weeks a year)
Salary: £15 per hour
Closing Date: 17th July 2025

The Role:
We are seeking a number of responsible Community Supervisors. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, an attention to detail, abide by necessary health & safety regulations, safeguarding duties and the ability to use their own initiative. Experience of working in a school environment would be advantageous but not required.

Our ideal candidate will:
•Have strong attention to detail.
•Have the ability to follow regulations and processes.
•Have the ability to act on their own initiative.
•Have the ability to be firm but fair.
•Have a commitment to Ark’s ethos of high expectations and delivery
•Have the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of students and pupils.
•Ensure confidentiality at all times.
•Have a good attendance record.
•Be able to work as a team.
•Know and implement school policies including Safeguarding, Meal Supervisor and Behaviour Policy.
•Be able to take responsibility for a class during wet lunchtimes.
•Have high expectations of children’s behaviour.
•Be accountable to the Estates & Operations Director / Vice Principal at all times.

About us:
We are a courageous, compassionate community - empowering excellence. We are a value lead organisation, being bold within every aspect of our lives at school.
We want all staff to thrive, modelling leadership and determination to the pupils and students within our rich and diverse academy, working together to fulfil our vision of creating a centre of excellence within our local community.
We empower our teams by valuing the individual and prioritising professional development. This is delivered through weekly CPD sessions, dedicated line management meetings and by encouraging staff to develop their own ideas and projects, within their departments and beyond.
Bolingbroke Academy is a uniquely exciting, fulfilling and innovative place to work, learn and grow. We are proud to be rated as ‘Outstanding’ in all five categories in the 2024 Ofsted inspection.Ofsted’s recent parent survey also ranked us as the ‘happiest secondary school’ in Wandsworth.

How to apply:
For further information, technical queries regarding the application system or to arrange to discuss the role, please contact [e-mail].

Benefits

• Weekly CPD sessions and twice as many training days as standard.
• Dedicated line management meetings
• Encouragement to staff to develop their own ideas and projects within their departments and beyond.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.

Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark atarkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/.

About Us

At Ark Bolingbroke Academy, we are a courageous, compassionate community - empowering excellence. We are a value lead organisation, being bold within every aspect of our lives at school.

Our talented teaching and support staff insist on high educational standards every single day, and their commitment is shown in our excellent results, with over 80% of our students achieving a top-third university or top 100 apprenticeship.

We want all staff to thrive, modelling leadership and determination to the pupils and students within our rich and diverse academy, working together to fulfil our vision of creating a centre of excellence within our local community.

Visit arkbolingbrokeacademy.org/jobs to learn more about us and see our current vacancies.

Diversity and inclusion:

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on thislink.

Safeguarding statement:

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click thislink.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.