PE/School Sports Apprentice

Salary: £6.72 per hour within the first year of apprenticeship, national minimum wage (NMW) for all other apprentices + Lift Schools Wellbeing Cash Plan + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Additional Lift Schools Benefits

Hours: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Start: September 2024

Kickstart Your Career with Us

Earn while you learn and make a difference.
Are you ready to gain valuable skills and jumpstart your career? Join our PE team at Unity City Academy

You will:

• Gain hands-on experience in a supportive environment
• Earn a salary while working towards a Teaching Assistant apprenticeship standard level 3 qualification
• Be part of a team making a positive impact to our school and community
• We're committed to your professional growth and offer excellent training opportunities through our apprenticeship program.

The role:

We are seeking a PE Apprentice who will be required to support Physical Education lessons and provide administrative service to the Head of PE. The post holder will work under the direction of the Head of PE. All duties are carried out within recognised procedures or guidelines. The ideal candidate will have a broad understanding of PE and be able to set up and use equipment within the department as well as provide support by organising PE fixtures and preparing resources for lessons as required. The ability to communicate effectively with students, colleagues and staff is essential, along with good time management skills.

You will complete a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard. You may also be required to complete English and maths functional skills (depending on existing qualifications).

As a Sport Apprentice you will:

• Provide learning support to the PE department.
• To take ownership of your apprenticeship training.
• Promote and adhere to the Trust's values to be unusually brave, discover what's possible, push the limits and be big hearted.
• Complete the Level 3 Teaching Assistant apprenticeship standard.
• You may also be required to complete English and maths functional skills (depending on existing qualifications).
• Attend tripartite reviews with your employer and apprenticeship Trainer every 10 weeks to review your progress on the Level 3 programme

Your Trainer will meet with you in the workplace or online every 2-4 weeks. In between these meetings you will have dedicated time away from your job to work on the apprenticeship and collate evidence for your apprenticeship e-portfolio with ongoing support from your Manager and Trainer.

This is an exciting opportunity to be in a real job, with real variety, from day one whilst working towards a qualification. The successful candidate will have excellent people and communication skills and will be flexible to adapt to changing situations.

To be eligible for the Apprenticeship, applicants must have resided in the UK or EEA for 3 years prior to the start of the Apprenticeship. Please note: applicants must not have already completed a Level 3 Teaching Assistant apprenticeship.

This will be a fixed-term position and the duration of the apprenticeship will be determined by the job role and current skills. The typical duration of the apprenticeship is 21 months, however, can be longer or shorter depending on existing knowledge, skills and experience, up to a maximum

About Unity City Academy

Unity City Academy is a thriving school in Middlesbrough with a strong focus on student success. We've recently achieved an Ofsted 'Good' rating and are proud of our supportive community.

Closing date: 14th Sep 2024

Interviews are scheduled to take place as soon as possible after the closing date

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV's.

Lift Schools and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.