Cover Supervisor

Cover Supervisor

Salary: Grade 4 £15,043 (point 17) to £17,094 (point 21) per annum- actual salary to reflect term time working

35 hours per week, term time only plus 1 week (i.e. 39 weeks per academic year)

Manchester Health Academy opened in September 2009 and is sponsored by Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust with Manchester City Council as co-sponsor. In September 2010 the Academy moved into a £20 million state-of-the-art building and is now amongst the most popular schools in the city, showing significant academic improvement a rapidly expanding student population and growing sixth form provision.  Rated by Ofsted in April 2015 as a Good School, with many outstanding features, we are now embarking on the next stage of our journey to outstanding and are looking for exceptional and inspiring individuals to help us achieve this ambition.

Our vision is to combine education and health in transforming the futures of our young people. We are on the journey to becoming the secondary provider of choice and the hub of our local community.  Does this excite you? Do you want to be part of something exceptional?

We currently have a vacancy for a Cover Supervisor to provide supervision of students and their work where their usual teacher is absent.  When not required for cover, the role will also provide in class learning support for students with additional or special education needs.  Suitable candidates will therefore have previous experience of working with children/young people in an educational setting.  Candidates must possess the ability to communicate well with students, be able to manage student behaviour in line with the academy behaviour code, and possess the ability to motivate students, acting as a positive role model.

In return we will promise you a stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment, where all staff are valued and encouraged to participate in the development of the Academy vision and strategy.  You will also have the opportunity to access a range of excellent professional development opportunities to support your progression.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  We therefore follow safer recruitment procedures and successful candidates are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service, along with other pre-employment checks.

The role will be subject to completion of a successful 6 month probationary period.

Our application form, job description and person specification are available for download from our website (www.manchesterhealthacademy.org.uk).  Application forms are to be emailed by the closing date to recruitment@manchesterhealthacademy.org.uk

Closing date:     26 September 2016 – 9 am

In the interests of economy, only short listed candidates will be notified.