Our Values

It’s great to know that you are interested in working with us at Coventry City Council. As a prospective employee, it is important that everyone who works for us is committed to our One Coventry values and shares our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. 

Our Values are:

About the team we are recruiting to

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

The Education Entitlement Service (EES) strives to deliver outstanding services for our customers, predominately the children of Coventry, who may be requiring access to education or alternative education provision. We ensure vulnerable children are appropriately supported; have a voice, that hopefully leads to their high achievement and excellent progress.

The EES is made up of a diverse range of teams all working together to recognise, support and apply innovative solutions to address the growing issues in relation to trying to educate some of our most vulnerable pupils in schools. 

The Ethnic Minority Achievement Service (EMAS) supports newly arrived children in the admission process into Education and monitors Children Missing Education (CME).  Officers may make home visits to investigate family circumstances, with special attention given to safeguarding concerns. 

Multilingual Assistants work directly with children in both primary and secondary schools providing bilingual support for children who speak English as an Additional Language.

What is the job role?

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a project aimed at enhancing the attainment of vulnerable newly-arrived pupils.  We are ideally looking for a confident teacher with experience working with newly arrived pupils in either a primary or early years context.

Duties will include:

• Delivery of a city-wide programme of support for vulnerable newly-arrived pupils in schools across the city
• Contributing to the development and delivery of in-service training opportunities and CPD promoting high quality provision  for vulnerable newly-arrived pupils
• Working with class teachers to develop their practice in meeting the needs of newly arrived pupils in mainstream settings

We have 2 posts: 1 x 15 hours permanent and 1 x 12.5 hours fixed term for one year.

TLR 2b is available to appropriately qualified and experienced candidates

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
 

Who are we looking for?

• Experience of working with vulnerable pupils, particularly those who speak English as an Additional Language, either as a class teacher or as a support teacher.
• Experience of contributing to projects designed to raise the attainment of under-achieving pupils.
• To be  a confident practitioner able to work across a number of schools in support of the programme.
• QTS and evidence of further professional development in a relevant field.

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

Interview date: 15 December 2023

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 4800 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council