Pastoral Care and Safeguarding Administrator - TTO

Ref: SCH-ThBS-0035

Establishment: Pastoral Team Department at The BRIT School Location: Croydon Salary: £27,019 - £29,172 pro rata (£30,495 - £32,925 pa FTE) Department: Pastoral Team Job Type: Full Time Key Stage: Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5

Closing Date: 12/08/2024 09:00 Interview Date: 22/08/2024 Start Date: ASAP

Additional Information

Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: TTO - Term time only Hours per Week: 35.00 Weeks per Year: 39.000 Pay Grade: Support Staff | 13 - 18

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to take on the role of Pastoral Administrator within our well-established Pastoral team.

The BRIT School is looking for a dynamic and innovative Pastoral Administrator. This role requires someone who is highly motivated with excellent communication skills.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact on the pastoral work with our students across the school. The successful applicant will be organised, friendly, flexible and calm under pressure to support the pastoral care team.

The BRIT School is a unique institution offering specialist education in the arts and related technologies, alongside the full range of National Curriculum subjects. It is sponsored by the British Record Industry and has a unique relationship with the performing arts industries.

The BRIT School runs a five Term academic year with some school holidays falling at different times to the usual Local Authority school breaks. Please see our website for further details of our term dates.

Skills

Relevant Skills
Enthusiastic, dedicated, constructive team player	Essential
Ability to inspire confidence of pupils and parents	Essential
Strong organisational skills	Essential
Ability to remain calm and think clearly under pressure	Essential
Genuine interest and enthusiasm for working with young people	Essential
Strong focus on pastoral care and be prepared to go the extra mile to care for our students	Essential
Knowledge of the following systems CPOMS, SISRA, iSams	Desirable
Enthusiastic, dedicated, constructive team player	Essential
Experience of supporting students in a school environment and liaising with staff, parents and outside agencies	Desirable
General secretarial/administrative work	Desirable
Knowledge of safeguarding procedures in a school environment	Essential
Knowledge of social care provision, benefits system for young people and services available outside of school environment that may support students’ wellbeing	Essential
Understanding of school roles and responsibilities and your own position within these.	Essential
Understanding of school roles and responsibilities and your own position within these.	Essential
Ability to inspire confidence of pupils and parents	Essential
Strong organisational skills	Essential
Ability to remain calm and think clearly under pressure	Essential
Genuine interest and enthusiasm for working with young people	Essential
Strong focus on pastoral care and be prepared to go the extra mile to care for our students	Essential
Knowledge of the following systems CPOMS, SISRA, iSams	Desirable
Experience of supporting students in a school environment and liaising with staff, parents and outside agencies	Desirable
Willingness to participate enthusiastically in all aspects of school life	Essential
Common sense and initiative	Essential
Participate in development and training opportunities.	Essential
Personal Attributes
A commitment to the Schools mission, ethos and equal opportunities policy, together with high standards of education, care and behaviour.	Essential
Excellent communication and organisational skills.	Essential
Friendly, patient, professional approach	Essential
Ability to enthusiastically multi-task, work proactively and use your own initiative.	Essential
Ability to work under pressure in a busy student focused environment.	Essential
A friendly and happy personality with the ability to interact positively with people of all ages and stages of life.	Essential
Flexibility and a willingness to undertake a wide range of tasks and undergo training where required.	Essential
Friendly, patient, professional approach	Essential
Ability to maintain confidentiality.	Essential
Energy, enthusiasm and a commitment to the learning process and careers department activities.	Essential
Relevant Experience
Excellent numeracy/literacy skills	Essential
Safeguarding/Child protection training	Desirable