What skills and experience we're looking for
St James’ CE Primary School is a happy and healthy place to achieve and believe. It’s also a happy and healthy place to work. We have a vacancy for an after school club manager to join our expanding Fun Club provision.
You will have the overall responsibility for the day to day operation of our growing Out of School Club provision. Your role will include working with a small team of playworkers to ensure the safe supervision of our children in a fun and engaging setting, providing high quality childcare and engaging children with varied, creative and age appropriate activities. You will also be responsible for maintaining registers/sending out invoices for the after school provision to our parents/carers, as well as ordering the food and monitoring stock supplies.
Ideally you will hold a Level 3 qualification in Playwork or Childcare, and experience of out of school clubs or childcare is preferred. You will be a highly motivated individual, and should be able to effectively supervise children independently and as part of a team. We want someone who demonstrates personal qualities of dedication, patience, flexibility and humour. They will be able to work collaboratively as part of a team as well as respond quickly to the changing needs of the school and individual children.
20 hours per week (2pm – 6pm) will be carrying out Fun Club Manager duties.
In addition, there are two optional, additional roles:
• 5 hours per week (1pm – 2pm) will be working as a general Teaching Assistant.
• 5 hours per week (12pm – 1pm) will be working as a Lunchtime Assistant.
Please contact us if you are interested in all / some of these roles.
What the school offers its staff
For children and staff alike, Sphere Federation has:
• A perfect balance of care and support with high expectations
• A leadership team dedicated to attainment, achievement and enjoyment
• Friendly, welcoming staff
• A great atmosphere and ethos which promotes inclusion and co-operation
• A commitment to diversity and a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare and safety (thorough checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks)
Further details about the role
The post is term time only and will be for 20 - 30 hours per week. There will be a 6-month probationary period.
Closing date – 18 October 2024 at 12 noon
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website or see here.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.