Newcastle PE and School Sport Support Officer

Neat Academy Trust, North Shields, NE29 7ST

Deadline is tomorrow

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
16 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 October 2024

Job details

Job role: Other support roles
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time (Can be done as a job share): 35 hours per week
Contract type: Fixed term - 31st August 2025
Full-time equivalent salary: N4 £24,294 - £25,119 per annum pro rata
Actual salary: Actual £19,732 - £20,403 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a colleague who:

Has the ability to deliver high quality physical activity sessions based upon the needs of young people.
Has good planning & organisational skills, using their own initiative to work with minimal supervision.
Is self-motivated with the ability to motivate and enthuse teaching staff, young people, other coaches and sports leaders.
Has a full UK drivers licence.

What the school offers its staff

In return we offer:

Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
The benefitof working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
Membership of theLocal Government Pensions Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Irelands leading wellbeing provider.
Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058 Coast Road.

Further details about the role

Are you looking to start a career in sport development or physical education?

We are seeking to appoint a PE and School Sport Support Officer with the ability to deliver high quality physical activity sessions based upon the needs of young people. This is an exciting opportunity to support non-specialist teachers in the planning, delivery and assessment of curriculum PE lessons either as PPA cover or for the purposes of upskilling teaching staff as part of the PE & School Sport Service service level requirement.

This post is term time only, plus 5 training days, and is fixed term until 31st August 2025.

Newcastle PE and School Sport Service is based at Benfield School in the east of Newcastle upon Tyne and is part of NEAT Academy Trust, a family of seven primary and secondary schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East.

Our service covers the whole of Newcastle upon Tyne, engaging with and delivering a variety of programmes and services to First, Primary, Middle and High Schools. We provide high quality PE and sporting opportunities to children and young people; raising participation to ultimately encourage and motivate them to lead healthy, active, lifestyles.

Hear from one of our colleagues Joe Ingram on what he likes most about working with us:

At Newcastle PE and School Sport Service you are given the opportunity to work as part of a team with like minded people who have a love for PE. Our Team has a variety of strengths that we bring to the group, in this role you are constantly learning new drills. Having been in the role for a short period of time, I have been able to progress quickly by being given additional responsibilities which upskilled my abilities and landed me a promotion. The service gives you the opportunity to work with young people across the city, inspiring them and improving their abilities. Working with and supporting PE Leads in over 100 different schools makes every day different but equally rewarding. We have a fantastic team here and it is a joy to watch them progress and to play a role in supporting them with different ideas to develop their practice. I particularly enjoy a Friday afternoon in this role when we do a full team delivery of assessments across the city.

Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying job description and person specification and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Wednesday 16th October 2024.

NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening

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.