Job Description
We seek an enthusiastic and committed person to oversee our Humanities department.
Check you match the skill requirements for this role, as well as associated experience, then apply with your CV below.
Teaching:
To fulfil all the requirements and duties set out in the current Pay and Conditions Documents relating to the conditions of employment for teachers, as well as the relevant standards for teachers.
To be an outstanding practitioner.
Strategic Direction and Development:
To provide professional leadership to subject teachers of Humanities for KS3/4 and KS5 and to be the head ofa subject within the faculty dependent upon specialism.
To develop innovative teaching and learning in the Humanities Department
Be a member of the Extended Senior Leadership Team and participate fully in developing and communicating a clear and strategic vision of the development of the school.
Motivate and empower others to carry this vision forward.
Model the values and ethos of The Billericay School.
Support the Headteacher, Deputy and Assistant Headteachers in leading and managing the school effectively and in the review, implementation, development and monitoring of whole school policies that promote the school’s values, aims and objectives.
Contribute to management decisions on all aspects of policy, development and organisation by playing a significant role in school self-evaluation and in the preparation, implementation and monitoring of the school’s improvement plan.
Attend ESLT meetings when required. To attend middle leadership meetings and to plan and deliver faculty/departmental meetings to support school and faculty development priorities.
Attend meetings of the Governing body as required.
Line Management Responsibilities:
Contribute to the raising of standards of attainment across the school, but specifically in the subject areas line managed including; Geography, History, Psychology, Health and Social Care, RE and Sociology.
Accountable for student progress in the subject areas line managed.
Ensure appropriate monitoring of teaching and learning in the subject areas line managed, developing the quality in accordance with school policies and procedures.
Implement school policies on behavior and welfare
To adhere to and to help to implement school quality procedures
To contribute to the process of monitoring and evaluation of the faculty in line with school procedures, including evaluation against quality standards and performance criteria.To implement modifications and improvement where required
Be accountable for staff deployment and training in the areas line managed
Specific Responsibilities:
Accountable for appropriate use of the capitation budgets assigned to each subject area line managed
Supervise the use of the classrooms assigned to Humanities, including adherence to the relevant health and safety regulations
Manage the work of the technical and administrative staff assigned to the subject areas line managed
Act as a form tutor and carry out related duties in accordance with the general job description of ‘Form Tutor.
Attend all Parents’ Evenings, providing both support for teaching staff and a point of contact for parents seeking advice and guidance.
Attend key public events [school concerts & productions, award evenings, Open Evenings] as required, supporting SLT in the promotion of a positive school image to parents and the community
General Duties:
To communicate effectively with colleagues/ bodies outside of school and parents relative to the ESLT role
Complete one ESLT lunchtime duty per week; providing senior staff oversight of an agreed area of the school
Contribute to the delivery of assemblies [not more than once a year]
Contribute to the SLT Detention Rota as required
Contribute to the SLT Bus Duty Rota as required
to comply with the school’s procedures concerning safeguarding and to ensure that training is accessed
To contribute to PSHE education according to school procedures