Please note this is not a Bath & North East Somerset Council Vacancy. Hours: core hours must be 07.0010.00 each day, with flexibility around additional hours We are looking to recruit a Staff Cover and CPD Administrator to ensure the smooth and efficient deployment of cover arrangements for teaching and other staff, ensuring that all lessons have cover for the day. Experience of working with cover in a school is desirable, but not essential. The postholder will be the first point of contact to receive telephone calls from members of staff who are absent from school. There will be occasions (especially for sickness) when this will take place in the early morning. The postholder will be required to start by 7am, Monday to Friday. Main duties will include: To be first point of contact to receive telephone calls from members of staff who are absent from school Ensure cover is in place for staff absence because of sickness, on pre-planned courses, trips and events and hospital appointments etc. Manage and deploy the school s own cover supervisors and/or external/internal supply teachers Produce the daily/weekly lists of staff absences and arrangements for cover provision. This has to be available for staff by 8.15-8.30am each morning Input absence data into Bromcom (Schools Information Management System) modules. Produce reports as appropriate Distribute the cover to supply staff for the day Pass approved Student Activity and Staff CPD forms to the Attendance Officer to enter in the school s electronic calendars as required To ensure that all new external supply teachers have been successfully cleared through the Disclosure and Barring Service Liaise with the Director of Finance and Operations (Cover) to respond to emergency cover during the school day e.g. when staff fall ill during the day Application Details: To apply, please refer to the Letter to Candidates, complete an application form and send it with a covering letter to Mr Tim Farrer, Headteacher via email to ( jobappst-laurence.com ). For further details please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or telephone Sally Hackett on (01225) 309506 or email jobappst-laurence.com or visit the school website ( www.st-laurence.com ). Interview Date: Wednesday 15 th January 2025 Start date: ASAP after appointment At St Laurence School we regard our staff as our most important resource. Our Investors in People report noted that: There is a strong belief that St Laurence School is a great place to work. Everyone clearly has a high level of pride in working at the school and in what is being achieved. They feel this way because of the inspirational leadership, strong teamwork, supportive management, pleasant environment and of course, the students. Since our core business is learning, we are committed to the professional development of each of our staff, whatever their role in the school. If you would like to join a committed, professional and passionate team in our journey to being a school which is outstanding in every way, please consider applying. Safeguarding Statement: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check.