Parent Ambassador
Contract type: Permanent
Work pattern: 36 hours per week, Term time + 1 week (39 weeks)
Salary information: Grade 5, £28,893 - £30,858 per annum (FTE, depending on experience)
Further salary information: Please note, the advertised salary range is the full-time equivalent and will be pro-rata'd in line with the hours and weeks worked.
Reports to: Pastoral Lead
Start date: Negotiable
At Roxbourne, we strive to provide a transformational education and rich opportunities which will ensure our pupils leave primary and start secondary school on a path which ensures real life choices at 16, 18 and beyond. We have been judged to be ‘Good’ by Ofsted (February 2020) and pupils are making strong progress at our school.
“There is a strong team of staff who work hard to ensure pupils get a good education.” Ofsted report February 2020.
This is a great opportunity to join our school community and play a role to contribute to our school operations and develop our lettings programme.
We are looking for someone who is:
- Unrelenting in their pursuit of excellence in all aspects of their practice.
- Has experience of dealing with customers, parents/carers.
- Team spirited and prepared to go above and beyond to get the job done.
We offer:
- Excellent Staff support.
- A warm positive working environment where everyone is valued.
- A staff Chromebook (we are a Google school).
- Staff benefits including a generous pension scheme and Employee assistance programme.
- A well-resourced school on an impressive site, which includes; multiple playgrounds, a school field and dedicated classrooms for music, art / DT, food technology as well as a library, a computing suite and multiple small group rooms.
- A parent community with high aspirations and children with exemplary behaviour.
You will be:
- Resilient - Independent - Creative - Aspirational - Collaborative.
- A proactive member of the team.
- Resilient, trustworthy, passionate, ambitious.
- Highly organised, flexible, self-directed, reliable and dependable.
- Work to build positive relationships with our parent community and other stakeholders.
Overall Job Purpose:
- To work closely with parents and carers to help overcome pupils’ barriers to learning.
- To maintain regular communication to ensure parents and carers are consistently engaged in pupils’ development and progress.
- To welcome new pupils and ensure smooth transition.
- To organise parent workshops.
- To deliver excellent customer service.
The school has an excellent reputation within the local community with strong support from governors, parents, pupils and a dedicated and highly motivated team of staff.
We would very much like to hear from you if you share our vision, values and enthusiasm.
Closing date: Monday 13th May 2024 at 08:00am
Further information: Applications will be reviewed as they are received, please apply early to avoid disappointment.
The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to converse fluently in English is an essential requirement for this role.
Roxbourne will carry out an online search as part of its due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
