SGS Create Teacher

Role Information:

Reference: REQ001039
Location: Stroud Campus
Salary Range: up to £38,718.00 (Salary is depending on qualifications and experience)
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Hours: 37 hours per week

SGS is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Are you ready to embark on a journey with a transformative educational institution in the heart of the South West?

SGS Create, our innovative provision, opened its doors in September 2023, welcoming 80 enthusiastic Year 10 learners. As we continue to expand, we are seeking passionate and experienced educators to deliver a first class, broad and balanced curriculum to our current Year 10 cohort and the incoming students set to join us in September 2024.

We are in search of an outstanding teacher to join our team in September 2024.

This post demands flexibility from any candidates as the teaching role and subjects will vary, but will include PE, Maths, IT and activities, and short term cover. We welcome applications from fully qualified teachers with QTS, including NQTs, who possess a broad range of experience in teaching KS3/4 across diverse educational settings. Our ideal candidate will demonstrate a good understanding of SEMH and SEND learners, coupled with an empathetic teaching approach. At SGS Create, we prioritise fostering strong connections with both students and parents, making our learning environment and school ethos truly exceptional.

"Leaders have been courageous in their development of new full-time provision for learners aged 14 to 16. They have committed substantial resources, time and research into developing the curriculum to ensure that it meets the needs of these young learners extremely well."- Ofsted 2024

Financial Rewards and Benefits:

• Opportunity to make a positive impact within the community and on learners’ lives
• Competitive Pension Scheme - Academic roles benefit significantly by their access to the teachers’ pension scheme (TPS), with a generous employer contributions of over 23%
• SGS Create teaching staff and corporate staff will be allocated 13 weeks holidays each academic year, only to be taken in line with the school holiday term breaks. Some cover might be needed during term breaks but this will be with prior agreement.  A full- time teaching timetable would be 25 hours timetable per week to allow for PPA, over 39 teaching weeks, this will be reduced to reflect any agreed remission allocated for specific roles or responsibilities.  All posts will be subject to the Colleges academic employment Terms and Conditions.
• Extensive professional development with ongoing support for your personal & professional development, including 25% tuition discount for immediate family of SGS employees.
• Family friendly policies and a proven commitment to supporting flexible working practices
• Access to ‘My Lifestyle’ discounted shopping benefits, cycle to work scheme and a Technology Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free Annual Eye test
• All staff members can buy a TOTUM card(formerly known as NUS Extra cards), as part of being an affiliate member of the Students' Union 
• Staff have access and supported to be part of inclusive or sustainable staff networks and communities
• Free car parking at all campuses (Except Queens Road Art School)
• Access to a wide variety of external health and wellbeing resources
• Subsidised onsite catering services including Starbucks Coffee

South Gloucestershire & Stroud College has an excellent Reputation for delivering further education and work-based programmes in a range of subjects – from business to sport, construction to media, GCSE’s and A Levels to Honour Degree level programmes. Our experienced and passionate staff work hard to help students and colleagues achieve their personal challenges and career goals. We are proud of SGS and committed to making the College the best it can be. We are currently working hard to achieve “Outstanding” status after being classified as “Good” in our last inspection. For more information, please visit https://www.sgscol.ac.uk/

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Curriculum development and innovation
• To undertake all forms of pedagogic work which may include classroom and online teaching
• To conduct curriculum development work including identification of consumer requirements, planning, development and evaluation of courses and course materials
• To support learners needs and liaise with appropriate staff to ensure strategies are in place to support the learners progress.

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• Qualified Teacher Status
• Degree
• Successful management experience in a school/education setting
• Understanding of high-quality teaching based on evidence, and the ability to model this for others and support others to improve

Please apply online by: Monday 20th May 2024

Expected Interview Date: Wednesday 22nd May 2024

Start Date: 27th August 2024 (TBC)

Please email [email protected] or [email protected] if you have any questions.

SGS College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and any offer of employment will be subject to a number of conditions including a requirement for providing satisfactory references. In line with KCSIE and having regard to all relevant guidance, a range of checks and online searches will also be conducted for successful candidates, and a satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure will need to be obtained as a requirement of the job.