Job Title: Cover Supervisor (With Administrative Responsibilities)

Location: Plumstead, South East London

Salary: £24,170 per (Scale 4)

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Working Hours: 35 hours per week, (7am to 3pm Monday to Friday) 39 weeks per year (Term time only plus one week)

This large Secondary school have a clear vision founded on excellence and justice, with the ambition to offer a world class education to the young people and families of Greenwich. Our recipe to achieve that is based on high quality teaching and academic rigour, in a safe and happy environment. Above all, we want our young people to leave school equipped with the powerful knowledge and necessary skills to change the world for the better.

Please note, candidates must have the legal right to live and work in the UK to apply for this role.

About the Role:

In addition to carrying out the role of Cover Supervisor where you will supervise whole classes during the short-term absence of teaching staff, guiding and instructing students in the work that has been left by the department or class teacher, you will also have an administrative role.

You will need to be highly organised, have attention to detail and be an excellent administrator.

Please note, this role will be a mixture of around 50% cover supervisor duties and 50% administration duties.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for picking up messages from the staff absence line in the early morning and organising and planning the daily cover rota
• You will need to be able to keep accurate records, as you will record and sign off invoices from agencies
• You will be responsible for monitoring levels of student engagement with and completion of cover work

About you:

• Experience working in an admin role is essential.
• To be successful you will need to be qualified to at least Level 2 (GCSE or equivalent) including level 2 qualifications in English and Maths
• A high level of computer literacy including the use of spreadsheets and information management systems is essential
• Experience of using Bromcom is desirable
• Experience in managing young people, preferably in a school environment, maintaining high standards and expectations of behaviour and discipline is also desirable

Additional Information:

We can offer you good career development, and the opportunity to join a friendly and successful team.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment.

References will automatically be requested for all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. The successful applicant will be required to be DBS checked prior to taking up post.

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