Staffordshire University Academy

Marston Road

Hednesford

Staffordshire

WS12 4JH

Second in charge of Science

MPS – UPS with a TLR of £4000

Start date:  September 2022

Staffordshire University Academy are seeking to appoint an innovative and ambitious second in science who can enthuse, motivate and challenge students. Science has a well-established team and is taught across all of the key stages.  We have access to high quality facilities (including four well-equipped science laboratories) and resources and work within a strong team structure that allows best practice to be shared. Staff benefit from a positive working environment, with strong support for professional development.  The successful candidate will join a team of friendly and supportive colleagues who want to achieve the very best for our students.

This opportunity would suit a colleague with two or more years experience in the profession, with a passion for the sciences and looking for a new challenge. Our excellent continued professional development programme will ensure you become an even better practitioner and will help develop career long skills. We have a relentless focus on the standards of teaching and learning across the academy and would like to appoint a candidate who has the vision and desire to develop these areas to support improving the life chances of our students.

Do you have:

• High aspirations and a track record of delivering effective lessons
• A passion for working with young people to make a difference to their lives
• A desire to ensure all groups of students are suitably motivated and challenged
• The desire to share and learn from best practice to ensure continual self-improvement
• The ability to use and apply technology in lessons to support teaching and learning

In return we can offer:

• Genuinely exciting career development opportunities
• A team of supportive, experienced and enthusiastic colleagues
• Excellent facilities
• A robust and responsive CPD programme
• Robust induction programme
• Innovative approach to staff well being

For more information and to download an application pack please visit our website: www.suacademy.co.uk or email: vacancies@suacademy.co.uk to request an application pack. Alternatively contact Claire Simpson on 01543 224 654.

Closing date for applications is 9am on 7^th February 2022

              
This academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions if shortlisted

To comply with Asylum and Immigration legislation you will be required (if appointed) to provide one or more documents from the Immigration Act 2006 - List A and B. You must provide proof of current and valid permission to be in the United Kingdom and valid permission to do the type of work offered. Further information is available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/acceptable-right-to-work-documents-an-employers-guide