Cover Manager with SIMS

Barking

Secondary School

£115 - £130 per day (pay type dependant)

7:30am-3:30pm Monday to Friday

Long Term - Ongoing

Our Partner School in Barking is urgently seeking a Cover Manager to cover long term sickness.

A great opportunity to join a growing, modern school you will need to have experience of Cover or Admissions and must have SIMS experience.

Core responsibilities and duties:

• To organise daily cover for absent staff using the diary which details planned absences, meetings, school trips and training, plus unplanned absences

• To manage the school calendar and ensure that all future events that require cover/timetable changes/room changes are identified, prioritised and planned for accordingly

• To allocate cover effectively and efficiently to enable the school to operate with minimum disruption to the students, informing all relevant staff

• To coordinate cover work each day

• To liaise with supply agencies on a daily basis and book supply staff as required

• To be the main point of contact for all supply staff and ensure timesheets are checked and signed daily and electronically authorised or emailed to agencies at the end of each week

• To organise the work of the Cover Supervisor Team and be responsible for distributing administrative duties, as appropriate, when they are not required to cover lessons

• Ensure that trips are planned according to school policy

• Produce visit packs for relevant staff

• Coordinate trip packs

• Liaise with finance team regarding agency and trip bookings

• Assist SLT and office staff as required.

Due to immediate need you must have an Enhanced DBS on the update service and Right to Work in the UK.

Full online registration will be required

Experience school administrators with SIMS and admissions experience or cover managers please apply

LT Support will try to respond to all applications within three working days. However due to the volume of applications we receive we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other vacancies we advertise in future that you think you may be suitable for.

LT Support is committed to a policy of equal opportunities. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer, because of this we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit