Pastoral Officer

Oldham; Chadderton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Brian Clarke CE Academy in Oldham is seeking a creative and proactive Pastoral Support Officer to join our growing school community. This role focuses on high-quality pastoral care, student welfare, and building a positive culture of achievement across attendance, behaviour, and safeguarding.

You will work with staff to embed our ethos, support Year 7 onwards, and help pupils flourish in a brand-new building with modern facilities.

Qualifications

• Commitment to ambition, excellence and community.
• Energetic and forward-thinking with pastoral team experience.
• Excellent communicator with analytical skills.
• Ability to build relationships with students, parents and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Support high-quality pastoral care and education.
• Develop a positive culture of achievement focusing on progress, attendance, safeguarding and welfare.
• Engage with students, parents, carers and colleagues to build rapport.

Skills

Pastoral team experience

Excellent communicator

Analytical skills

Relationship building

Job description

Ref: 001798

Pastoral Officer

Full time, term time + 5 days

£29,542 - £32,046 (actual £25,266 - £27,408) - Grade 4

The Brian Clarke CE Academy is looking to appoint a creative and proactive individual to be our new Pastoral Support Officer.

This is a wonderful opportunity to be part of a talented and committed staff that is growing a school from Year 7 up; supporting the development of its ethos and embedding that in the community of the school; having the benefit of a brand-new building with all new facilities and supported by a local, successful, and experienced Trust. Exemplary behaviour and a distinctive ethos based on our strongly held values will create a climate for learning where pupils flourish.

As Pastoral Support Officer, you will support the provision of high-quality pastoral care and education. You will develop a positive culture of achievement for students focussing proactively on progress, behaviour, attendance, punctuality, safeguarding and welfare.

In brief we are looking for:

• An individual committed to ambition, excellence and community, who will work with the staff body to drive the development of The Brian Clarke Academy to continue to be an outstanding provider for young people. They will be committed and ambitious for young people, and take pride in and enjoy their work.
• An energetic and forward-thinking person who has proven track record of Pastoral Team experience.
• An excellent communicator with sound analytical skills and a flexible approach.
• An individual able to build relationship and rapport with students, parents, carers and colleagues.

We are recruiting a founding team of exceptional staff to achieve our vision and work together to create a genuinely outstanding school and shape the totality of the Brian Clarke experience for our young people.

We offer:

• Opportunities for professional development in a growing Trust
• A strong school community that places children, families and staff at the heart of everything we do
• A supportive team who will work with and alongside you to achieve the very best
• LGPS career average pension scheme with a generous employer contribution
• Generous holiday entitlement and sick pay scheme, increasing with length of service
• Central Oldham location, close to good transport networks, less than 7 minutes from nearest bus or tram stops.