Job Description
Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Location: Felixstowe IP11 9ED
Salary: Scale 12 - 17 £27,711-£30,060 FTE per annum, £20,936-£23,116 pro rata including an allowance for holiday pay
Vacancy Type: Permanent, term time plus one week, 32.5 hours a week
The Primary School is a member of the Education Trust. The Trust is an expanding multi-academy trust with 13 primary and 9 secondary schools.
The Role
They are looking for a hard-working and enthusiastic person with high standards and the ability to communicate and interact effectively with others as part of their school as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant.
The Primary School is looking to appoint an individual who is passionate about teaching and learning and building meaningful relationships with children and staff. They are a school built on kindness, providing an holistic and values led education with relationships, wellbeing and belonging standing front and centre in all they do.
Their HLTAs are hugely valued by everyone and will have the opportunity to work in a small team of people on planning and resourcing lessons. They will be supported by being provided with detailed curriculum guidance and schemes of work with accompanying plans and resources. They will have PPA and will be supported by their class teachers and Deputy Head.
Key Responsibilities
* Work as a Teaching Assistant or Higher Level Teaching Assistant across the school.
* As an HLTA, the role will involve planning, preparing and delivering lessons to pupils and monitoring and assessing standards of individuals.
* Promote pupils’ independence, self-esteem and social inclusion.
Skills and Qualifications
The professional competencies expected of a Higher Level Teaching Assistant are:
* The ability to communicate clearly and tactfully using appropriate methods and an awareness of the impact of your own communication on others;
* Able to maintain positive relationships with all and able to work as an effective and flexible part of a team; willing to change methods of work and routines to benefit the team;
* Willingness to accept responsibility for your own actions; the ability to prioritise effectively, meet deadlines and accept challenges.
* Be creative and proactive in finding solutions;
* Be flexible and adaptive to changing needs and priorities;
* Be resilient, empathetic, calm and professional under pressure;
* Be insightful and analytical with good problem-solving skills;
* Have excellent inter-personal and communication skills and evidence of being able to build and sustain effective working relationships with staff, children, parents/carers and the wider community;
* Be a self-reflective practitioner who always seeks to improve;
* See the 'big picture’ in relation to whole school priorities & improvement;
* Able to reason their educational philosophy, in tune with the school ethos;
* Possess a sense of humour;
* Have the ability to inspire and enthuse staff and children about learning;
* Have a passion for working with primary aged children;
* Be highly self-motivated, able to energise and motivate others;
* Be insightful and understanding of national, international and research developments relevant to teaching and learning in their subject.
The personal competencies expected for the role are:
* Engages with pupils appropriately and works with the best interest of pupils in mind;
* Able to work with minimum supervision;
* Understand statutory requirements and policies;
* Able to maintain confidentiality appropriately;
* Able to work as part of a team.
The qualifications and experience required of a Higher Level Teaching Assistant are:
* A minimum of a grade C / 4, or equivalent, in English and Maths GCSE.
* Previous experience working with children, preferably primary school age, in a classroom or similar environment is highly desirable
* Experience delivering learning activities to groups of children
* Level 2 or 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools or equivalent Teaching Assistant qualification desirable
To Apply
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