Midday Meals Supervisor

Salary: TSAT B Scale (£8,066 per annum for hours and weeks)

Hours per week: 20 hours per week, term time only

Contract: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

Closing Date: 31/10/21

Interview Date: TBC

We are recruiting for a Midday Meals Supervisor to join Portsmouth Academy. As Midday Meals Supervisor, you will have the responsibility for the day to day supervision of students during the lunchtime period ensuring a good standard of behaviour is maintained throughout the lunch period.

Working Monday to Friday, 20 hours per week, 10.00am – 2.00pm

You will be responsible for the welfare and health and safety of students whilst supporting and contribute to the school’s responsibility for safeguarding students

What you will need to succeed:

For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached JD

• To organise entry into the canteen, ensuring a calm atmosphere
• General supervision of students during the meal service
• To organise and supervise the students during their exit from canteen
• Promoting and ensuring good behaviour and encouraging good social skills
• Addressing issues calmly and politely and in doing so, being a role model to the students
• To ensure the safety, and well-being of students, providing support where necessary
• Maintain confidentiality at all times and to observe Data Protection guidelines
• Ability to adapt quickly and effectively to changing circumstances/situations
• Have good/excellent communication skills in order to build a rapport and relationships with students and staff
• Team player/ flexible
• Committed to safeguarding students

It is an exciting time to be joining the hardworking and committed staff at The Portsmouth Academy, our brand new Aspire building launched in September 2020 boasting excellent facilities and panoramic views of the city, as well as additional refurbishment in the existing building. The Portsmouth Academy is also on a journey to becoming a Microsoft Showcase School due to our approach to digital learning.

“Leaders have dramatically improved the quality of teaching, learning and assessment… consequently, the quality of teaching, learning and assessment is consistently good and continues to improve.” – Ofsted, April 2017

What our Trust will offer you:

• Revised support staff pay scale to retain and reward excellent people
• The opportunity to work with happy and well-behaved students who are excited about learning and work with parents who are supportive of our school values and ethos
• A 24/7 employee assistance programme which provides counselling and support / advice on a wide array of areas
• Free parking in our staff car park

What you need to do now:

If you are interested in working at our school, benefitting from a supportive network of colleagues across our Trust, and are keen to progress your career then please apply today!

We strongly encourage anybody who may be interested in working at our school to direct any question they may have to the Head’s PA, Sue Wood. We also encourage any early applications and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we suitable candidate is found.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.