The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Job Title: Resident Graduate Teaching Assistant (RGTA) – Sport 2025-26
To assist and facilitate teaching/coaching and activities within the Senior or Junior School and fulfil various other duties.
Summary of the role: This is a residential role so you are expected to live on site. Boarding duties will take place in the evening and at weekend. You will be given one full day off during the week.
Line management responsibility for: n/a
* Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.
Each Graduate Assistant will be required to work up to an average of 40 hours each week in the areas outlined below.
* Senior School Sport: The Graduate Teaching Assistant is required to support the teaching of PE, Games and Sport lessons and activities mainly in the Senior School. These duties will equate to approximately 20 hours of your timetable. You will also be required to provide assistance with cover lessons for absent members of staff in the Senior School, approximately 5 hours a week.
Main duties and responsibilities:
* Junior School Sport: The Graduate Teaching Assistant is required to support the teaching of PE, Games and Sport lessons and activities mainly in the Junior School. These duties will equate to approximately 25 hours of your timetable. You will also be required to provide assistance with cover lessons for absent members of staff in the Senior School, approximately 5 hours a week.
* Boarding: The GTA may be responsible for some wake-up, lunch and evening duties each week. At weekends, there may be a significant commitment required including being on duty in one of the boarding houses for a substantial period. These duties will total 10 hours per week. On occasion, you may be asked to be on call throughout the night.
* Miscellaneous: Any other reasonable requests made by the Deputy Head (Pastoral) or Head of Faculty.
Day off: Each GTA will be given one full day off each week.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications:
* Degree or equivalent experience in subject area (this may be in progress).
* Full driving licence.
* Coaching qualifications.
Experience:
* Working with children preferably in an educational setting.
* Playing or coaching 2 or more of the school major games (Rugby, Football, Hockey, Netball, Cricket, Rounders and Athletics).
Skills:
* IT literate.
* Self-motivated.
* Team player.
* Ability to think on your feet.
* Organised.
* Show positivity and a can-do attitude.
Knowledge:
* Coaching skills and managing groups/individuals in a sports setting.
* Subject knowledge in area applied for.
* Understanding of reflective practice.
Personal qualities:
* Good sense of humour.
* Confident.
* Articulate.
* Motivation to work with children and young people.
* Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people.
* Supportive of the Quaker ethos and principles.
* Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours.
* Positive attitude to use of authority and maintaining discipline.
* Flexible to meet the changing demands of the role.
May 2023
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