Student Engagement Manager

North Durham Academy; West Shield Row Villas; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

North Durham Academy seeks a highly aspirational Student Engagement Manager to lead The Self-Regulation Room (SRR) and drive positive outcomes for students with behavioural needs and learning difficulties.

You will collaborate with Heads of Departments, monitor referrals, and work with external agencies to support families. A probation period of four months applies, with induction to help you succeed in improving student inclusion and learning.

Qualifications

• Experience leading behaviour support, preferably in a secondary setting.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with pupils, families and staff.
• Ability to analyse behaviour data and implement improvement strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop The Self-Regulation Room (SRR) to support pupils with behavioural needs and learning difficulties.
• Coordinate with Heads of Departments to ensure SRR work is fit for purpose and aids reintegration to mainstream lessons.
• Monitor behaviour referrals, sanctions and investigations in conjunction with senior pastoral leaders.
• Build and maintain home/school links with parents/carers to support achievement and improvement in behaviour.

Skills

Behaviour management

Pastoral support

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Student Engagement Manager

North Durham Academy

Grade 5

Term time +1 week

Permanent

Connect Multi-Academy Trust are seeking to appoint an exceptional, highly aspirational, dynamic Student Engagement Manager with a strong, proven track record of positive impact, ideally with those students most in need of additional support.

The post holder will be expected to lead, develop and manage The Self-Regulation Room (SRR) to ensure academic progress and high-quality outcomes are secured for students with behavioural needs and learning difficulties. You will be able to demonstrate positive impact on those students with repeated or serious poor behaviour to enable pupils to access learning in the classroom.

Ideally, you will have experience in leading, offering and developing expert support to pupils with behaviour (including truancy and poor attendance) and learning difficulties in a secondary education setting. You will have experience of working with external agencies to support students and their families.

The successful applicant will liaise with all Heads of Departments to ensure all work delivered in the SRR is fit for purpose, relates to age related expectations and has impact, allowing students to reintegrate back to mainstream lessons at the earliest opportunity, when appropriate to do so.

As well as excellent interpersonal skills, you must have resilience and empathy and be able to work effectively under pressure, promoting the culture and vision of the academy by being a positive role model to all students, upholding a vision of inclusion and learning.

Additionally, the post holder will:

Monitor and sanction as required all behaviour referrals and instigate investigations as required with support from the Head of Inclusion, Head of Student Support and Year Managers as required.

Analyse behaviour referral data on a weekly and half termly basis to identify students requiring additional support and also to monitor referrals for individual staff and departments.

Manage links between the pupil and parents/carers to support and encourage achievement and improving behaviour.

Devise and implement strategies with colleagues as appropriate to involve parents/carers and school staff in the establishment of strong home/school links.

Please note that we operate a probationary period of 4 months across all jobs in the Trust. You will receive a comprehensive induction to support you to successfully pass your probation.