Cover Manager (including cover supervision duties)

Start date: July 2024

Full time, 37.5 hours per week 7.00am – 3.30pm term time (38 weeks per year)

Scale H9:  £31,652.00 inclusive per annum (actual salary for term time only)

Monk’s Walk is a high performing, oversubscribed school, seeking to appoint a Cover Manager responsible for organising cover for absent teaching staff.

Duties will include leading and supporting a small team of Cover Supervisors and regular supply staff to ensure that daily cover is delivered effectively and efficiently; the accurate and timely recording and reporting of staff absence and liaison with external supply agencies; and the delivery of set learning activities to students. Good communication skills and time management are essential as are excellent IT skills, particularly SIMS and Excel.

The successful candidate will ideally have some prior experience of managing people. A knowledge and understanding of the education sector or experience of working within a school environment would also be desirable.

This role will also include cover supervisor duties.

Please look at our website, Ofsted report and Facebook page (Monk’s Walk School Official) for more information about the school. The information pack gives you full details about the post.  If you would like an informal conversation about the post or would like to visit us in advance of applying, please contact Victoria Lyall, HR Manager. Victoria’s e-mail address is vlyall@monkswalk.herts.sch.uk.  

Applications should be by noon on Friday 17 May 2024.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible

It would be great to hear from you.

Monk’s Walk School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will need to obtain references and conduct online searches in advance of interview for any candidate short-listed. All job offers are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Please note it is an offence to apply for a role where the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.