Army – Defence Children Services (DCS) Drama Teacher, St John’s School, Cyprus
Ministry of Defence
Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 22nd October 2024
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Job summary
Do you want to work in an excellent school in the UK school system but in a Mediterranean location?
Do you want to work in a supportive school environment where you have all the resources to be the best you can be?
Who are we?
Defence Children Services (DCS) has staff working in Military establishments across the world. St John’s School is one of our 21 MOD Schools and Early Years Settings providing education for the children of Defence Personnel (service and civilian) serving overseas. It is a small but vibrant 11-18 secondary school serving the military community in British Forces Cyprus.
This role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our DCS vision to Educate the Child-Support the Family-Defend the Nation.
We are looking for a suitably experienced teacher of Drama, to teach throughout Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.
The successful candidate will also be able to teach English at Key Stage 3. The ability to teach other subjects will be advantageous owing to the size of our school.
This position is advertised as a full time position.
This is an established MOD post within Cyprus and any Cypriot National will not be eligible to apply.
Specially Recruited for Overseas service appointees are not expected to return to the UK.
The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 7,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff. There are many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army. As such using data to aid understanding of our workforce is vital.
This is an established MoD post within Cyprus and any Cypriot National will not be eligible to apply as a UKBC. (UK British Civil Servant)
Job description
To ensure learning and outcomes for students learning drama, the key areas of responsibility for this role include:
- To endeavour to ensure continuous outstanding student achievement through setting high expectations, effective teaching and learning, closely monitoring progress and giving positive and effective feedback.
- To contribute to the routine administrative work of the school and teach a broad, balanced and stimulating curriculum across the full range of abilities, helping students develop independent learning.
- To make a full contribution to the wider life of the school and community.
- To model positive behaviour management strategies in a Teaching, Mentoring or Form Tutor capacity, creating an environment of mutual respect which allows students to feel safe and secure and promotes self-esteem.
- To engage fully with the whole school improvement cycles including individual performance reviews.
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Person specification
The successful candidate will hold Qualified Teacher Status and have successfully completed induction.
Evidence of qualifications will be required at interview. All qualifications declared must be held at the point of application and if applicable, be in date.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- A minimum of three years successful teaching of Drama KS3-5 and English up to KS3.
- To understand transition between KS5 and Higher Education
- Setting high expectations and ensuring good progress and outcomes for pupils taught or mentored.
- Proven delivery of outstanding classroom practice
- Proven experience, knowledge and understanding of making accurate assessments that inform planning and enable pupils to improve, and ability to teach KS3-5.
- Proven experience to successfully lead initiatives (relating to subject area or area of leadership), demonstrating positive impact on progress and attainment.
- Effective behaviour management that ensures a good and safe learning environment.
Qualifications
Evidence of qualification will be required at interview.
All qualifications/licences declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date. Equivalent Qualifications will not be accepted.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Leadership
- Working Together
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
This post offers full relocation allowances subject to availability. Cost of Living Overseas Allowances is payable based on personal circumstances and marital status.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Discover My Benefits:
Please follow the link to visit the Discover My Benefits site which showcases the benefits and discounts offered when working as a civilian for the MOD. https://discovermybenefits.mod.gov.uk/civilian/
In line with the TACOs for this post, accommodation is free for the first five years of your MOD employment overseas with subsidised utilities. Thereafter, rent and utilities are payable. Please note if you have previously worked overseas for the MOD and have been in recipient of free rent and utilities then that period will be deducted from your five-year allowance.
This is an established MoD post within Cyprus and any Cypriot National will not be eligible to apply as a UKBC.
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Selection process details
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
At sift you will be assessed on:
Knowledge, skills and experience of the essential criteria detailed in the Personal Statement, CV and qualifications.
Your Personal Statement (maximum 1,250 words) should include employment history, professional qualifications as well as demonstrating the relevant skills and experience that detail how you meet the essential criteria as detailed in the job role and responsibilities, including examples of evidence.
In the event of a significant number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted on the written applications; this may be supplemented by a Microsoft team call to help decide which candidates should be invited to face-to-face interviews.
Please note that it is essential that your Personal Statement is aligned to provide evidence that you have the knowledge, skills and recent practical experience for the criteria detailed in the main responsibilities.
At interview you will be assessed against the above along with the following:
Civil Service Behaviours: Leadership, Changing and Improving and Working Together
Details on the interview will be shared with applicants who are successfully drawn through to interview.
Interviews and associated tasks will be held in St John's School, Cyprus, with dates to be confirmed, for applicants invited to interview. Due to potential number of applicants, it should be noted that feedback will only be provided for applicants who attend interviews in Cyprus.
You will be expected to show evidence of outstanding teaching and complete a subject/classroom-based task.
At interview you will also be assessed against the Teachers Standards.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
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As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Colin Guyton, Head Teacher
- Email : Colin.Guyton@modschools.org
Recruitment team
- Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam1@mod.gov.uk
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