Cover Supervisor

Job Reference: CS/10.2023

Salary: This is an hourly paid role £14.93, plus holiday pay

Working Hours: Casual, Zero hours contract 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Cover supervisor to join our Cross College department.

The purpose of the role is to supervise classes during the short-term absence of the assigned lecturer.

The successful applicant must have:

• Experience of working with students of the relevant age.
• Numeracy and literacy skills equivalent to NVQ Level 2 or GCSE Grade C in Maths and English.
• Understanding of the curriculum areas of the College.
• The ability to manage students in a classroom setting.
• The ability to be diplomatic.

The roles main duties include:

• Supervising work that has been set by a Lecturer.
• Managing the behaviour of students whilst they are undertaking this work to ensure a constructive environment.
• Responding to any questions from pupils about process and procedures. Discussing and debating texts with pupils and answering questions where appropriate.
• Dealing with any immediate problems or emergencies according to the College’s policies and procedures.
• Marking registers.
• Collecting completed work after the lesson to pass to the appropriate Lecturer or Head of Curriculum.
• Reporting, as appropriate using the College’s agreed referral procedures, on the behaviour of students during the class and on any problems arising.

This role requires you to engage in regulatory activity in the FE sector. The full definition of regulatory activity is set out in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Regulated activity includes teaching, instructing, caring for or supervising children if the person is unsupervised.

Fancy a 4-day working week*?

Grantham College staff benefit from a reduction in working hours and still receive full pay, a full-time member of staff with a permanent salaried contract for 37 hours per week reduces to an average of 33 hours per week with the same pro rata reduction for part time employees, this is applied pro-rata. Annual leave entitlements will reduce in line with the reduction in contracted hours, but the number of weeks of leave will remain the same. You will work your core hours Monday to Thursday with some staff working a Friday morning on the 4th week as agreed. Upon commencing employment with Grantham College, the 4-day week will be discussed with you in detail.

Grantham College experience positive benefits from the 4-day week, including improvement to staff wellbeing and morale. We have also seen benefits in terms of reduced staff turnover leading to greater consistency of performance for our students and apprentices. The number of staff sickness absence days has reduced alongside the energy usage for the college and therefore its carbon emissions. We have also seen improvements in key quality indicators such as student attendance and retention and we are confident this will feed through into improved achievement rates and more positive outcomes for our students.

*pro rota reduction for part time staff

What we offer you in return:

• An excellent pension scheme :
  • Local Government: Employer Contribution 24.5% 
• A continued professional development programme of up to £750 per academic year
• In addition to the 8 Bank Holidays a year, a generous annual leave allowance of:
  • 5 Weeks for Support employees, this will increase to 5.8 weeks, after 5 years’ service
• Generous occupational sick pay scheme after one years service
• Family friendly policies, including up to 5 paid occasions for time off for dependants within a 12 month period, after the first year of service

The closing date for all applications will be Sunday 28 April 2024.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview. You are welcome to download a full application pack and return your completed application to hrapplications@grantham.ac.uk  
Please note that we do not accept CV’s by way of application or online application via other websites, you must complete a Grantham College application form. Grantham College are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. All employment offers are subject to a self-funded satisfactory enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will have a deduction of £44 taken from payroll. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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