Kent Teaching School Hub - Administrator : Appropriate Body & Early Career Framework - Term Time

Bennett Memorial Diocesan School, Tunbridge Wells

• Ref:KCC886-5464-41S
• Posted:24/09/2021
• Pay:KR6 £11,789 pro-rata (£20,585 FTE equivalent)
• Start Date:20/10/2021
• App Close Date:04/10/2021 at 12:00
• Interviews:tbc

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Location: Bennett Memorial Diocesan School, Culverden Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9SH. Homeworking flexibility available.

Salary KR6 £11,789 pro rata ( £20,585 FTE )

Contract Term Time plus 2 weeks to be worked flexibly by agreement during school holidays. This includes at least one week worked during the summer holiday period.

Hours 24 hours per week to be mutually agreed. Some flexibility will be required within working times to meet demands of the Hub when required.

Start date 20^th October 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The successful candidate will be offered a fixed term 1-year contract initially, with the possibility of additional hours, and an extension of contract or permanent role, depending on the future needs and funding of the Hub.

Context of the role:

The Kent Teaching School hub has been accredited by the Department for Education to provide initial teacher training, the Early Career Framework (ECF), an Appropriate Body (AB) service, the national professional qualifications and school professional development to schools across East, West and South Kent.  The ECF is the statutory two year professional development entitlement all teachers complete in the first two years of their teaching career. These teachers in their early career are known as Early Career Teachers (ECTs). The Kent Teaching School hub work with the Ambition Institute (a national provider of education professional development) to offer the ECF to schools and teachers across Kent. The AB service assesses early career teachers to ensure they have met the necessary standard by the end of their first two years of teaching. Applicants need not have a working knowledge of either the ECF or AB but will need to demonstrate the skills, abilities and knowledge indicated in the table below.

Summary of key responsibilities

To work under the direction of the Administration Manager for the Kent Teaching School hub to provide administrative support for the effective implementation of the Early Career Framework (ECF) and Appropriate Body (AB) services.

• Set up and administration of onboarding of teachers as they register with the Kent Teaching School hub for participation in the hub’s Early Career Framework provision and/or hub Appropriate Body services.
• Management of ECT manager (the online portal for AB service)
• Working with schools to help them navigate ECT manager and the ECF online platforms.
• Liaison with ECF national provider (currently Ambition Institute)
• Tracking of ECTs and mentors once registered through the Ambition Institute’s Steplab online portal
• Communication with AB schools on all assessment and ECF verification processes
• Organisation and administration of Quality Assurance checks for ECF and AB partner schools
• Assisting the Events coordinator in setting up events for Early Career Teachers and their mentors
• Attending relevant hub engagement events to promote the ECF and AB service

• Implementation of all ECF and AB guidance in accordance with statutory roles and responsibilities as defined by the Department of Education.
• Assisting in the data collection required for the hub’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Evaluation with the Administration Manager and Kent Teaching School Hub Operations Director to review effectiveness of ECF and AB service.

Information about the school

Situated in Tunbridge Wells, with excellent transport links to London, Bennett is a popular and over-subscribed academy with an enviable record of outstanding academic achievement over many years. A Church of England co-educational school with independent academy status

• 1,903 on roll including 400 in the Sixth Form • Judged Outstanding in every area by Ofsted in 2023 • World Class School Quality Mark reaccreditation in 2021
• Outstanding GCSE and A Level results • Excellent reputation; oversubscribed

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs Karolina Seath, HR Manager
• Address:Culverden Down, Tunbridge Wells , Kent, TN4 9SH
• Telephone: (01892) 521595
• Email: recruitment@bennett.kent.sch.uk

Fax: (01892) 514424