Cover Supervisor

We are looking to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join our fantastic team at Manchester Enterprise Academy starting as soon as possible. This is a Grade 5 permanent post, working 35 hours per week term time only plus 5 training days. The starting pro rata salary is £23,114 and the full time equivalent is £26,873 Main purpose of the job: To complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for delivering agreed learning activities to whole classes of students to cover for short term absences of staff. This will involve planning, preparing and delivering learning programmes to whole classes ensuring that the educational provision for students is not detrimentally affected by staff absence. You will also be responsible for assessing the progress of students in lessons and recording assessments on the appropriate school systems. To be responsible for supporting the management and development of a specialist area in school or across a department, and or leading and deploying teaching assistants in addressing the needs of students who require help to overcome barriers to learning. To work in collaboration with teaching colleagues to co-ordinate and plan schemes of work to be used by teaching assistants undertaking specified teaching work. Contribute to Senior Management Team or Departmental Management Team. Line management, supervision of support staff, including implementation of performance management procedures. Key relationships: The post holder will report to the Teacher and Senior Leaders. Apart from other colleagues in the school, the main contacts of the job are: Head Teacher, teaching staff, other support staff and pupils. Working for us Great schools thrive because of the great people in them. We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. All schools in the Trust have signed up to the education staff wellbeing charter as a declaration of support to the wellbeing and mental health of everyone that works at Prospere Learning Trust. Prospere Learning Trust offers a variety of employee benefits, including;

• a commitment to continuous professional development for all colleagues
• membership of Bupa Level 1 Health Plan which allows employees to claim money back for a range of health expenses such as prescriptions and dental treatments
• access to counselling, financial, legal and personal advice provided through either our free Bupa or Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including confidential 24-hour support
• access to Cyclescheme
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) contributions and Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS) contributions
• We're happy to talk flexible working where possible to help employees achieve a healthy work life balance.
The closing date for applications is 16th October 2024 at 12pm, with interviews to take place shortly thereafter. Applying to work for us Applications will only be accepted on the TES application form and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage. Applications may not be considered if they are incomplete, you must provide information on all employment since leaving full time education and an explanation for any gaps. We cannot accept CV's. We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close this vacancy before the planned closing date. Please note that guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview. All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. This is not a role in which the Trust sponsors a visa application. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, the Trust will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks including receipt of satisfactory references. Safeguarding Children All schools within the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. Equality Statement At Prospere Learning Trust we are committed to creating a community of belonging. This means we continually celebrate the diverse communities within our schools and the communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. If you would prefer to request an application pack by email or post, or should you require any additional support in completing your application, please feel free to contact us on or via e-mail at jobs@prospere.org.uk

This is a Grade 5 permanent post, working 35 hours per week term time only plus 5 training days. The starting pro rata salary is £23,114 and the full time equivalent is £26,873, We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. All schools in the Trust have signed up to the education staff wellbeing charter as a declaration of support to the wellbeing and mental health of everyone that works at Prospere Learning Trust. Prospere Learning Trust offers a variety of employee benefits, including;
• a commitment to continuous professional development for all colleagues
• membership of Bupa Level 1 Health Plan which allows employees to claim money back for a range of health expenses such as prescriptions and dental treatments
• access to counselling, financial, legal and personal advice provided through either our free Bupa or Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including confidential 24-hour support
• access to Cyclescheme
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) contributions and Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS) contributions
• We're happy to talk flexible working where possible to help employees achieve a healthy work life balance.