Secondary Teacher of Geography - (Temp/Full Time) - REF:ECOD/P03129 - INV06899

Inverclyde Council; Port Glasgow; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

Pension schemes

Buy and Bank Annual Leave Scheme

Career development

Health and wellbeing support

Living Wage Employer

Job summary

Inverclyde Council seeks a Secondary Teacher of Geography at St Stephens High School. This temporary/full-time post offers an opportunity to contribute to geography education within a supportive local government environment.

The successful candidate must be registered with the GTCS and maintain registration, including paying any fees. PVG clearance is required for regulated work, and the post is paid at the probationary main grade scale rate where applicable.

Qualifications

• Be registered with GTCS and maintain registration, including paying fees.
• PVG clearance required for regulated work (children/public).
• Probationary year paid at the main grade scale rate when applicable.

Skills

Geography teaching

GTCS registration

PVG clearance

Flexible/Temporary experience

Job description

Secondary Teacher of Geography - (Temp/Full Time) - REF:ECOD/P03129 - INV06899

Secondary Teacher of Geography REF: ECOD/

P03129

Location: St Stephens High School

Duration: Temp For Up To 1 Year

Employee Benefits - Inverclyde Council

• Inverclyde Council offers a wide range of benefits to employees including flexible working opportunities, attractive pension schemes, a Buy and Bank Annual Leave Scheme, career development and health and wellbeing support.

Inverclyde Council is an accredited Living Wage Employer paying the Living Wage Rate where required.

Inverclyde Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

Vetting by Disclosure Scotland

If you work in regulated work (children and/or protected adults) you will be subject to obtaining a satisfactory PVG

GTCS

You will be required to be registered with the GTCS.You are required to obtain and maintain registration including paying any fees. Please note, teachers in their probationary year are welcome to apply for temporary, un-promoted vacancies although would be paid at the probationer rate of pay (Main Grade Scale Point 0) at £31,584 per year (pro-rata, if applicable).

RC Approval

Guidance for teachers seeking Approval to teach in a Catholic school ifapplicable.

If applicable the successful candidate will require to be approved by the Roman Catholic Church, in line with Section 21 (A) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980. Forms from the Scottish Catholic Education Service at:

https://sces.org.uk/church-approval/

Head Teacher Reports

Candidates successful at interview need to download and print the appropriate Report. You need to complete the applicant details section and sign the form and then pass to your current HT to complete the assessment sections and sign the form. The form then needs to be sent to Human Resources by email to [e-mail] cc the recruiting HT into the email.

Please find below the three types of reports (unpromoted, promoted and senior promoted).

The forms can be downloaded at

http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/apply-for-a-job/preferred-candidate-information/safe-recruitment/employment-references

Further Assistance

Alternative application packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille and Audio. To request an alternative application pack or require further assistance to attend and/or participate in an interview, please contact the HR Recruitment Team on 01475 712740 or email Human Resources at:

Inverclyde Council welcomes applications from former armed forces personnel / reservists. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and who meet the essential criteria for the job.

Flexible Working

Inverclyde Council recognises the mutual benefits of having a flexible, effective workforce to deliver the best services to our community, whilst enabling employees to balance their personal, home and work responsibilities more effectively, with a view to achieving greater job satisfaction, motivation, morale and productivity.

• Employees are able to apply for a range of options including Part-Time Working, Job share, Compressed Hours, Homeworker, Hybrid Working and Flexible Retirement. More detail can be found in the Flexible Working Policy, linked in the download section of our