Cover Supervisor​/Professional Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and well organised Cover Supervisor/Professional Assistant with good communication skills to join the Grace family. The individual will be responsible for providing high quality supervision of students during lessons when a member of staff is absent on a term-time only basis. This is an ideal opportunity for a candidate to play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of the cover provision of the Academy ensuring the success of our students.

You will have good classroom management skills to be able to respond to questions and generally assist students to undertake set activities.

Key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Supervise cover lessons and registration for absent teachers.
• Provide a safe and controlled environment that allows students to complete the work that has been set to cover the class teacher’s absence.
• Collect work that has been set by the Head of Department or sent in by the absent teacher and use this work when supervising a class.
• Manage student behaviour and use the Academy’s Behaviour for Learning procedure as necessary.
• Collect completed work from lessons and ensure this is given to the Head of Department, or other subject teacher.
• To be attached to one or two faculties; supporting individuals, groups of students or teachers.

We offer:

• A friendly, innovative and exciting community in which to work.
• A vibrant learning environment where students are ready and focused on learning.
• Professional development led by our 'Cultivating Excellence' structure to support a coaching culture across the Trust to enable staff to be the best they can be.
• Opportunities for training and development through the teaching school based at Sponne School.
• Access to an internal market for promotions within the growing group of TLT academies.
• Pension schemes for both teaching and support staff.
• Medicash Health Plan which provides employees with access to a range of healthcare expenses covered within the Level 1 Policy (policies can be upgraded at your discretion).
• Use of the onsite gym and sporting facilities.
• Free lunch when undertaking a duty.
• Free refreshments in the staffroom to access throughout the day.
• Staff wellbeing/workload committees who help to support staff wellbeing and organise social events.
• Employee Assistance programme which provides free counselling and wellbeing packages.
• Free Eye care vouchers and annual flu vaccinations.
• Free work laptop and use of up to date IT equipment.
• Plenty of on-site parking.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check and will be required to disclose any previous spent convictions or cautions.

In line with the recommendation in KCSIE 2022, Tove Learning Trust adopts the policy of requiring all new staff who join to have a DBS check and immediately become a member of the update service. This requirement is a contractual obligation and further information will be provided to successful applicants.