Name of CEO: Jayne Jardine
Salary: £46,857 to £49,890 From GLPC Pay Scales
Hours: 36 hours per week – Full Time
Your School:
We are seeking to appoint a SSL who already has an excellent experience of child protection and safeguarding; this experience can be outside of a school setting.
The successful candidate will play an important part in setting the direction of safeguarding and attendance tracking/intervention for our Trust. This will include regular reporting to the school Head Teachers, Local Academy Boards and Trust Board.
This post offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and enthusiastic professional to join a motivated and growing Trust.
As a Trust we are dedicated to the successful future of every pupil in our schools. We believe in family and community, we respect and celebrate differences; we work as a team with an ambitious agenda, always striving to do our best. These values are reflected in the team of people who work for us, both within our schools and the central team.
We ensure all our staff have a range of professional development opportunities whilst ensuring a balanced approach to work and personal time.
This is a full time post (36 hours per week) working across all of our sites.
The Post:
As your future employer, we will provide:
- A salary of £46,857 to £49,890
- Opportunity to join the local government pension scheme
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Continuous professional development
- A supportive central team
- Friendly and supportive colleagues
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme
The Person:
We are looking for someone who:
- Has a capacity for hard work and a dedication to ensuring the very best standards are strived for and upheld
- Has the skills to build and further develop teams who have the highest standards; working in a collegiate manner but able to positively and strategically direct when needed
- Is able to recognise that everything we/they do is always about the pupils, their families, our great staff team who serve them, and the communities we serve
The SSL will lead on safeguarding culture, practice, training and policy; in close liaison with the Director of Schools and Head teachers. This role will work strategically with the Head teachers and DSLs to ensure the culture of safeguarding is firmly embedded in all we do.
The successful candidate will have a firm understanding of child protection and safeguarding. You will have ideally have experience of leading a team.
This is a schools based post; working across all our sites.
How to apply:
Applications must be made using The Rise Partnership Trust application form.
Your personal statement must say, in no more than two sides of A4, in succinct format why you think you are the person we need, and providing verifiable evidence of your experience, skills, abilities and knowledge.
Your application should include full contact details (address, daytime, home and mobile telephone numbers where applicable and email address) and details of 2 referees. For each referee please provide their name, position, organisation, telephone numbers and email addresses where known. One of these referees must be your current or most recent employer. If you do not wish us to contact referees at this stage, please make this clear.
Please send your completed application by email via the button below.
RPT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS, prohibition check, qualifications (where applicable), medical fitness, identity and right to work and an online search will be carried out as part of the shortlisting process.
RPT is an equal opportunities employer.
Closing Date: 27th February 2023
Shortlisting: 28th February 2023
Interviews: 8th and 9th March 2023
Start Date: Required April 2023 (or as soon as possible afterwards).
Brent Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.
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