School Engagement Officer
Cottenham Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 8UA18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
May 2025
Closing date
22 April 2025 at 8am
Date listed
28 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,586.00 - £35,391.00 Annually (FTE) Paid pro-rata circa: £27,091.06-£30,354.58)
School Engagement Officer job summary
Join Astrea Academy Trust as a School Engagement Officer!
Are you passionate about working with young people and providing high-quality pastoral support? Cottenham Village College, part of the Astrea Academy Trust, has an exciting vacancy for a School Engagement Officer to work with students aged 11-16. This role is perfect for someone with previous experience in a school environment or working with young people.
Your Role:
- Provide Support: Offer targeted pastoral support and guidance to identified families within the school community.
- Engage Students: Work confidently and sensitively with students to help them thrive.
- Promote Inclusion: Uphold our commitment to inclusion and equality of opportunity for all students.
About You:
- Interpersonal Skills: You have excellent interpersonal skills and enjoy working with young people.
- Experience: You have experience working with complex families in the community.
- Commitment: You are committed to inclusion and equality of opportunity.
- Calm and Sensitive: You can deal calmly and sensitively with students.
- Flexible: You have a flexible approach to your work.
- ICT Proficient: You are confident in using ICT to support teaching and departmental administration, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Qualifications: You have at least GCSE Level qualifications with excellent standards in Maths and English.
About Us:
Cottenham Village College is a successful school located near the beautiful city of Cambridge. We have dedicated, well-behaved pupils and a supportive staff committed to comprehensive education. We believe in evidence-informed teaching and delivering an ambitious curriculum to improve student outcomes.
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to being a diverse and inclusive workforce. We embrace each other’s unique individuality, background, and heritage. As a ‘Disability Confident Employer,’ we ensure our application forms hide personal information to focus solely on your experience, skills, and qualities. By reflecting and representing the communities we serve, we aim to enhance the life chances of our pupils.
What We Offer:
- Generous Annual Leave: Enjoy a generous annual leave entitlement.
- Pension Scheme: Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Flexible Working: Flexible working opportunities from your first day.
- Employee Assistance: Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Professional Development: Continued professional development and training opportunities.
- Free Parking: Free on-site parking.
Interested in Applying?
If you are looking for a new challenge, have a passion for education, or both, we would love to hear from you. Check the Applicant Brief for more details about the role and how to apply.
Commitment to Safeguarding:
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. 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. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.
Flexible Interview Dates:
Please note that interview dates are flexible to accommodate your schedule.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.
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 Cottenham Village College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 877 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cottenham Village College website
Welcome to Cottenham Village College, part of the Astrea Academy Trust, a highly-successful 11-16 mixed academy situated close to the beautiful city of Cambridge; here you will find hard-working, well-behaved students and friendly, dedicated staff who are committed to a fully inclusive, comprehensive education.
The college was established in 1963, one of several village colleges in the region that were the inspiration of educational pioneer Henry Morris, who believed that the school should be at the heart of its community and that education should be a lifelong process. This vision of a school that serves and involves its whole community, that fosters high aspirations and inspires a love of learning is as central to our ethos today as it was when it opened.
Through a highly-ambitious curriculum at CVC, we aim to foster students’ curiosity, unlock their potential and raise their aspirations, as well as ensure that students achieve high levels of attainment that will open doors for their future. A stimulating and broad curriculum also places students in a strong position to question and debate the world around them, making them intellectually resilient and prepares them for citizenship in a democratic society. We believe this is a right of all students and one which is liberating and empowering.
We are equally proud of the wider curricular provision at CVC, both in formal lessons and outside the classroom. Our extensive range of extra-curricular activities, including sports, music, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme and residential trips, help to give all students a fully-rounded education and creates opportunity for their personal, as well as their academic, growth.
Cottenham Village College is a friendly, positive and exciting place to work and to learn and we take great pride in the high standards our students consistently achieve. We have very high expectations of all members of the College community and provide an inclusive, friendly and supportive environment in which everyone can thrive and achieve. Students leave as happy, well-qualified and well-motivated individuals who go on to excel in local sixth forms, colleges, universities and the wider world.
I hope you find the information on the school’s website useful. If there is anything you cannot find, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you wish to visit the school to see it for yourself, please contact the school and we would be delighted to show you around.
Zoe Andrews, Principal
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