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We have an exciting opportunity for an outstanding Graduate Sports Assistant to join our exceptional PE Department on an initial 1 year fixed term, term time only basis.
The role involves coaching various sports with a particular focus on hockey and cricket. Though not a teaching role, you will lead games, support PE lessons and coach and develop pupils across the school.
Our ideal candidate may have completed a sports based degree and hold coaching qualifications. We encourage applications from all sporting backgrounds but as this role will focus on Hockey or Cricket knowledge and experience of these sports is essential.
Join our Team
We employ around 220 staff all with unique skills and abilities. Working here will give you the opportunity to work in a dynamic, stimulating and friendly environment. In return you can access excellent benefits:
- Free staff lunch on the days you work, during term time
- 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) or Scottish Widows Group Personal Pension Plan (depending on your role)
- Personalised industry expert pension advice
- 3 x death in service Benefit
- Partial fee discount, where applicable
- Free use of the school gym
- Free use of the swimming pool
- A suite of termly staff celebrations and wellbeing initiatives
- Topical health and wellbeing advice
- Employee assistance programmes to support you personally and professionally
- Discounted group private health with BUPA
- Optical support
- A comprehensive further study programme
- Access to a cycle to work scheme
- Access to a salary sacrifice electric car scheme
- Invites to parenting webinars on key topics
- Free access to school productions, speakers and events
- Free onsite car parking
The King’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are required to undertake screening relevant to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children
We take pride in our outstanding reputation, and we know this is built largely on the excellent commitment and wide-ranging abilities of our staff. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce and we strongly encourage candidates from all different backgrounds to apply.
In line with our commitments to safeguarding, the King’s School uses preferred agencies and is unable to work with any agencies where Terms of Business have not been agreed by both parties prior to an engagement. All our appointments follow the procedures laid out in our Equal Opportunities and Child Protection policies.
