Cover Manager

THE SCHOOL

A successful, popular, and high-achieving school with over 1000 students, combines outstanding facilities with a real commitment to excellence in teaching and learning.

Rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted, the school is situated in a stunning rural location on the Berkshire-Hampshire border with easy access from Basingstoke, Reading and surrounding areas.

The school is looking to appoint a highly motivated and organised Cover Manager to arrange long-term and short-term cover needs and lead a team of cover supervisors. The team consists of 3 cover supervisors who deliver cover lessons when teaching staff are absent. The Cover Manager will also be required to act as a Cover Supervisor as required, to oversee whole classes during the short-term absence of the class teacher.

CONTRACT DETAILS

• Location – Tadley, Hampshire
• Position – Cover Manager
• Type of work – Cover Manager and Cover Supervisor work
• Contract or position start date – January 2025
• Duration / Likely Duration – Permanent
• Contract or position end date (if applicable) –
• Contract type (temp/perm/temp to perm) – Permanent
• Full time/part time – Full time
• Minimum rate of pay – £ 21,780 – £23,963 actual salary (£26,918 – £ 29,616 FTE)
• Hours – 8:30 am – 4pm, plus parents evenings

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience of working in secondary schools at KS3 and KS4
• Office administration experience
• Management of a team of people experience

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:

• Hold Right to Work in the UK
• Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
• Provide two professional child related references that cover the last 2 years

OTHER

If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up to date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people are responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.

Prospero Teaching is able to offer the successful candidate:

• Accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and behaviour management
• In-house Training and Development Team

Proud to be listed in the Times as one of ‘The Best Companies To Work For’, Prospero Teaching is an innovative and forward-thinking recruitment agency. With over two decades of experience, our education consultants work hard to find you the most suitable role, from a wide range of teaching jobs across the UK, in thousands of excellent schools, academies, and nurseries. We are an APSCO-audited education agency, and our awards for excellence demonstrate our commitment to high-quality service and best practice.