Pre School Manager

About the role

Pre-School Deputy Manager (Maternity Leave)

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Early Years Practitioner or Teaching Assistant, who is at least Level 3 qualified, to work in our Pre-School, as a deputy manager.

The vacancy is for a maternity cover contract, commencing ASAP.

There is flexibility available, with the job either being full time, or a job share, with a second deputy manager also sharing the role with you, if this was preferred.

Teversham is an exciting and vibrant primary school set on the outskirts of the historic city of Cambridge.

We have exciting plans for our Pre-School provision, with a new, purpose designed building opening in Autumn 2024.

This role would offer a unique opportunity to be part of the team setting up this new space. If you are a motivated and organised individual and are interested in a role where you will be truly valued and supported to develop your skills, we would love to hear from you!

Start date: ASAP

Closing date: Friday 22nd March

Pay Scale: Term Time only Scale 5 Point 12 (FTE £26,421, £13.70 per hour)

Hours: 8.30-3.30 daily, minimum of 3.5 days

Role will include:

• Leading provision on a daily basis, supported by the Pre-School manager who teaches in the reception class and takes overall responsibility for the Early Years provision.

• Working alongside the second deputy manager if a job share role

• Provide and lead safe, high quality education and care for the Pre-School children

• Lead and manage staff on a day-to-day basis

• Contribute to and implement Early Years policies

• Ensure that all statutory, legal and setting obligations are followed and met

• Take an active role in supporting the SEN children, along with the SENDco

Candidates must:

• Be trained to Level 3 or above

• Have proven experience and knowledge in leading learning in early years

The successful candidate will:

• Be caring, creative and proactive

• Be patient, kind and understanding and be committed to our ethos of care and support for ALL children

• Be proactive, show initiative, be professional, ensuring the well-being and safety of all

• Have very good communication, interpersonal and organisational skills

• Be keen to further develop their own skills and understanding

• Know when to seek additional support from the school as needed

• Be committed to supporting all children to make progress

• Be willing and able to make a contribution towards school life

• Have full DBS clearance and meet all safeguarding checks

We can offer you:

• A warm, caring Pre-School with a strong, inclusive ethos where everyone in the community is valued

• A Pre-School full of happy and enthusiastic children who behave exceptionally well and are keen to learn • A strong, caring and supportive team

• Opportunities for professional development and training

• Opportunity to work with experienced and skilled practitioners

Please see our website for an application form and job specification and to find out more about our lovely school Vacancies | Teversham CofE VA Primary School (tevershamschool.co.uk) 

We would love to meet you if you are interested, so please do arrange to visit the school, meet the Early Years Leader and discuss the role.

Please ring 01223 293357 or email office@teversham.cambs.sch.uk

What will you be doing?

Teversham Church of England Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in our care. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, including a Barred List check where applicable to the role.

Where you have been shortlisted for a role, you will be required to complete a Declaration of Offences Form, disclosing all relevant previous criminal convictions and cautions.

Please contact the Head teacher to discuss this step further if you wish.

If you are shortlisted for the position you are applying for, we will carry out an online search against you, for information that is publicly available online and usually before interview.

Application forms must be completed in full.

Please pay particular attention to your work history and inform us of any gaps in employment. CVs will only be accepted alongside a completed application form.

We are very keen to appoint so will interview suitable candidates as soon as possible, so please apply promptly or let us know you interested.

Starting date: ASAP

About you

We can offer you:
• A warm, caring Pre-School with a strong, inclusive ethos where everyone in the community is valued
• A Pre-School full of happy and enthusiastic children who behave exceptionally well and are keen to learn
• A strong, caring and supportive team
• Opportunities for professional development and training
• Opportunity to work with experienced and skilled practitioners
Please see our website for an application form and job specification and to find out more about our lovely school www.tevershamschool.co.uk

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

• Flexible working
• Flexible Bank Holidays
• A comprehensive wellbeing package
• Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
• A comprehensive pension scheme
• IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
• Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
• An employee recognition scheme

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers