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Cover Manager - Part-time

Holcombe Grammar School, Chatham

  • Ref:KCC887-4068-144S
  • Posted:27/07/2022
  • Pay:TSAT Pay Group 4 £25,743 - £30,198 FTE
  • Start Date:ASAP
  • App Close Date:04/09/2022 at 23:45
  • Interviews:TBC

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Salary: TSAT Pay Group 4 £25,743 - £30,198 (Pro rata £9,044 - £10,610 for hours and weeks stated) -- Please note this is subject to agreement in line with September 2022 salary increases but the amounts shown are a minimum  of what you will earn and if any changes are made they will be increases on the amount shown. 

Contract: Part Time, Permanent, 14.8 hours a week, 2 days a week, Term Time + 5 days (39 weeks a year)

We are currently recruiting for a part time Cover Manager to join Holcombe Grammar School. Successful applicants will be responsible for the management of the schools cover on a daily basis. This includes the management of the school cover supervisors both permanent, relief and supply teachers. You will also support with data, assisting the Data Manager as required with inputting and collation of reports.  

This is a part time role working 2 days a week with a 7.30am start.

 

What you will need to succeed:

For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached JD

  • To organise and administer cover for absent teachers, which includes arranging cover from supply agencies, and ensure the school’s Senior Management Team are aware of teacher absences as soon as possible.
  • To pass cover lesson information to Cover Supervisor/Supply Teacher. 
  • To be responsible for the recruitment, induction, training, attendance and performance.
  • management of the Cover Supervisor(s), ensuring the relevant administration processes involved in these areas are completed to deadlines. 
  • To undertake the duties of a Cover Supervisor when required.
  • To accurately record and maintain attendance records for staff in order to provide data to assist with attendance monitoring. 
  • To monitor and report on use of Supply Cover Budget on a half termly basis. 
  • Good grammar and literacy skills acquired through experience.
  • Good numeracy skill and use of databases and excel.

What our Trust will offer you:

  • The opportunity to work with happy and well-behaved children who are excited about learning and work with parents who are supportive of our school values and ethos.
  • Outstanding CPD tailored to you, wherever you are in your career.
  • Support from across the Trust to help you deliver outstanding teaching and learning through resources, mentoring and school visits.
  • Reduced membership of a fully-equipped fitness suite and classes – located on the site of New Horizons Children’s Academy.
  • A 24/7 employee assistance programme which provides counselling and support / advice on a wide array of areas.
  • Free parking in our staff carpark.

 

Please note the school is now shut for the summer so we will be unable to contact candidates until September, if your circumstances change after your application or if you have any queries please contact recruitment@tsatrust.org.uk  

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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Information about the school

Holcombe Grammar School delivers an inspiring curriculum…appropriately adapted to the needs, abilities and interests of all pupils. A range of extra-curricular activities further promotes personal development and welfare– Ofsted 2018

Holcombe Grammar School is part of The Thinking Schools Academy Trust. We are a selective 11-18 boys’ school with a large and growing mixed Sixth Form. At Holcombe Grammar School our aim is that students develop into successful, well rounded, confident young people who are equipped with the academic and life skills necessary to thrive in the modern world.

Every individual at Holcombe Grammar School is encouraged to achieve their personal best and there is an emphasis on celebrating student progress as well as outright attainment. At the heart of the school is our MET agenda – Mastery, Endeavour, Thinking. By using the ‘Thinking’ skills that are developed from Year 7, and through constant ‘Endeavour’, our students go on to develop ‘Mastery’ of their studies. Whilst many students go on to achieve places at Oxford, Cambridge and other Russell Group universities, we celebrate the achievements of all students. The vast majority of our students go on to top universities at the end of the Sixth Form

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Simon Arnold
  • Address:Holcombe Grammar School, Letchworth Avenue, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6JB
  • Telephone: 01634 830083
  • Email: office@holcombegrammar.org.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.