Start Date: asap
Hours: 30 hours per week, 40 weeks per year
Salary scale: 7-10 (FTE £22,369 – 23,620)
Actual salary: £15,930 – £16,821
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Cover and Transport Co-Ordinator to join our dedicated team.
The post holder will be responsible to the Senior Vice Principal for the duties of the post, and will be required to be a robust, proactive and forward-thinking individual, who enjoys working with others, problem solving and has very strong organisational skills and great attention to detail.
Communication in this role is absolutely vital, as the postholder will be liaising with a range of outside agencies to arrange teaching staff cover on a daily basis and asking teaching staff to cover in school as appropriate. This involves significant resilience, logistical skill and the ability to make on the spot decisions, and have challenging conversations with staff, with a focus on developing those key positive relationships to ensure that all runs smoothly.
Working closely with Wiltshire Council and the local bus and taxi companies, they will ensure the smooth running of school transport, requiring excellent forward planning and the ability to work with parents and other stakeholders to ensure bus passes are allocated correctly and any transport issues are resolved promptly and efficiently.
This role also offers administrative duties to the MFL Faculty as and when required. Liaising with the HOF you will plan together events throughout the school year to best support this department.
St John’s Marlborough is one of the highest performing academies in the country and a key member of the highly effective Excalibur Academies Trust. Being part of the Excalibur Academies Trust means we offer a very well thought through package of support and development, which includes a wide variety of opportunities for you to take your career in any number of directions. Our professional development offer ensures a very clear focus on the development and well-being of all our staff and students.
The Academy is judged as outstanding in all areas and it has exceptional facilities in a state-of-the-art teaching environment. We are a Challenge Partners School that specialises in innovative approaches to teaching and learning and we lead our own initial teacher training.
Closing date for applications: Friday 6th January 2023
Date of interview: tbc
If you would like to find out more about working at St John’s Marlborough, please follow this link to the recruitment pages on our website www.stjohns.excalibur.org.uk/about-us/recruitment/
Excalibur Academies Trust reserves the right to appoint before the closing date and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.
