Teaching Assistant Level 2

Teaching Assistant Level 2

Rochdale NJC Grade 3 SCP 5 6 £25,583 - £25,989 (pro rata to hours worked)

Permanent

30 hours per week, 39 weeks (Term Time plus 5 days)

Our Vision and Values

The Harmony Trust has the highest aspirations for its pupils, parents and staff members. Our vision is to provide an excellent primary education so that every academy is a ‘GreatPlace2Learn.’ Our aim is to ensure that children at our academies enjoy the best education from the early years to the end of the primary stage. Parents are very important to achieving this vision and we aim to work in partnership with them to ensure that all our children achieve our motto: ‘Believe Achieve Succeed’. We believe that school should be a place where every child makes progress in a safe and supportive environment. We believe in the importance of children developing well-being and high self-esteem if they are to learn and do well.

We also believe in The Harmony Trust being a ‘GreatPlace2Work’ where staff are supported to thrive by a trust that is committed to learning and education. We have a great team of people working in our Academies. We aim to retain them by investing in professional development, offering opportunities to work across the Trust ensuring Harmony is a great place to work.

The Board of Trustees wish to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Level 2 Teaching Assistant at Spotland Primary Academy.

The successful candidates will:

• NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification or experience
• Literacy and Numeracy skills equivalent to Level 1 of the National Qualification & Credit Framework
• Completion of Department for Education Teacher Assistant Induction Programme (or to complete within first term)
• Awareness of the requirements of children with special needs
• Experience of working with learning resources and helping with their preparation to support learning programmes
• Experience of Working with or caring for children of a relevant age to those in the school
• Communication skills to liaise sensitively and effectively with parents and carers
• Basic understanding of a child’s development and learning.

We can offer you:

• the opportunity to be part of our team, who are committed to educational excellence
• friendly and supportive staff, parents and trustees,
• a commitment to high quality professional development,
• opportunity for future career development & progression within the Trust’s portfolio of schools and most importantly
• the chance to transform the lives of children and really make a difference

Full details of the Trust’s recruitment and selection processes can be found in our Safer Recruitment policy: Safer Recruitment Policy

The Harmony Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all our staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS and pre-employment checks.

Application Process:

To apply for this position, please follow the link below to the company’s job page:

https://ce0855li.webitrent.com/ce0855li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?WVID=1880192IPm

Applicants are informed that if appointed to this post their contract of employment will be with the school governing board who is the employer, and not Rochdale Council.