Headteacher
- Employer
- Birmingham City Council
- Location
- Benson Community School, Benson Road, Birmingham, B18 5TD
- Salary
- L21 – 27 £68,347 - £79,167
- Closing date
- 7 Jun 2021
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- Sector
- Education
- Job Type
- Schools / Academies - Leadership Roles, Headteacher
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Working Pattern
- See advert details
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Headteacher
L21 – 27 £68,347 - £79,167
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Benson Community School
Benson Road
Birmingham
B18 5TD
Phone Number: 0121 554 4913
Email Address: headteacher@benson.bham.sch.uk
Job Start Date: January 2022 or earlier if possible
Benson Community School is an inclusive primary school in the heart of Birmingham with 436 children on roll speaking over 42 different languages.
Due to the retirement of our current Head Teacher our school is looking for a new leader to build upon our vision for the future. Ideally, you would either be an existing Head or a Deputy Head Teacher with extensive leadership experience.
The successful candidate will:
- Embrace our ethos of a nurturing and learning environment where all children thrive academically, socially & emotionally.
- Provide strong and caring leadership with the ability to inspire and bring out the best in everyone.
Benson can offer you the chance to:
- Lead a team of dedicated and creative staff who work together to achieve common goals.
- Develop the school’s strategy and vision alongside a supportive and effective governing body that is committed to your continued professional development.
Our school motto is “there are no limits to what you can achieve”. If this applies to you we would love to hear from you. Visits to the school are strongly encouraged, please contact our current Headteacher, Mrs B Dennis for further information on 0121 554 4913 or via email at b.dennis@benson.bham.sch.uk
Closing Date: 7 June 2021, 9.00 am
Shortlisting: 10 June 2021
Interviews: 23 June 2021
For further details and application form, please email the job reference number ES2176 to CSURecruitment@birmingham.gov.uk or you can download the application pack here.
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 all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
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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