LSU - Teaching Assistant
Contract term: Permanent
Contract type: Part-Time, Monday and Tuesday (Not subject to negotiate)
Scale: Grade 3, Point 4-6, pro rata starting salary of £21,108
Trinity CE High School is a thriving and popular school located close to the Universities in central Manchester and is an ideal place to start or enhance your career.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:
- The opportunity to join our thriving and popular school of 1500 students aged 11-18, supported by a hugely talented, hard-working staff team;
- Excellent facilities in new and refurbished buildings;
- Enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme;
- Enrolment in HSF's Health Plan, providing money back plans for optical, dental, 24/7 advice, etc
- Free parking and use of the school Fitness Suite;
- Cycle to Work Scheme in operation;
- Access to Health Assured's 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme;
- Staff Wellbeing Fund for initiatives, activities and social events that support staff mental and physical health;
- We are a socially inclusive and equal opportunities school and committed to and actively promote equal opportunities for all our students and staff.
WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU:
- Experience and an understanding of safeguarding and child protection issues, or be willing to undertake training in these areas;
- Numeracy and literacy skills at least equivalent to RQF Level 2; good ICT skills are also desirable;
- Ideally have significant experience working as a Teaching Assistant or similar;
- Experience of working with students who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs;
- Ability to build positive and professional relationships with students and their parent(s)/carer(s);
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work well within a team, yet able to demonstrate an ability to work unsupervised utilising their own initiative;
- Be professional, flexible and innovative, with experience of undertaking a wide variety of duties and an ability to remain calm and helpful under pressure to deal skilfully with unanticipated situations;
- High level of administrative and well organised working experience with an adaptable and positive approach to with competing priorities and deadlines, ideally in an educational setting and with experience of using SIMS;
- Supportive of the school's excellent staff attendance and punctuality record.
Training will be provided on safeguarding and school specific IT applications. The closing date for applications is 09:00 on Monday 13th October 2025. Interviews are currently scheduled to be held on the w/c 20th October 2025. CVs will not be considered. Please go to the Greater Manchester or Tes websites and apply through Tes. If you have any enquiries, please email to recruitment@trinityhigh.com