Cover Supervisor / NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Cover Supervisor / No Experience Required

A rewarding opportunity for a confident, adaptable team player to support young people’s learning in a modern secondary school.

Previous school experience is not essential, and full training is provided, with strong classroom management and communication skills important.

If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you: Classroom Supervisor, Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant, Classroom Assistant, Student Support Officer, Learning Mentor, Pastoral Support Worker, Exam Invigilator

SALARY: £21,199 Actual Annual Salary (£28,696 FTE) + Benefits      

LOCATION: Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent (Term Time Only)

WORKING HOURS: 32.60 hours per week, term time only (38 weeks); two days 8.15am to 3.10pm and three days 8.15am to 4.10pm, days to be agreed.

JOB OVERVIEW

This is a great opportunity to build a career supporting young people while gaining broad classroom exposure across a secondary school. As the Cover Supervisor you will help maintain purposeful learning when teachers are absent.

Working closely with teaching and cover colleagues, the Cover Supervisor will support students across subject areas, communicate set work clearly and help sustain high standards of behaviour and engagement.

The Cover Supervisor also contributes beyond lesson cover through classroom support, exam invigilation, administration, extra-curricular clubs and staff meetings that support professional development.

This would be an ideal opportunity for a candidate looking to move into teaching. Three days a week, the candidate would be involved in leading extra-curricular clubs and attending staff meetings to further support their professional development.

DUTIES

Your duties as the Cover Supervisor include:

• Lesson and Tutor Cover: Supervise classes and tutor groups, communicate learning objectives, messages and notices, and escort students to assemblies when required
• Behaviour and Classroom Standards: Maintain the school’s code of conduct and minimum standards, address disruption promptly and follow reward, sanction and escalation procedures
• Learning and Work Completion: Ensure students understand and complete work set by the teacher, respond to questions where possible and return completed work and resources
• Registers and Feedback: Take lesson registers and provide teachers or pastoral colleagues with relevant feedback on issues arising during cover
• Classroom and Resource Management: Leave rooms tidy, account for resources and textbooks and support an orderly learning environment
• Additional School Support: Provide classroom and technician support, exam invigilation, general administration and support with planned cover timetables when required
• Supervision and Compliance: Undertake break or lunchtime supervision and follow school policies, procedures, health and safety requirements and agreed codes of practice

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Confident working with young people in a secondary school environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to manage classroom behaviour calmly, fairly and consistently
• Organised, reliable and able to follow prepared lesson plans and school procedures
• Willing to work as part of a team and learn new skills
• Able to maintain high expectations for students and support a positive learning environmen
• Interested in education, student support or developing towards a future teaching career
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people

BENEFITS

• Comprehensive induction with a dedicated mentor
• Continuous professional learning, development and high-quality CPD
• Opportunities for career progression
• One fully paid day off per academic year to support personal events
• Extensive resources and facilities
• Cycle-to-Work scheme through salary sacrifice
• Staff membership rates at a modern leisure centre
• Enrolment in a major public sector pension scheme
• Supportive team environment where staff are valued

This role requires a DBS Check

We reserve the right to close any of our vacancies early.

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JOB REF: AWDO-P15381

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