Cover Supervisor

Would you like to join us to work with our greatest asset – the wonderful students at UCC?

This Cover Supervisor vacancy is an exciting opportunity if you have experience working with young people or are interested in a teaching career but would first like to gain valuable experience in the classroom. 

Hours:    Permanent, full time (37 hours/week), term-time + 1 week + holiday allowance = a total of 44.8 weeks/year
Salary:    Grade 5. Actual salary: £20,600/year (full-time Grade 5 salary is £23,893)

If successful, you will supervise classes while their teacher is absent, following the instructions left by the class teacher to facilitate high-quality learning. The positive working relationships you establish with students will enable you to encourage them to engage in the planned learning activities and ensure that they behave well in class.

Successful candidates will be:
•    Passionate about enabling every child to achieve to their full potential
•    Motivated, confident and keen to learn to inspire and challenge students to succeed
•    Hold at least 5 higher-grade (grade C and above) GCSE passes, or equivalent qualifications, including English and mathematics.

A teaching qualification is not essential but you should have previous experience of working with children/young people in an educational setting.

About Ullswater Community College
This is an exciting time to join UCC – we have been approved in Phase 2 of the School Building Programme and are looking forward to new premises in the near future.

UCC is a friendly, supportive employer with a lot to offer its employees. Benefits include:
•    Starting holiday allowance of 25 days, rising to 31 days after 5 years
•    Membership of a staff wellbeing programme
•    Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme – a defined benefit scheme with            generous employer contributions
•    Cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme
•    Free eye-test scheme
•    A welcoming and supportive community where staff really do matter and with a Staff Wellbeing group that is an integral part of the school culture

Full job details and comprehensive information about the school can be found on the website (www.ullswatercc.co.uk).

To apply:  please download and complete an application form and equalities and diversity form from the school website (www.ullswatercc.co.uk), where full job details and comprehensive information about the school can also be found. Please contact HR (hr@ullswatercc.co.uk), with any queries.

Closing date for applications: 9 am Monday 21st October 2024

UCC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Employment at UCC is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed; if they are disclosed, the school cannot take them into account.

We regret that only successful applicants will be contacted.