Director of Humanities
Harwich and Dovercourt High School, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3TGThis job expired on 14 April 2024
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
14 April 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 March 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Humanities
Working pattern
- Full time: 100% FTE
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £54,816 - £60,488
Pay scale
- L7 - L11
What skills and experience we're looking for
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- To lead one of the three key subjects within the Humanities faculty: history, geography or Religious Education.
- To represent the faculty on the Quality of Education Team and contribute to whole school decision making in relation to curriculum improvement planning.
- To take an active role in the Leadership & Management of the school as part of the extended leadership team (ELT), attending ELT meetings on a regular basis.
- To support and secure the commitment of others to the vision, ethos, direction and policies of the school/trust and promote high levels of achievement in the faculty.
(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Person Specification).
We're looking for you if you have:
- Qualified Teacher Status.
- Experience in implementing appropriate teaching and learning strategies for students across KS3 to KS4 in either history, geography or RE.
- Resilience, the ability to work under pressure and be able to meet deadlines.
- Understanding of cross-curricular teaching.
What the school offers its staff
Why work for The Sigma Trust, Harwich and Dovercourt High School?
We can offer you:
- A Competitive Salary
- Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
- Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
Employee benefits include:
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension scheme
- Free membership to Perkbox
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounted gym membership at selected local gyms
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.
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About Harwich and Dovercourt High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1133 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@sigmatrust.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01255750913
Arranging a visit to Harwich and Dovercourt High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@sigmatrust.org.uk.
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