Chase Resourcing are delighted to announce that we are currently recruiting a Pastoral Manager with a good experience of specialist intervention programs for a major client of ours in the UAE.

Job statement of a Pastoral Manager;

• To support the principal with practical assistance in promoting student well-being and positive behavior in order to improve learning to provide a consistent point of contact for students and parents in their grade.
• Each grade (year group) is assigned a Pastoral Manager to support students to achieve their full potential some of whom may be exhibiting behavior, emotional or social problems in school.
• The responsibility will be to lead both the team of personal tutors and cohort of students.
• This involves giving a clear vision and direction to work, identifying key areas for improvement and planning appropriate actions to meet them

Essential Functions of a Pastoral Manager;

• To monitor the academic progress of the assigned grade in order to secure and sustain effective learning.
• To have an overview of the range of barriers to learning that impacting on student progress, with reference to behavior for learning, in and out of the classroom.
• Leadership and Management.
• To act as a role model for personal tutors by demonstrating high quality pastoral care and academic monitoring of students, continuous professional development and professional presence in the grade team.
• To lead and manage a team of personal tutors and maintain regular formal and informal contact with tutors.
• To set the agenda for personal tutor meetings which should include a development item.
• To initiate and respond to communications with parents ensuring that they are kept fully informed and involved in the progress of their children.
• To monitor behaviour, emotional and social issues within a specific grade(s) and make positive interventions when necessary.
• To monitor attendance and truancy issues and devise and implement intervention strategies to improve these issues.
• To identify issues that are affecting students\' performance at school and share this information with relevant staff in order to help the student progress.
• To ensure that there is a strong supportive tutor programme is in place, delivered effectively that gives students a broad range of skills that ensures academic success.
• To create and implement behaviour plans and monitor their success.
• To organize and conduct year group assemblies and other year activities.

Requirements for a Pastoral Manager;

• Qualified teacher status
• A bachelors in either English, Maths, Science, Business, Computer Science.
• Professional qualification in staff development.
• A minimum of 3 years membership of a senior leadership team in a secondary school.
• Teaching experience in a range of secondary schools.
• Teaching experience within a PRU (Pupil Referral Unit) desirable.
• Experience of working in a school which has been in an OfSTED category / required significant improvement
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural setting Skills/competence
• Excellent written and verbal skills in English.

Please contact Sarah at Chase Resourcing on 00353 (0) 66 9762007 or forward your CV to Ellen.Ahern@Chase.ie for more information

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