Spanish Language Assistant
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8PEThis job expired on 1 November 2021 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
1 November 2021 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 October 2021
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- View all Spanishjobs
Working pattern
- View all Part timejobs
- This post is 12 hours per week (Monday to Wednesday). The times to be confirmed with the successful candidate. 38 weeks per year.
Contract type
- Fixed term - Temporary contract to 19th July 2022
Full-time equivalent salary
- £13.08 per hour
Actual salary
- £13.08 per hour
Spanish Language Assistant job summary
SIR HENRY FLOYD GRAMMAR SCHOOL
We have an exciting opportunity to join our successful, vibrant school community as a
Spanish Language Assistant
(Temporary contract to 19th July 2022)
Start Date – As soon as possible
12 hours per week (Monday to Wednesday. The times to be confirmed with successful the candidate), 38 weeks per year (term time only)
Hourly rate - £13.08
(equivalent to a Range 2 role (BCC Support Staff Pay Scale. This rate includes and uplift of 13.04% in lieu of annual leave).
We are seeking to appoint a Spanish Language Assistant to join our thriving Modern Languages Faculty. The successful candidate will be a native Hispanic speaker with a keen interest in promoting Spanish language and culture. The Spanish Language Assistant will assist in A Level classes providing opportunities for conversation practice related directly to topics (contemporary and historical issues). Applicants must be educated to degree level and demonstrate a keen interest in working with young learners. Some teaching experience is desirable but not essential.
About us
We are an outstanding co-educational grammar school with outstanding provision for our young people.
Our Vision – to pioneer a grammar school education which equips the visionaries of tomorrow.
We can offer you:
• A school full of students who are keen to learn (“Seldom have I seen a school where students are so universally positive and enthusiastic about their learning” – HMI)
• A strong commitment to your own professional development
• A school committed to staff well-being, with a three-strand strategy focusing on: well-being, workload, and recruitment and retention. All staff have access to Perkbox (https://www.perkbox.com/uk) and can opt into the Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme. All staff have the opportunity to use our on-site Conditioning Suite. We have a vibrant staff community and run activities such as: weekly staff fitness clubs, staff choirs, baking activities, shared lunches and annual staff socials.
We would like you to:
• Fully commit to our Vision and Mission (see above and below)
• Live the Values that the school expounds, role modelling each of them for students, colleagues and stakeholders (see below)
• Have a background in youth work, counselling, careers advice, mental health practice or similar
• Have high expectations of yourself, and our students
• Be committed to improving the life chances of young people
• Be willing to commit to life beyond the academic curriculum.
Other information
We encourage applications from those candidates with ‘protected characteristics’ as set out in the Equalities Act 2010. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the communities in which we work.
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School as part of the Insignis Academy Trust operates rigorous ‘safer recruitment’ practices and the successful candidates will be required to undertake a criminal record check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Closing date: Monday 1st November 2021 at 12 noon.
Our Mission:
We build a diverse community of inquisitive young minds and deliver a contemporary grammar school education which challenges and inspires.
We give our students the stimuli to spark their imagination and encourage them to ‘think big’, both inside and outside the classroom.
We create an environment where challenge is welcomed. We motivate our students to push their boundaries, to explore something new and to emerge as visionary young adults.
Our Values:
We build resilience…
Bouncing back takes courage. We develop a resolute mindset in each of our students and foster a willingness to take calculated risks, without fear of failure.
We encourage reciprocity…
There is strength in the pack. We champion the exchange of wisdom and guidance between our students, to ensure they grow both individually and as a collective.
We grow resourcefulness…
Deeper roots; greater fruits. We motivate our students to investigate every resource and inspiration available to them in their pursuit of fresh knowledge.
We nurture reflection…
Thinking back is moving forwards. We invite our students to be mindful and self-aware, and to continually adapt their practice, balancing the pursuit of excellence and their wellbeing.
We treasure respect…
The little things that go a long way. We expect our students be courteous and kind at all times, and to appreciate and celebrate the differences that make us unique.
‘Working Together to Inspire, Challenge and Achieve’
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.
About Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1362 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@insignis.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01296 744351
We are an outstanding co-educational grammar school with outstanding provision for our young people.
Our Vision – to pioneer a grammar school education which equips the visionaries of tomorrow.
Arranging a visit to Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@insignis.org.uk.
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