Head of - Ysgol Friars Job Bangor (Wales) area,Bangor Wales UK,Education / Teaching

Position: Head of Year - Ysgol Friars
Location: Bangor

(This is an advertisement for the post of Head of Year at Ysgol Friars, Bangor for which the ability to communicate through the medium of Welsh and English is essential).This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The Council will require a Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate and confirmation of registration with the Education Workforce Council from the successful applicant before they can start in this position.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

Educated to GCSE level (or equivalent) Grade C and above (F)
Desirable-Experience Essential
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes/SIMS (F/I)
Information gathering and analysis (F/I/R)
Awareness of principles behind GDPR/Data Protection (I)
Desirable
Working in an educational environment (F/I)
Experience of working in data management (F/I)
Experience of general office and administrative work (F/I/R)
Experience of institutions of higher education (F/I)
The ability to undertake duties effectively in a bilingual school and LASkills Essential
Good ICT skills. (F/I/R)
Ability to focus on detail and accuracy when compiling reports. (F/I)
Excellent communication skills (F/I/R)
Excellent organisational and planning skills including the ability to be flexible in order to achieve targets. (I)
Ability to work to deadlines. (I/R)
Ability to form good working relationships with colleagues and external bodies. (I/R)
Enthusiastic, innovative, and forward-looking. (F/I)
Desirable
Ability to work with a diverse team of staff. (F/I)
Sense of humour. (I)
Ability to work to professional standards, to maintain confidentiality, to develop effective working relationships, think independently and make judgements and to influence others through persuasion/ discussion (I)
Ability to work as part of a team, to take direction and to use initiative to prioritise work (I/R)
Have good verbal and written communication skills when dealing with colleagues, pupils, parents, or external agencies (F/I)
Ability to develop new skills and make use of unfamiliar software programmes (I/R)

Evidence assessed from:
Application form (F):
Interview (I):
References (R)

Job Description

MAIN

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Please note that the following is typical of the list of duties the post holder will be expected to perform within the role. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list and other duties of a similar nature and level may be required on occasion.

Pupil Support

To develop and maintain effective relationships with learners
To ensure that the welfare of all learners is promoted and safeguarded
To comply with the school’s safeguarding policy
To take responsibility for ensuring the office safeguarding register is correct and up to date, to, support ensuring that the most vulnerable pupils are in school by 9:30am each day.
To ensure appropriate levels of confidentiality are maintained
To follow existing school systems, policies, and procedures in the referring of issues to the appropriate person (Designated Safeguarding Leaders, Headteacher, Senior Leadership Team, form tutors, Heads of Faculty/Department, etc.) depending on the scale of the incident or type of information being handled.
To provide general care and welfare by responding appropriately to the social, emotional, and physical needs of learners
To communicate effectively with pupils who face barriers to their learning and persuade them to accept the range of potential support on offer
To support pupils in maintaining positive relationships with their peers, including responding to accusations of rude, mean, or bullying behaviour.
To be part of an on-call support network available for learners throughout the learning…