What skills and experience we're looking for Working pattern: Term time plus inset days (39 weeks)Actual starting salary (calculated pro rata): £25,449 per annum. Salaries are paid in 12 equal monthly instalments The Burgess Hill Academy is looking to recruit a Pastoral Leader to join the friendly and dedicated pastoral team. The pastoral team provide support to students to overcome any barriers to their learning. As a Pastoral Leader you will: • Be the role model for other staff in the management of behaviour and provide advice over matters concerning behaviour, attendance, and pupil well-being. • You will provide support for the behaviour and attendance management of students consistent with the Academy’s policies; assist students in managing their own behaviour and attendance. • Provide support to the year group with child protection and safeguarding • Supervise detentions for persistently late students or students with behaviour issues If you would truly like to make a difference to the lives and life chances of our pupils, this may be the role for you. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of this rewarding role. What the school offers its staff We truly value the experience, dedication, and commitment of all our employees and believe in the power of motivated and happy staff. This is why we seek to enrich and reward our employees wherever we can, by offering a wide range of exciting and useful employee benefits. These include: • Automatic annual pay increments: Pay progression is not linked to performance and all our staff benefit from automatic pay progression (subject to the maximum salary for the role). Cost of living awards are also reviewed annually. • Generous Pension: Safeguard your future with financial security throughout your retirement. Employer contribution rate of 22.7%. • Holiday Entitlement: Take advantage of 25 days annual leave per annum (FTE), plus statutory Bank Holidays. • Health and Wellbeing: A strong commitment to your health and wellbeing including; onsite Wellbeing Champions, designated Mental Health Ambassadors and an annual day devoted to your health and wellbeing. This day provides the opportunity to spend valuable time catching up with colleagues, as well as some ‘Time for You’ to do whatever most enhances your wellbeing. • Personal Development Day: One day annually dedicated to your personal development which could include volunteering, training or a seminar (self-funded). • Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access to free and confidential counselling services, providing support for both work and personal issues. • Cycle to Work: Build exercise into your commute, with our cycle-to-work programme, offering a £2K loan to purchase a bicycle. • Retail Discount: Savings with hundreds of retailers including gym, private medical, dental and online GP service, as well as eligibility for the Blue Light Discount Scheme. Commitment to safeguarding The University of Brighton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check. This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, 2020 and 2023. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.