Cover Supervisor

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in Birmingham is seeking a cover supervisor to support lessons across the academy curriculum. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and the ability to create a productive learning environment. Experience in educational settings and knowledge of safeguarding procedures are desirable. Benefits include training programs and employee assistance schemes.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

High quality training and support

Wellbeing Advocates

Lifestyle benefits and discount schemes

Health Protection Scheme

Generous employer pension schemes

Excellent holiday entitlement

Qualifications

• Good level of experience in educational settings.
• Ability to maintain an orderly and purposeful environment.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Cover colleagues’ absence within lessons across the academy curriculum.
• Support learners and establish productive working relationships.
• Work flexibly and prioritize workload.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Customer service skills

Flexibility

Calm under pressure

Knowledge of safeguarding procedures

Job description

Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement

Success through Endeavour

Ambition through Challenge

Strength through Diversity

About this Role

We are seeking to appoint a cover supervisor who must have a good level of experience and be able to cover colleagues’ absence within the lesson across the whole academy curriculum. Candidates will also have excellent interpersonal and customer service skills as this role requires regular contact with parents, carers, colleagues, learners, and the local community. The successful candidate will also need to be able to demonstrate that they are able to cover colleagues’ absence and create an orderly and purposeful environment in which learners can complete the work set.

Other essential skill sets involve the ability to be able to work flexibly and prioritise workload, work calm under pressure and uphold a professional, friendly manner at all times. It is desirable for candidates to have received safeguarding training or have good knowledge about the child safeguarding and protection procedures, however full training will be given.

Purpose of Role

To create an orderly and purposeful environment in which learners can complete the work set. To use specialist skills, training and experience to support learners. To establish productive working relationships with learners, acting as a role model.

About our school

Our school motto is ‘Nothing But the Best’.

Cockshut Hill School is part of the Summit Learning Trust comprising Cockshut Hill, Lyndon School, Ninestiles, an Academy, four primary schools and the Solihull Sixth Form College. Our trust’s Professional Learning Institute offers all of our staff opportunities to collaborate with great educators from across our sector. Our school provides a friendly and supportive working environment, valuing each and every individual. We are committed to providing our students with the best education they need to become confident, articulate and successful adults in the future. We have a very reflective teaching staff body who welcome feedback from parents, carers and students to secure the needs of all learners. We are one of the few schools in Birmingham to receive The Rights Respecting Schools, UNICEF UK Gold Award, for successfully embedding children’s rights throughout the school in our practices and ethos. There is a strong culture of safeguarding and staff work positively with the leadership team to ensure students are kept safe.

About the Trust

http://www.summitlearningtrust.org.uk/

Why work for us?

We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:

• Employee assistance programme
• High quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
• Wellbeing Advocates
• Lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
• Health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare Vouchers
• Generous employer pension schemes
• Excellent holiday entitlement

Informal visits are welcome. Please contact Karen Sloan on 0121 289 5921 or at [e-mail] to arrange this.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.

The Summit Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s barred list check. Online searches of shortlisted candidates will also be conducted.