Student Support Officer (Ks3) - Term Time

Gravesend Grammar School, Gravesend

• Ref:KCC886-5465-103S
• Posted:23/04/2024
• Pay:TDET Range 7
• Start Date:01/09/2024
• App Close Date:08/05/2024 at 09:00
• Interviews:w/c 13th May, 2024

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Student Support Officer (SSO) - Initially working in Key Stage 3  (Students age 11-13)

37 hours per week, term-time only

TDET Band 7, Point 21 - Point 24 

Actual Salary £22,418 - £24,393 per annum 

(pro rata to £26,515 - £28,850 for a full-time, all year round post)

Do you have a passion for working with young people? Are you resilient, adaptable and compassionate? Are you comfortable dealing empathetically with highly vulnerable young people? Do you have integrity and ability to observe confidentiality?

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen due to the retirement of one of our long serving Student Support Officers at Gravesend Grammar School. This position involves working in a school on the frontline of student pastoral care.

Previous experience in this role is not necessary, however experience in education, social care, health, armed forces or the police may be beneficial. The overriding factor must be personality and attributes that will allow the successful candidate to engage effectively with young people, parents and teachers. 

Close date: 8th May, 2024

Interviews: W/C 13th May, 2024

Start date: 1st September, 2024

If you would like to visit our school please contact the Headteacher’s PA Judith West on 01474 369506 or by e-mail to westj@gravesendgrammar.com. You can also obtain more information about us from our website gravesendgrammar.com 

We only consider GGS application forms and do not accept CVs. Application forms must be e-mailed to Lisa Walsh, HR  at walshl@decustrust.com by 09:00 on the closing date.

This post is subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, reference checks and proof of right to work in the UK. 

In line with KCSIE 2023 guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, the Trust reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and to share any pertinent information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children with Hiring Managers to be discussed at interview stage.

TDET is an equal opportunities employer.

Information about the school

Information about the school: Gravesend Grammar School is an 11-18 selective boys grammar school with girls admitted to the Sixth Form. The most recent Ofsted Inspection (June 2015) judged the School as ‘Outstanding’. We became an Academy on 1st August 2011 as part of The Decus Educational Trust (TDET). The school is currently going through a period of expansion. We have built a 10 million pound facility to accommodate the additional students. We will continue to rise year on year until we admit 1500 students (7 forms of entry). This is a really exciting time in the history of the school and has the potential to provide succession opportunities for colleagues that want to progress in their careers. We have a committed staff who provide opportunity and challenge in a caring environment and strive to ensure the students achieve the very best they can at all times. We also have strong working partnerships with parents, governors and the local community. We are served by excellent transport links; by road the A2 and M25, and by rail Gravesend train station (on the HS1 line) is a short walk from the School and Ebbsfleet International train station is only a 10 minute drive. We also have the opportunity for on-site staff accommodation. We are served by excellent transport links; by road the A2 and M25, and by rail Gravesend train station (on the HS1 line) is a short walk from the School and Ebbsfleet International train station is only a 10 minute drive. We also have the opportunity for on-site staff accommodation.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Malcolm Moaby
• Address:Church Walk, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2PR
• Telephone: (01474) 331893
• Email: enquiries@gravesendgrammar.com

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