Teaching Assistant
- Employer
- Birmingham City Council
- Location
- St James's Catholic Primary School Leach Heath Lane Birmingham B45 9BN
- Salary
- Actual Salary £8,649 to £9,356
- Closing date
- 20 Feb 2025
- Reference
- JOB003030
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- Sector
- Education
- Job Type
- Schools / Academies - Support staff roles, Teaching assistant
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term Contract
- Working Pattern
- See advert details
- Hours
- Part-Time
Job Details
Start date: March 2025
Hours per week: 15, Term time only
St James's Catholic Primary School
Leach Heath Lane
Birmingham
B45 9BN
Telephone number: 0121 464 9700
Contact email: c.tullett@lumenchristi.org.uk
Contract type: Fixed term for 1 year to cover maternity
St James’ Catholic Primary School is a happy, successful primary school which is part of the Lumen Christi Catholic Multi Academy Company. The school has an excellent reputation as well as enjoying a strong partnership between the School and Parish community.
The school standards committee are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced teaching assistant who is passionate in supporting pupils with learning and who has high expectations of pupil achievement and behaviour.
The successful candidate will be:
- supportive of the school’s distinctive Catholic nature
- a highly-skilled teaching assistant
- enthusiastic
- highly organised
- committed to achieving the highest standards
- reflective
- committed to their own professional development
- NVQ level 2 or 3 in childcare or an equivalent qualification
We can offer:
- a supportive and caring learning environment which aims to promote and develop expertise of all staff through a commitment to CPD
- enthusiastic and friendly children who respond well to encouragement and challenge, and have a love for learning
- excitement and challenge with varied opportunities from our collaborative networking within the Lumen Christi MAC and local schools
- an outstanding school (Ofsted September 2024, RE Section 48 May Inspection 2019)
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
How to apply
Application forms are available to download from our school website or you are welcome to call Mrs Kelly on 0121 464 9700 to request a pack or email on enquiry@stjamescatholicprimary.co.uk
Only applications on the CES application form will be accepted. All sections of the CES application form must be completed.
Applications should be returned to Claire Tullett – c.tullett@lumenchristi.org.uk
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.
Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Company
Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.
We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion. We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.
Information for applicants with a disability
We are a proud Disability Confident Employer. We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).
If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.
The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.
There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
- A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
- An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
- A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
- A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
- A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.
We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.
In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.
Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.
For the awards and support for our employees, please follow https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/169/job_vacancies
- Website
- http://birmingham.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 0121 675 7070
- Location
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Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom
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