Non-teaching Head of Year

**About The Role**:
**Non
- Teaching Head of Year**

**Start date**:22 April 2025

**Location**:Ark Alexandra Academy, Hastings, East Sussex

**Salary**:Ark Outside London Support Scale 9, Pay Points 25-32: £35,234 to £41,510

**Hours**:8.00am - 5.00pm,40 hours per week, term time only plus 2 extra weeks to be worked in the school holidays (41 weeks per year)

**Contract**:Permanent

**Closing date**:Midnight on Tuesday 18 February 2025

Our standards are high, and we need someone who can be a team player and flexible when supporting other colleagues with the ability to be resilient, calm and professional under pressure.

For more information, please read the job description and person specification available for download.
- Have a proven track record of providing excellent pastoral support
- Be adaptable, organised and able to work on your own initiative
- Have experience leading excellent student attendance and behaviour (desirable)
- Be able to interpret data to inform student progress
- Understand the importance of confidentiality
- Be able to take ownership of tasks and complete to a high standard
- Be able to devise, implement and evaluate a variety of student programmes
- Have experience of effectively leading a team of tutors (desirable)

**Benefits**:
- A friendly but professional working environment
- Twice as many training days as standard and network-wide events with Ark colleagues
- Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the network
- Local Government Pension Scheme with a generous employer contribution
- Unique opportunities for growth and development
- Access to Ark Rewards - a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme - providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.

**_Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark _**_here_**_._**

**About Us**:
We are aiming to create one of the top performing schools in the UK right here in Hastings.

Ark Alexandra Academy is a popular and oversubscribed secondary school in Hastings. We have grown from 10 to 12 form entry and operate a ‘One School, Two Campus’ model, which brings with it unique opportunities for career growth and development. The school is on an exciting and rapid journey of improvement under a new leadership team, which is underpinned by research and best practice. We place a primacy on traditional values: discipline, courtesy and respect. Our students are smart and ready to learn and thrive. We are a strict no mobile phone school.

As part of the Ark network, Ark Alexandra Academy has access to the dedicated support of a highly successful MAT with a well-regarded CPD offer for staff at all levels. In addition, the school is part of the Hastings DfE Education Investment Area giving an increased focus on the region, potential funding, and genuine opportunities for collaboration between schools.

**_ Visit _**_arkalexandra.org/jobs_**_ to learn more about us and see our current vacancies._**

**Diversity and inclusion**:
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone - staff and students - can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

**Safeguarding statement**:
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.