Associate Director of Year

£57,585 – £66,565 per annum (dependent on qualifications and experience)Would you relish the opportunity to help young people onto the pathway of success and make your mark on a passionate and committed Senior Leadership Team? If so, we’re recruiting a new Associate Director of Year to join us at the start of our 2024/25 academic year. Your responsibilities will include ensuring learners in your year group make appropriate progress in all their subjects, resolving issues which present as barriers to learning such as attendance, lack of motivation or poor behaviour, and ensuring the pastoral provision enables learners to achieve. You will also have a teaching timetable and will be able to inspire learners with your passion for your subject.About The JCB AcademyThe JCB Academy is a school specialising in business and engineering. We teach students from Y9 to Sixth Form and provide Intermediate (L2) and Advanced (L3) apprenticeship programmes as well as Business and Engineering T-Levels which provide additional choices post-GCSE. Our approach pairs classroom learning with practical application, and we have an impressive range of world-class industry partners who help with that. JCB, of course, but also including Bosch Rexroth, Harper Adams University, Rolls-Royce and Toyota Motor Manufacturing. Names that can turn heads with learners and lock in their learning engagement. Situated close to Uttoxeter, you’ll have a picturesque market town on your doorstep and easy access to many independent shops, cafes and bars. Once you’ve explored that, there are plenty of characterful villages and cultural attractions to immerse yourself in as well as great travel links to major cities and The Peaks. It’s a beautiful place to call home and there’s an abundance of great-value-for-money housing available. We offer a benefits package which includes an Employee Assistance Programme (including financial guidance, legal enquiries, support for issues at home and at work), access to JCB’s dental scheme (monthly fee), free access to the academy’s gym, free on-site parking and Cyclescheme.About youYou will be a qualified teacher of business, engineering, English, mathematics or science with experience of providing pastoral support and recognising and referring safeguarding concerns. All the better if you have experience of leadership at middle or senior level, but what is really important is the ability to establish and develop successful working relationships with young people as well as being able to deal with challenging behaviour and difficult situations in a calm and professional manner. Your positivity and energy will make you a role model for learners – it’s something you’ll live up to in every aspect of school life, including extracurricular activities. You’ll foster inclusivity that will enable everyone to reach their potential at The JCB Academy. Your own included!Please contact the HR Department by email to #####
or on 01889 506100 if you would like any additional information or to arrange an informal visit.Closing date: Wednesday, 15 May 2024 at 12:00 midday. Interviews will be held week commencing 20 May 2024.This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers and, if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.The JCB Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check which includes a check of the Children’s Barred List. We encourage applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
and Safer Recruitment Policy
before applying.
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