Job Description
0.4FTE Teacher of Art & Design (temp/part time) REF: ECOD/P03346
Salary: Main Grade £38,655 - £48,516
Location: St Stephen’s HS, Port Glasgow
Hours: 14 hours per week
Duration: temp till 27.6.24
PLEASE NOTE: The start date for this position is August 2024.
Inverclyde Council offers a wide range of benefits to employees including flexible working opportunities, attractive pension schemes, a Buy and Bank Annual Leave Scheme, career development and health and wellbeing support.
You can find out more in our Employee Benefits Booklet which is available on our website Employee Benefits - Inverclyde Council
Important Applicant Information:
- Please read the Essential Applicant Information details prior to submitting your application.
- Please note that if you apply via this website it is important that you regularly check your emails following your application submission. All further communication regarding your application, including any invite to interview and, if relevant, details of any formal offer/contract, will be done by email. You should ensure that your email is set up to receive emails from MYJOBSCOTLAND and Inverclyde Council, and that they are not filtered into any JUNK/SPAM folders.
- Inverclyde Council is an accredited Living Wage Employer paying the Living Wage Rate where required. Please click the link to `Essential Applicant Information’ above for more information.
- Inverclyde Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community. We encourage applicants from underrepresented groups including LGBT people, Black and minority ethnic people and disabled people. We also recognise that women are underrepresented at some pay grades.
Vetting by Disclosure Scotland
If you work in regulated work (children and/or protected adults) you will be subject to obtaining a satisfactory PVG
GTCS
You will be required to be registered with the GTCS. You are required to obtain and maintain registration including paying any fees. Please note, teachers in their probationary year are welcome to apply for temporary, un-promoted vacancies although would be paid at the probationer rate of pay (Main Grade Scale Point 0) at £31,584 per year (pro-rata, if applicable).
RC Approval
Guidance for teachers seeking Approval to teach in a Catholic school if applicable.
If applicable the successful candidate will require to be approved by the Roman Catholic Church, in line with Section 21 (A) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980. Forms from the Scottish Catholic Education Service at: http://www.sces.uk.com/approval.html
Head Teacher Reports
Candidates successful at interview need to download and print the appropriate Report. You need to complete the applicant details section and sign the form and then pass to your current HT to complete the assessment sections and sign the form. The form then needs to be sent to Human Resources by email to interview.support@inverclyde.gov.uk and cc the recruiting HT into the email.
Please find below the three types of reports (unpromoted, promoted and senior promoted).
The forms can be downloaded at http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/apply-for-a-job/preferred-candidate-information/safe-recruitment/employment-references
Further Assistance
Alternative application packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille and Audio. To request an alternative application pack or require further assistance to attend and/or participate in an interview, please contact the HR Recruitment Team on 01475 712740 or email Human Resources at: Human.Resources@inverclyde.gov.uk.
Armed Forces Personnel/Reservists
Inverclyde Council welcomes applications from former armed forces personnel / reservists. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government.
Disability Confident
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and who meet the essential criteria for the job.
Flexible Working
Inverclyde Council recognises the mutual benefits of having a flexible, effective workforce to deliver the best services to our community, whilst enabling employees to balance their personal, home and work responsibilities more effectively, with a view to achieving greater job satisfaction, motivation, morale and productivity.
Employees are able to apply for a range of options including Part-Time Working, Job share, Compressed Hours, Homeworker, Hybrid Working and Flexible Retirement. More detail can be found in the Flexible Working Policy, linked in the download section of our Employee Benefits web page.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to
Disability Confident.
