Hours: Flexible 20 hours a week, 40 weeks a year
Introduction:
Queen Ethelburga’s is set in more than 220 acres of beautiful North Yorkshire countryside, on the Thorpe Underwood Estate. Staff work as one team – whether they are directly teaching or supporting students as part of the school and pastoral teams, or as part of our estates team making sure that the campus works as it should – to create a vibrant learning and living environment in which every student can thrive. We aspire to excellence, have high expectations of ourselves and others, and take pride in everything we do. We aim to nurture resilient, confident, and independent lifelong learners. The Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate Standard is ‘To be the best that I can with the gifts that I have’.
General
The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) Contingent at Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate consists of an Army and an RAF Section which routinely parades on a Monday afternoon throughout term time. The aim of the Contingent is to foster good citizenship and to develop young people through exposure to military orientated training with the emphasis being placed on leadership and teamwork as well as the application of standards and values. There are a variety of disciplines covered in CCF training that includes: Marksmanship Training, Flying Experience, Navigation, First Aid and Adventurous Outdoor Activities to name but a few. The Contingent run several external trips each year including: a weekend away each term, an overseas exercise, Annual Camp and a week’s Adventurous Training in Wales. There is also the opportunity to gain vocational qualifications in Public Services through the BTEC programme.
Specific duties and responsibilities
The role of the School Staff Instructor is to provide administrative support to the Contingent, in order to enable both weekly training and external events and camps. The School Staff Instructor shall be appointed by the Head Teacher and will need to be approved by the appropriate Regional Headquarter. In addition to attending all weekly training, they shall be directly responsible for the following:
Personnel
Assist the Contingent Commander and other adult volunteers with the effective use of the Westminster Cadet Management Database and School IT systems and processes.
Keep cadet and adult volunteer records up to date and conduct regular checks to ensure data is current.
Record weekly attendance of cadets.
Support adults and cadets with the booking of courses.
Stores and Accounts
The physical maintenance and operation of a Quartermaster’s Stores.
The preparation and submission each term of bills to the Contingent Commander for the recovery of money from parents for kit losses.
The preparation of the contingency clothing accounts for periodic (six monthly) audit by the Administrative Assistants of each Service Section.
The centralising of all demands for new clothing items as a result of kit losses.
The raising of issue and receipt vouchers for all loan stores.
Publications and Pamphlets
The control and maintenance of records of MOD produced documents in relation to policy and training.
Conferences
Attend all SSI conferences and training events.
Weapons
Carrying out quantity and registration checks as set out in the Defence Logistics Framework (DLF).
Training
Booking field days and camps – including administrative support, recces, transport, military training camps, stores, and other resources.
Provide administrative support for the Contingent in the field including the physical collection and return of rations and loan stores from the MOD.
Provide support to enable weekly training at school location.
Additionally, School Staff Instructors should, ideally, dual role as Cadet Force Adult Volunteers if they choose to – allowing for the delivery of training, and wider access to courses. They may be entitled to additional remuneration for events supported in the CFAV role.
You will be required to attend INSET training days throughout the year, these are notified well in advance and may occur at the beginning or end of a holiday period. These are included in your salary.
The SSI is required to attend activities illustrated in the table below:
|
Event |
Days |
|
|
1 |
Routine Parades |
32 |
|
2 |
Exercise Winter Warmer |
3 |
|
3 |
Exercise Best Behaviour |
1 |
|
4 |
Exercise First Step |
3 |
|
5 |
Overseas Exercise |
12 |
|
6 |
Adventure Training Exercise |
7 |
|
7 |
Annual Camp |
7 |
|
8 |
Other days as required by the Contingent Commander |
2 |
Activities listed 2 – 8 will be remunerated separately to the annual salary as long as not in receipt of MoD Voluntary Allowance.
Support for the School
Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the Collegiate.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries, with a range of flexible hours to suit
- 10% discount on kindergarten fees (aged 3 months to 3 years)
- Significant discount on school fees from age 3 to 18.
- Free private staff gym, separate to the students with state-of-the-art equipment.
- Free, secure onsite parking and electrical vehicle charging points on site for staff
- Staff community social events including bonfire and fireworks, Christmas ball, summer fun day etc.
- 24/7 Employee Assistant Programme
- Training and Development Opportunities
- Increased holiday entitlement for staff with long service
- Long service awards
- Discount on King’s Theatre productions – external events
- Enhanced paternity / maternity pay, including new baby book
- Refer a friend scheme – We believe that staff are our greatest and most valuable asset, and this scheme involves and financially rewards our staff for referring like-minded candidates who join our school community.
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