VACANCY FOR A MIDDAY SUPERVISOR AT GREAT OUSE PRIMARY ACADEMY!

Salary: Meridian Trust Support Staff Payscale - Grade 3, Point 2 £3,447.28 per year. FTE (£22,366)

Hours of work: 6 hours, 40 minutes. 38 weeks per year.

Start date: September 2024

We have an exciting opportunity to join our expanding team as a Midday Supervisor. Are you kind, friendly and motivated? Can you help children to have safe, healthy, successful lunchtimes?

You will work within our team of midday supervisors, carrying out duties including supervising the children at play, helping them to choose and eat their lunch and supporting them both in the lunch hall and on the playground.

The Opportunity

• Join and be a valued member of a dedicated team, as part of a large, established, well-regarded Academy Trust.
• Encourage independence and excellent behaviour.
• Create a safe, fun play environment for the children, during lunchtimes.
• Promote inclusion and acceptance of all.

The ideal candidate

• Is a team player, with a ‘can do’ solution focused attitude.
• Confidently organises suitable activities for small groups of children.
• Demonstrates the ability to listen carefully to pupils, showing kindness, empathy and understanding.
• Has a calm, caring demeanour and is able to nurture children to be their best.
• Demonstrates flexibility and the ability to work within different areas of the school (as needed) over the lunchtime period.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Ongoing CPD opportunities
• Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support
• Eyecare vouchers       
• Cycle to work scheme       
• Reduced staff membership to the facilities at Academy Leisure, Sawtry       
• Generous sick pay and annual leave
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Excellent pension scheme

Great Ouse Primary Academy is a school that thinks and dreams big for its pupils. Expectations are high for all who make up the Great Ouse Primary Academy community and these standards reflect the wonderful physical environment we have developed to enable children to flourish within and beyond the school walls. The staff at Great Ouse Primary Academy are committed to developing learners who are resilient, learners who are focused and learners who are aspirational in their goals; learners well prepared to be successful citizens of the 21st century.

Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 30 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.

Closing date for applications is Monday 8th July 2024.

Interview to take place on to be confirmed

Please note that we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.