Cover Manager
Longsands Academy, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1LQ2 days remaining to apply
Closing date
6 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,804.00 - £28,641.00 Annually (Actual) £30,559 - £32,654 FTE - please note that this position is 39 weeks per year + 5 inset days, 37 hours per week
Cover Manager job summary
Cover Manager – Longsands Academy
Are you an organised and proactive individual with a passion for supporting education? Longsands Academy is seeking a dedicated Cover Manager to ensure the smooth operation of cover arrangements for absent teaching and support staff.
About Us
Longsands Academy, part of the Astrea Academy Trust, is a successful, fully-inclusive secondary school at the heart of its community. We pride ourselves on providing an engaging and supportive environment where students are empowered to reach their full potential. Our vision is to ensure that every student, regardless of their background or needs, can thrive and succeed.
The Role
As the Cover Manager, you will work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to manage and organise cover for absent staff, ensuring continuity in teaching and learning. You will also be responsible for the induction and support of supply staff, maintaining attendance and training records, and liaising with recruitment agencies.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the staff cover system to ensure continuity in teaching and learning.
- Input and maintain staff absence data within Bromcom.
- Oversee the induction of newly appointed cover staff.
- Liaise with supply and recruitment agencies to engage qualified supply staff.
- Organise and provide cover work and materials, including registers and resources.
- Monitor the effectiveness of supply staff and escalate any concerns as needed.
- Advise the Senior Leadership Team on matters relating to cover arrangements.
What We Offer
- A unique and inspirational environment to work in.
- A professional and collaborative school with a commitment to continued professional development.
- The opportunity to join a strong staff team, where our values are integral to all we do.
- Excellent support from the Astrea Trust Central team.
- Highly visible and supportive senior leaders.
- Opportunities for career development and progression within the Astrea Academy Trust.
The Ideal Candidate
- Experience in the line management and recruitment of staff.
- Experience working with young people and supporting their learning.
- Strong organisational and communication skills.
- Ability to build and maintain good relationships with students, colleagues, and external agencies.
- Proficiency in using IT packages, including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Microsoft 365.
Interested in Applying?
If you are ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our website to find out more about the role and how to apply. We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our academy.
Closing Date: Midnight on 6th April 2025.
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities.
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Longsands Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1653 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Longsands Academy website
Longsands Academy, part of Astrea Academy Trust, is a successful, fully-inclusive secondary school at the heart of its community. We pride ourselves on providing an engaging and supportive environment in which our students feel empowered to reach and embrace their full potential with confidence. Our staff are committed to nurturing the abilities of every child with a curriculum which promotes academic excellence and is delivered by subject specialists. The opportunities we provide allow all students to showcase their talents, whether through the traditional school day or as a result of the wealth of extra-curricular activities on offer. Furthermore, in order to develop the important qualities of independent learning and resilience, our students are encouraged to take responsibility for their learning both in and out of lessons. We are extremely proud of the achievements of our students that are a result of the high expectations, students’ hard work and commitment and the supportive relationships that exist between staff, students and their parents/carers.
The pursuit of academic excellence is at the heart of the Academy. Through high expectations of behaviour, a commitment to great standards of teaching delivering a knowledge-rich curriculum, and positive working relationships with all members of the academy community, all students, regardless of their background or personal circumstances, are encouraged to achieve their academic aspirations. We believe that schools must teach powerful knowledge that takes students beyond their everyday experiences. We believe in a traditional, subject-based approach to teaching in order to create a scholarly culture that is disciplined and joyful. We want to ensure that we open doors for every students’ future and develop in them a life-long love of learning.
We are committed to developing our staff to be the very best that they can be by striving to ensure that all of our colleagues can access high-quality Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Our CPD programme is both department-based and in collaboration with academies within the Astrea family and external partners. Wide-ranging opportunities for professional development are available for staff at all stages of their career, including ECTs, experienced classroom teachers, middle and senior leaders and support staff.
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