Midday Supervisory Assistant Job Vacancy

Please see below for a new vacancy at Park Grove Primary Academy. Please let anyone know who may be interested in this role.

Midday Supervisory Assistant
Park Grove Primary Academy, York
£10.50 – £10.79 per hour, plus 6 weeks paid holiday
5 hours per week, worked only in term time
Excellent benefits, including savings at a variety of high street shops and on holidays, generous
pension schemes, free onsite car parking, plus family friendly and sick pay schemes

About the Trust:
Ebor Academy Trust is a family of schools located across North and East Yorkshire, York and the
Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school across many sites, working
collaboratively to deliver high quality, rich and engaging education in our diverse communities. Our
aims are to enable all our learners to flourish and to open doors for their very best futures.
We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these
underpin how we work and how we relate to each other. We have high ambitions for our learners
and staff and aim to deliver this through a culture of continuous development, support, kindness
and understanding. We are a friendly trust that puts people first.

About the role:
Park Grove Primary Academy are looking to recruit a Midday Supervisory Assistant to join their hard
working team. If you are looking to earn an extra income and have a passion for working with children this could be
the role for you. We currently have an opportunity to work Monday – Friday lunchtimes, we are
looking for someone to cover one hour between 12.00noon– 1.00pm.
The role is to care for, support and interact with children during the lunchtime period, which
includes helping the children access the lunch service. A key part of this role is to supervise the
children in the playground during their lunchtime break and manage behaviour.

The job requirements:
You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to build good relationships with both
adults and children. Strong time management, organisational skills and the ability to work well as
part of a team are all essential to this role.
You will have a genuine care towards all our children, encouraging them to achieve their best. You
will have good behaviour management skills, implementing clear boundaries and routines, you will
use behaviour management in all areas around school.

While experience of working with children and a qualification are not essential it would be useful if
you have some knowledge and understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality and special education
needs although full training and support will be provided to the successful candidates.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a growing Academy Trust which offers excellent,
long term career development as well as other fantastic benefits such as sick pay, a good pension
scheme and a genuine care for staff member’s physical and mental health. You also receive access to
a free and confidential health and wellbeing service which offers you support across many areas
such as counselling, appointments with a health professional and many more.

Working with us:
We offer generous terms and conditions of employment. All our staff have access to a
comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy. This includes access
to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist
clinics as well as counselling services. We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops,
online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable
pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.
All new starters with the Trust receive a thorough induction programme, followed by a programme
of training which is essential to the role. But it doesn’t stop there, all staff receive development on
an ongoing basis and we encourage the learning of new skills should you wish to develop your career
with the Trust further.

The Trust is striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation, where everyone feels able to be
themselves and experiences a strong sense of belonging. The Trust wholeheartedly supports the
principle of equality and diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful
discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership,
pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the
recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic,
cultural and social backgrounds and seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents
society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the
criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer
recruitment practices and appointments are subject to, amongst other things, an enhanced DBS
check. Please see the Trust’s Recruitment Policy for further information.

Closing date: Thursday 8th December 2022 at 9.00am
Interview date: Week commencing Monday 12th December 2022
For enquiries please contact, Bryony Chambers, School Business Partner,
b.chambers@ebor.academy