Cover Supervisor

The Leigh Academy; Whitehill; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

Virtual GP Service

Collaborative MAT network

LAT benefits

Job summary

The Leigh Academy Longfield is inviting applications for a Cover Supervisor to provide support to staff and students. The role focuses on maintaining good behaviour and ensuring student engagement during short-term teacher absences. You will cover lessons and, with applicants, we will determine subject specialisms to suit you.

Ideal for graduates seeking a career in teaching; full training will be provided. Term-time only with 8:15am–3:15pm hours and a 30-minute lunch break.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills required.
• Good behaviour management and ability to engage students.
• Willingness to train and support in teaching roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide full support to staff and students.
• Ensure good behaviour and student engagement during short-term absence of teachers.
• Cover lessons and help determine subject specialisms with you as a preference.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Behaviour management

Willingness to train

Job description

Competitive salary with progression opportunities + Local Government Pension Scheme + 24/7 access to a free virtual GP Service + collaborative MAT network + additional LAT benefits.

Leigh Academy Longfield now has an opportunity to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join their dedicated team to provide full support to the staff and students.

The successful candidate will ensure the good behaviour of our students and make sure students engage in their learning during short-term absence of teachers. Cover work will be supplied wherever possible for you to use as a basis for the lessons and we will also determine your subject specialisms with you as a preference. Excellent interpersonal skills are required for this post as our successful candidates need to demonstrate that they can build good rapport with staff and students alike.

This post is ideal for graduates with an interest in developing a career in teaching as the experience you can gain from this is first‑hand, and also those who may have had experience within the education sector beforehand.

Please note that whilst previous experience within an education environment is desirable, full training will be provided for successful candidates.

The actual salary for this role is £19,655 per annum (£26,016 full‑time equivalent), term‑time + 1 week inset. The working hours for this role are 8:15am - 3:15pm with a 30‑minute lunch break, Monday - Friday.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity

Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about it on our Careers site. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

As a Trust, 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.

The successful candidate will ensure the good behaviour of our students and make sure students engage in their learning during short-term absence of teachers. Cover work will be supplied wherever possible for you to use as a basis for the lessons and we will also determine your subject specialisms with you as a preference. Excellent interpersonal skills are required for this post as our successful candidates need to demonstrate that they can build good rapport with staff and students alike.

This post is ideal for graduates with an interest in developing a career in teaching as the experience you can gain from this is first‑hand, and also those who may have had experience within the education sector beforehand.

Please note that whilst previous experience within an education environment is desirable, full training will be provided for successful candidates.

Competitive salary with progression opportunities + Local Government Pension Scheme + 24/7 access to a free virtual GP Service + collaborative MAT network + additional LAT benefits.

The actual salary for this role is £19,655 per annum (£26,016 full‑time equivalent), term‑time + 1 week inset. The working hours for this role are 8:15am - 3:15pm with a 30‑minute lunch break, Monday - Friday.