Cover Supervisor

University of Cambridge Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0QZ

Deadline is today

Start date details
January 2025 or ASAP
Closing date
7 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
16 September 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £24,293.00 - £27,334.00 Annually (FTE) SCP 7-11

Cover Supervisor job summary

Cover Supervisor

Do you love working with children and thrive off seeing them become independent brilliant learners? You don’t have to be necessarily academic to work here.

What we do want are people who are resilient, passionate about education, want to make a difference and who have the humour to find ways through every day. We want people who are uncompromising in raising standards and will deliver great outcomes

The post is permanent, term time only plus one week (39 weeks per year)

32.5 hours per week

SCP 7 - 11 (£24,293 - £27,334 Full Time Equivalent) FTE depending on experience

EYFS, KS1 and KS2

We are recruiting:

An experienced Cover Supervisor who understand children. You will have experience of working with whole class groups of children. We are looking for people who are kind, courageous, willing to learn and are able to build supportive relationships with adults and children in our community. We also are looking for someone who has high personal standards and will challenge children to be the best they can be.

Everyone is welcome and everyone is included.

The University of Cambridge Primary School is an outstanding school and as well as this responsibility, we will work closely with partners, including the Faculty of Education and the wider University, to develop initial teacher training and research. The school is the first primary University Training School – expectations are very high.

The Cover Supervisor will be an important member of the team, teaching whole class groups of children, using plans from teachers to deliver sessions. We work differently at UCPS to develop and encourage a community of educators who collaborate to support each child during their unique learning journey. Being a part of the first university training school in the country is very exciting.

Our school can offer you:

An opportunity for you to make a real difference in the lives of our young people

A supportive leadership team to help you thrive

A welcoming and enthusiastic environment with a talented and dedicated staff team  Lots of singing and community spirit!

The successful candidate will need to:

Be kind and have courage.

Be able to adapt the role to a changing educational landscape and to support staff through this.

Be hard working.

Have high personal expectations and dedication to achieve the best with the children you teach and support.

Interest and positive attitude to support class teachers in delivering planned activities as well as in managing groups of children.

You have good Literacy and Numeracy skills, able to support children in reading, writing and maths.

Talk about education and our values, giving examples how they live these in their own lives and contexts

Ability to work collaboratively with all members of the community.

As a staff member of the University of Cambridge Primary School, you may receive the following benefits:

- Childcare Vouchers

- Wellbeing Services

- In House wellbeing Sessions

- Through Health Shield:

- A full employee assistance programme

- Virtual GP Surgery

- Free Eye Test and Optical Voucher

- Perks – Exclusive Discounts

- Health Cash Plan

All staff are employed by the UTS Cambridge Trust not the University of Cambridge.

All completed applications can be submitted through My New Term.

Closing date: Monday 7th October 2024 09.00am

Shortlisting: Wednesday 9th October 2024

Interviews: Monday 14th October 2024

Start date: January 2025 or sooner if possible

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.