Pastoral Head of Year

Job start date: 1 February 2025 Hours per week: 36.5 term time only + 2 weeks Hodge Hill College Bromford Road Birmingham B36 8HB Telephone number: 0121 783 7807 Contact email: recruitment@hodgehill.bham.sch.uk Contract type: Permanent Hodge Hill College is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our school for the role of Assistant Achievement Coordinator. This role ensures the support and development of our students’ pastoral and academic progress. In close collaboration with the Achievement Coordinator, the successful candidate will be instrumental in monitoring and enhancing pastoral strategies as well as managing the day-to-day leadership of a designated year group. The role encompasses a range of responsibilities, including offering guidance and support to students, monitoring and analysing attendance data, attainment, behaviour, and punctuality, and acting as a primary contact for parents. The Assistant Achievement Coordinator will also liaise with various school departments, external agencies, and parents to ensure a cohesive approach to student welfare, and will be actively involved in the planning and execution of year group events, playing a vital part in fostering the school’s dynamic community spirit. This position is a term-time only appointment plus two weeks to ensure the required for school events such as parent evenings and trips are fulfilled. We are seeking a candidate who is deeply committed to the education and welfare of children, possesses strong communication skills, and has the capability to function effectively within a team. If you have a passion for making a meaningful impact within a school setting and are looking to contribute to a positive and stimulating educational environment, we encourage you to apply. 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: For further information and an application form, please visit our website or alternatively email: recruitment@hodgehill.bham.sch.uk This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: 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. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. BCC is a Living Wage employer. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr