Vacancies

We welcome teaching applications at anytime. Please also visit the hants.gov.uk vacancies page for any future vacancies.

Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant

• Advert Closing Date: Friday 21^st September 2019 (Noon)
• Interview Date: Tuesday 24^th September 2019
• Start Date: October 2019 or as soon as possible

• Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part-time
• Salary Type: Support Staff
• Salary Details: Grade A £17,364 pro rata
• Hours of Work: 5 hours and 50 minutes per week, term-time only, Monday - Friday (1hr and 10 minutes per day)
• Location of Role: Newtown C of E Primary School
• Contact e-mail address: adminoffice@newtown.hants.sch.uk

Job/Person Summary

Can you make a difference in the lives of our children?

We are looking for a caring, talented individual who shares our passion for providing the best experience possible for our children. The role of the Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant, working as part of a highly valued team, is to lead activities such as skipping games and ball games and support children to eat well and play well throughout the lunchtimes.

The Key Skills:

1. A passion for helping and supporting all children
2. A good team player
3. A willingness to lead and show initiative
4. An optimistic outlook and a sense of humour
5. A willingness to provide welfare support to the children including administering basic first aid (training can be given)

A first aid qualification and previous experience of working with children would be desirable.

Please note, appointments and time-off cannot be taken within your working hours in term-time.

Application Proceedure

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged.

For further details and an application pack please contact the school office on 02392 584048 or email adminoffice@newtown.hants.sch.uk.

Please note the School Office is currently closed for the summer holiday period but will reopen on Friday 6th September. Requests for application packs will be responded to as soon as possible

Newtown Church Of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Clerk to Governing Body

• Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part-time
• Salary Type: Support Staff
• Salary Details: Grade D £20,245 – 22,785 FTE pro rata (£10.49 - £11.81 per hour)
• Hours of Work: 156 hours per year - hours are flexible/variable but is approx. 3 hours a week, 52 weeks per year.
• Location of Role: Newtown C of E Primary School
• Contact e-mail address: adminoffice@newtown.hants.sch.uk

Job/Person Summary

Newtown C of E Primary School are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Clerk to the Governing Body who is resilient, assertive and shows great initiative. The successful applicant will need to have a flexible approach to time. The role of the clerk will require approximately 156 hours per year, which will include attendance at approximately six meetings for the Full Governing Body, six for the Teaching & Learning Committee and six for the Resources/Pay Committees).  Full Governing Body meetings are usually held between 6pm to 8pm and Committee meetings between 5.30pm and 7.30pm.

Proven clerking experience in the education sector will be a distinct advantage in this role, as you will be supporting our Co-Chairs of Governors to ensure the smooth running of the Governing Body.

Main Duties

• Ensuring effective timetabling, administration and organisation of governing body meetings
• Preparing agendas and organisation of paperwork for meetings, in conjunction with the Chair of Governors and Headteacher
• Accurate minute-taking of meetings, ensuring timely distribution and filing of all paperwork
• Maintaining the Governor pages of the school website (full training will be given) and to ensure all paperwork is available to all governors
• Managing and maintaining records of governor correspondence
• Close liaison with the Co-Chairs of Governors, Chairs of Committees, Headteacher and School Business Manager regarding governor body matters
• Providing advice to the governing body over changes to statutory requirements, policies or other governance matters. Support and training for this is provided through Hampshire Governor Services

Key Requirements and essential qualities:

• A good standard of literacy and numeracy (GCSEs or equivalent in English and Maths) with the ability to produce high quality minutes
• Shorthand, typing or secretarial qualifications to NVQ level 2 or equivalent
• Must have already attended or make a commitment to attend the national training programme for Clerks or equivalent
• Exceptional IT skills, especially with Word and Excel and access to relevant equipment for working from home (computer, printer, internet)
• Administration experience and must be able to use your initiative and able to work to the meeting deadlines
• Be a confident researcher, able to manage information and advice from a variety of sources
• Be able to develop good working relationships with the Governing Body, Headteacher and school staff
• Be able to maintain absolute confidentiality and have experience with confidential matters and safeguarding
• Willing to undertake any Hampshire Governor Services training as necessary for legal compliance or personal development and attend network meetings as required
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You will have the option to be based in the school office if desired, allowing you time to organise meetings, prepare paperwork and complete the associated administration for the role. This is an exciting opportunity where you will need to be skilled in supporting colleagues to ensure the very best outcomes for our school. This post will be integral to our ongoing whole school journey to excellence.

Newtown Church Of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Application Proceedure

Please email adminoffice@newtown.hants.sch.uk to request an application pack or for more details and for an informal chat, please contact Mrs Stefanie Stroud, School Business Manager on 02392 584048.