Cover Supervisor

About this role

We are looking to appoint a resourceful part-time Cover Supervisor at Harris Academy Morden to provide classroom cover in the absence of teachers on a Thursday and Friday. This role will likely suit you if you have previous experience in a similar role, providing cover within an educational establishment.

The actual salary for this role will be £10,755.12-£11,390.74 (15 hours per week – Thursday and Friday only – 38 weeks per year) .

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Qualifications to A Level standard or equivalent
• Knowledge of strategies to recognise and reward efforts and achievements towards self-reliance that are appropriate to the age and development stage of the students
• Basic knowledge of SEN and other learning barriers
• Strong organisation andtime management skills
• Relevant experience in successfully supervising groups of children aged 11-16
• Previous experiencein a school or comparable large organisation
• Understanding of a secondary school environment
• Ability to provide classroom cover – within agreed parameters – in the absence of the class teacher
• Ability to consistently and effectively implement agreed behaviour management strategies
• Ability to use language and other communication skills that students can understand and relate to
• Ability to establish positive relationships with students and empathise with their needs
• Ability to demonstrate active listening skills
• Ability to provide levels of individual attention, reassurance and help with learning tasks as appropriate to students’ needs, encouraging the students to stay on task
• Ability to monitor the students’ response to the learning activities and, where appropriate, modify/adapt activities agreed with the teacher to achieve the intended learning outcomes

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.