Midday Assistant (2 positions)

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership; Colchester; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

The opportunity to be part of a highly

supportive and ambitious school

Personalised CPD program

Collaborate across Trust schools

24/7 confidential Employee Assistance

Flexible working arrangements

Benefits platform with discounts

Job summary

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is seeking a friendly Midday Assistant for Lakelands Primary School in Stanway, Colchester. You will supervise children during lunch and outside play, help model a family dining ethos, and ensure children feel safe, secure and happy.

Full training will be provided and we welcome flexible, family-friendly working arrangements. The role offers a supportive school environment and opportunities to collaborate across Trust schools with CPD access.

Qualifications

• Will be ensure our children feel safe, secure and happy during their lunch break.
• Help model our lunchtime ethos of family dining; helping others, good table manners, taking risks when trying new foods.
• Flexible in attitude and able to work as part of a team.
• Duties include both supervising children whilst they eat their lunch and during outside play.
• Full training will be given.

Responsibilities

• Supervising children during lunch.
• Supervising children during outside play.

Skills

Teamwork

Flexibility

Child supervision

Communication

Job description

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, friendly person to take care and manage children during their lunch break as a Midday Assistant.

We are looking for a candidate who:

Will be ensure our children feel safe, secure and happy during their lunch break. You will also help model our lunchtime ethos of family dining; helping others, good table manners, taking risks when trying new foods. The successful candidate will be flexible in their attitude and able to work as part of a team. Duties include both supervising children whilst they eat their lunch and during outside play. Full training will be given.

We can offer you:

• The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious school
• A commitment to a personalised program of CPD
• Opportunity to collaborate across Trust schools
• Access to a 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible and family friendly policies and we are open to discussing flexible working arrangements at the point of hire.
• Benefits platform which offers valuable discounts

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to:

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people;
• Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
• The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.

As an equal opportunities employer, The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to fair treatment of all applicants and employees. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any applicant on the basis of a criminal conviction or other information declared. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to disclose all cautions and convictions, including those which would otherwise be considered spent, unless protected under current legislation and guidance.

This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. In line with recommended practice the school will conduct searches for information on shortlisted candidates which is publicly available on-line. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.

Lakelands Primary School is a brand new primary school that opened in September 2020 with state of the art facilities in Stanway, Colchester. Year on year the school will grow, providing 420 places for local children between four and eleven years old by 2026. At Lakelands Primary School we are creating a new school where children can thrive and flourish and fulfil their potential.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.