Art Department Assistant
Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 0HG5 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
8 July 2024 at 9am
Date listed
2 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 7 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £3,410.33
What skills and experience we're looking for
We have a fantastic opportunity for an organised, enthusiastic Art Department Assistant to join our fantastic art department.
In this role you will have the opportunity to enjoy a varied role, supporting the teachers and the Art Technician in the smooth running of our highly successful Art Department, in which you will play a key role, ensuring materials are organised and prepared for each lesson, and helping the teachers set up and clear down after each lesson.
In this role you will also be involved in the displaying of students work, and some administration tasks to support the daily activities of the department.
To be a success in this role, you will be able to work flexibly to adapt to the variety of the role, be organised, love to multitask and problem solve, and have a ‘can-do’ approach to your work. You will have excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate with students and adults alike.
Previous art experience would be ideal, however is not essential as full training for the role will be provided. We are flexible regarding the working pattern of the role, however ideally the hours will be worked over 2 days per week.
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please find full details of the role in this recruitment pack, along with details of how to apply. We look forward to receiving your application.
What the school offers its staff
Pate’s is a school of 1200 students, including 500 in the sixth form and over 150 staff.
Over the last few years Pate’s has twice been named as the Sunday Times ‘National School of the Year’, and State Secondary School of the Year for Academic Performance in the South West in 2024, and our examination results see us as one of the top state-funded schools in the country. This is a school with a strong academic legacy and an extra-curricular offer which ensures our students have exceptional opportunities to develop their interest and talents in a happy, vibrant, and caring environment. We expect students to become independent thinkers who embrace challenge and are supportive of others, and to leave us with exceptional outcomes and the intellectual skills and emotional maturity to shape their own futures and thrive beyond Pate’s.
Pate’s is a special place to work and learn and our alumni community remains an active part of school life.
Commitment to safeguarding
Pate's Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks. The above responsibilities are subject to the general duties and responsibilities contained in the Statement of Conditions of Employment. The duties of this post may vary over time. The person undertaking this role is expected to work within the policies, ethos and aims of the school and to carry out other duties as needed. The post holder will be expected to have an agreed flexible working pattern.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to jobs@patesgs.org
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About Pate's Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1243 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Pate's Grammar School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jobs@patesgs.org
- Phone number
- 01242 523169
Welcome to Pate’s. We are a unique and special school. Founded back in 1574, today we are a selective co-educational grammar school that cherishes and treasures our rich tradition, yet we are also known both regionally and nationally for being forward-thinking and leading the way with educational developments.
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