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Summary

Are you Ambitious, Tenacious, Enterprising?

We are looking for an Academic Tutor specialising in Literacy to support individuals and groups of students to enable access to learning, progress within the subject and achieve academic success. The role includes supporting teachers in whole class lessons when not administering their own 1:1 or group sessions, with some before and after school sessions.

Our new colleague will be kind and caring! Here, at Harris Academy Orpington, we have worked hard to create an environment where we look after and care for each other. Whilst being incredibly rewarding, working in schools can sometimes be hard. Colleagues at Harris Academy Orpington know that we work together as a team and we look out for each other; the environment here is one of care, nurture and support along with a bit of challenge!

This role is suitable for graduates with a degree in the subject area, looking to work in a school in preparation for starting teacher training.

Hours are 8:00am to 4:00pm. You will also be asked to provide some sessions within the school holiday period, up to 5 days, for reception support, interventions and summer school work.

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Next Steps

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.  

Skills

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering programmes of study to small groups of students (usually between one and three)
• Ensuring all students identified for intervention are given every opportunity to meet their targets
• Liaising with parents regarding the attendance, progress and attitude of designated students
• Maintaining records of students’ progress
• Completing relevant marking and feedback
• Using behaviour management strategies to contribute to creating a purposeful learning environment
• Supporting identified students in tutor group time
• Highlighting individual students’ learning needs to teachers and agreeing how they will be supported in each lesson
• Assisting in evaluating students’ progress
• Supporting identified students to engage with learning objectives in lessons

Qualifications & Experience

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Relevant qualifications at A Level or undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in English, Maths or Science.
• Excellent numeracy/literacy skills.
• Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours
• Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds
• Understanding of principles of child development and learning processes and, in particular, barriers to learning
• Ability to plan effective actions for students at risk of underachieving
• Understanding of a range of support services/providers
• Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Benefits

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.