GEMS Wellington School is currently looking for a hard-working and talented individual to join our Secondary Humanities team, as a temporary teacher of Geography and KS3 Humanities. This position is available because of the current potholder taking extended maternity leave. The period would run from January until June 2025.

This opportunity is ideally suited for a local candidate, looking for supply work for a limited period of time.

They will possess the skills, passion and creativity to contribute to an inclusive, high-performing Humanities department across the secondary school. Candidates should have a passion for education, engage with current pedagogy and have a proven track record of outstanding practice.

Skills

The successful candidate will:

• Be a vocational and inspirational educator who supports an inclusive learning environment, with the ability to raise standards for all students
• Be knowledgeable of and confident in the use of proven, effective teaching and learning methodologies, yet with the ability to ‘think outside of the box’ and be open to new approaches
• Have extremely high standards and expectations for all, and be able to work effectively under pressure with excellence as the primary goal
• Be an effective team player with the ability to maintain a sense of perspective and humour.

As a GEMS employee you can be guaranteed of an excellent, well-resourced professional environment, including working alongside highly driven, committed colleagues and fabulously polite and dedicated students. You will have access to significant further professional development opportunities not only at school level but also as part of the wider GEMS Wellington cluster and GEMS network.

Qualifications and Experience – The successful candidate will ideally have a minimum of 2 years teaching experience. They will also hold a BEd or Bachelors degree with PGCE/PGDE or equivalent.

To apply for this position, please submit your full CV along with an expression of interest to vacancies_wsq@gemsedu.com

The deadline for applications is Sunday 1st December 2024. The post is to commence in January 2025 or as soon as possible.