Deputy School Games Organiser/Newcastle PE and School Sport Support Officer
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School:
NEAT Academy Trust -
Location:
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Salary:
N4 £24,294 - £25,119 per annum pro rata (Actual £19,732 - £20,403 per annum) -
Hours:
35 -
Contractual Status:
Fixed term -
Closing Date:
15th Sep 2024
This post is term time only, plus 5 training days, and is fixed term until 31st August 2025.
Newcastle PE and School Sport Service is based at Benfield School in the east of Newcastle upon Tyne and is part of NEAT Academy Trust, a family of seven primary and secondary schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East.
Our service covers the whole of Newcastle upon Tyne engaging with and delivering a variety of programmes and services to First, Primary, Middle, Special and High Schools. We provide high quality PE and sporting opportunities to children and young people, and we are committed to having a positive impact in order to raise participation that will ultimately encourage and motivate them to lead healthy active lifestyles. As such we are seeking an enthusiastic, committed and passionate individual to deliver against this aspiration.
What is the role?
Deputy School Games Organiser
Through the direction and support of the School Games Organiser, the successful candidate will make a positive and meaningful difference to the lives of children and young people through sport and physical activity. The School Games programme pledges to address the national priorities of tackling inequalities, youth engagement and physical literacy.
PE and School Sport Support Officer
In addition, the post will support the team in the delivery of its key events and programmes such as the delivery of high quality PE, healthy active lifestyle opportunities and playground
leader training.
The successful candidate will have:
- NGB Level 2 coaching qualification or specialism in dance.
- Self-motivated with the ability to motivate and enthuse teaching staff, young people, other coaches and sports leaders.
- A flexible and adaptable approach to work with the ability to plan and organise own workload, working with minimal supervision.
- Experience setting up sports equipment.
- Experience of managing and delivering activity programmes and events.
In return we offer:
- The benefit of working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
- Membership of the Local Government Pensions Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
- Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Irelands leading wellbeing provider.
- Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058 Coast Road.
Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying job description and person specification and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Sunday 15th September 2024.
NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening
NEAT Academy Trust
NEAT Academy Trust, usually known as NEAT, was formed in 2017 from an existing collaboration of schools within North East England.
Academy trusts are charitable companies set up to provide education for the public benefit. We are a “mixed” multi-academy trust as we were established to include both non-faith and Church of England schools.
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