School Staff Instructor (SSI) for the Combined Cadet Force (CCF)
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 4DQThis job expired on 22 April 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
22 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
27 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- To be agreed on appointment. Commensurate with skills and experience.
School Staff Instructor (SSI) for the Combined Cadet Force (CCF) job summary
One of the country’s leading academic schools, Queen Elizabeth’s Barnet blends a distinctive heritage and proud traditions with an innovative, forward-looking approach to providing a state education like no other to more than 1300 boys aged 11-18.
We are looking to recruit a new School Staff Instructor (SSI) to start as soon as possible.
The School Staff Instructor is a vital member of the team leading the Combined Cadet Force. The role is crucial in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of a successful contingent.
The SSI is employed by the School and is directly responsible to the Contingent Commander for all aspects of administration, including the MOD Cadet Management Information System (CMIS) on Westminster and the safe training of Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAVs) and cadets.
The SSI is the main point of contact for various headquarters such as Regional Command and Headquarters London District (LONDIST).
Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified and experienced individuals and we are willing to consider candidates from a wide range of backgrounds. The ideal candidate will have strong military experience, for example, as a regular or reserve Warrant Officer or Senior NCO with instructor and range management qualifications.
Candidates will be expected to be conversant with the latest infantry tactics and will be physically able to instruct, encourage and lead cadets in the field. The SSI must hold the relevant cadet qualifications and it would be helpful to hold the appropriate Exercise Conducting Officer qualifications. It is necessary to hold a clean driving licence, preferably with a minibus qualification.
The SSI will not be able to take up post until the School is in receipt of a satisfactory DBS check at enhanced level. The School will also require: evidence of the right to work in the UK; at least two satisfactory references; evidence of qualifications; and, confirmation of medical fitness for the demands of the role.
The successful candidate will possess excellent communication and organisational skills and have confidence in dealing with colleagues and pupils. A positive and professional approach is essential.
Hours: 1-2 days per week during term-time with flexibility to join camps and weekend training exercises. The precise working arrangements will be agreed with the preferred candidate before appointment.
Salary: To be agreed on appointment. Commensurate with skills and experience.
Closing date: 9am on Tuesday 22 April 2025. Applications will be assessed as they are received and interviews may occur at any stage during the recruitment process.
We are an equal opportunities employer. Queen Elizabeth’s is a dynamic school supported by a diverse and enthusiastic community of staff, pupils, parents and alumni. It is important that our staff reflect the diversity of our community, and we therefore welcome and encourage applications from people of all genders and sexual orientation, those from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and from those with disabilities.
Queen Elizabeth’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet are firmly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. Queen Elizabeth’s School is also committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and warmly welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
About Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1321 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
For more than 450 years, successive generations of boys have benefited from an education at Queen Elizabeth's School. Our mission remains unchanged: to produce young men who are confident, able and responsible. While proud of our history, we are equally focused on preparing pupils to thrive in a rapidly changing world through the opportunities and challenges set out in our Boundless development plan.
I would highlight two matters at the outset.
• First, QE is a meritocracy. As a selective, non-denominational and non-fee-paying school, we offer opportunities equally, admitting and educating boys irrespective of parental income, residential location or religious affiliation.
• Second, QE offers far more than academic success alone. We expect all members of our community to engage fully in the wider life of the School, embracing the opportunities available through sport, music, drama, leadership, service and enrichment.
We are committed to academic excellence at the highest level. We celebrate intellectual achievement and consistently secure outstanding examination results, while encouraging pupils to think deeply, question freely and explore beyond the classroom. Through QE Futures and QE Flourish, our signature enrichment programmes, pupils enjoy a wide range of co-curricular opportunities and develop the knowledge, skills and character to thrive long after they leave us.
Outstanding pastoral care underpins everything we do. We seek to develop resilient, self-aware and community-minded young men who understand that success brings with it a responsibility to contribute positively to society.
QE continues to receive national recognition for the quality of education it provides. In 2026, Ofsted judged the School to be Exceptional in every category, The Sunday Times named QE Secondary School of the Year, and The Telegraph recognised it as England's leading grammar school.
These accolades are gratifying, but they matter chiefly because they reflect the opportunities available to our pupils. Our enduring focus remains on helping every Elizabethan fulfil his potential, contribute to his community and lead a successful, worthwhile life.
Neil Enright
Headmaster
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