Army - Defence Children Services (DCS) Primary Class Teacher, Attenborough School, Germany

Ministry of Defence

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Details

Reference number

365174

Salary

£30,000 - £41,333

Job grade

Other

Contract type

Permanent
Overseas

Business area

MOD - Army - Defence Children Services (DCS)

Type of role

Education and Training

Working pattern

Full-time

Location

Sennelager, Germany

About the job

Job summary

Are you an inspiring teacher with a passion to empower all to thrive then this is an opportunity for you!

DCS are committed to Educate the Child – Support the Family – Defend the Nation. Children are at the heart of all we do and in Attenborough School ‘We CARE about each other, learning and our school’. These values underpin all our actions and our WE CARE culture allows all to flourish and thrive. We have many years of experience supporting our Service families and educational provision in our location is highly regarded.

We are looking for a dynamic, caring and passionate individual for whom our values and ethos resonate to become a class teacher in Attenborough School, initially in KS2.

Attenborough School in Sennelager, Germany provides education for primary children from 2 – 11 years, with the possibility of further extension to the school to 13 years (Years 7 & 8). We are a rapidly growing school and at this time there are approximately 100 children on roll. Proudly providing education for the children of UK MOD personnel, our school operates in a pleasant part of a military garrison, surrounded by woods on generous real-estate. Due to increasing numbers of pupils on roll and predicted future growth, we’re currently recruiting for an Assistant Headteacher, additional teachers and support staff. This school and the community need an inspiring teacher who can work in partnership with the Headteacher and all members of the school community to ensure the needs of the service children continue to be met; demonstrate our ‘WE CARE’ values and help the school to move forward in this exciting period of growth and expansion.

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 a full-time class teacher position. Specially recruited for overseas service, appointees are not expected to return to the UK.

Job description

Teachers hold the full range of teaching responsibilities as outlined in the DfE Teacher Standards and are expected to fully achieve these standards in their work and conduct. Teaching responsibilities include:

Plan and teach high quality lessons to an assigned class
Deliver the curriculum as relevant to the age and ability group/subject/s that you teach
Be accountable to the progress and attainment of all children that you teach
Assess, monitor, record and report on the learning needs, progress and achievements of assigned pupils, making accurate and productive use of assessment
Be aware of pupil’s capabilities, their prior knowledge and plan teaching to differentiate appropriately to build on these, demonstrating knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn
Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
Demonstrate good subject knowledge of the National Curriculum for England
Participate in arrangements for preparing pupils for internal and external mandatory assessments

To take ownership for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within school
Contribute positively to the ethos and wider life of the school
The full description is available as an attachment

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Person specification

The following experience, skills, and qualifications are essential criteria for the role:

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and successful completion of induction.
Evidence of qualification will be required at interview. All qualifications declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date.

The successful candidate will be able to:

Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge
Plan and teach well-structured lessons
Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils
Make accurate and productive use of assessment
Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
Fulfil wider professional responsibilities

Qualifications

It is essential to hold Qualified Teacher Status as defined by the Department for Education.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Changing and Improving
Leadership
Working Together

Benefits

We are passionate about delivering extraordinary things for our people. We employ people who challenge and guide each other, working within a highly capable team who will support you to develop your skills and experience. Some of the many benefits you will receive include:

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.

The post offers full relocation allowances subject to eligibility. Cost of Living Overseas Allowance (COLA) is payable based on personal circumstances and marital status.

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/

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.

Please read the attached document ‘SOFA Restrictions’ to confirm you are eligible to apply for this post.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

At sift you will be assessed on:

Knowledge, skills and experience of the essential criteria detailed in the Personal Statement, CV and qualifications.

Your CV should include your employment history with dates and information about roles.

Your Personal Statement (maximum 1,250 words) should include a summary of 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 teams 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 Attenborough School, Germany 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 Germany.

This vacancy will be assessed at EO grade.

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.

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.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.