What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential
• Great interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Level 2 qualifications in maths/numeracy and English/literacy.
• Effective ICT skills, particularly word, excel & outlook.
• Familiarity with an area of technical support.
• Knowledge of relevant health and safety procedures.
• Ability and willingness to undertake professional development.
Empathy with young people and a desire to see them reach their potential regardless of barriers.
Desirable
• Experience of working in a school environment.
• Experience of technical/practical working.
• Technical qualifications pertinent to the role.
• Role specific ICT skills
Awareness of child protection
What the school offers its staff
We support our students’ learning through a range of staff positions including administrative support for the smooth running of our school, our data team to support tracking and intervention of student progress and our reprographics and library team who support our students to open their minds through reading. We also have an active and engaged team of technicians working in our practical subjects to both support and facilitate learning in a student facing way. Alongside these, our cover supervision team work with students in the event of staff absence to maintain learning. They are skilled at building relationships with young people and embodying our ethos of empowering students to learn whatever the circumstances.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.