Foreign Language Assistant (German)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School is recruiting a part-time permanent Foreign Language Assistant (German) to provide practical teaching and learning support to students studying GCSE and A-Level German.
We are looking to appoint a fluent German speaker who would like to contribute to a vibrant and highly successful Modern Foreign Languages department.
We currently deliver French, Spanish and German across all key stages. All students study a language at GCSE with a large number opted to continue to A level.
The department has enjoyed considerable success in recent years with outstanding results at GCSE and A Level. The department also leads a range of extracurricular activities and educational visits. This includes our annual exchange visits and our whole school International Week.
Please see our Recruitment Pack for full details.
What the school offers its staff
Employees of Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School benefit from:
- National contractual terms and pay: LGGS adopts the national School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (‘Burgundy Book’) for teaching staff, and the National Joint Council (NJC ‘Green Book’) terms for support staff.
- Access to a competitive company pension scheme: Teachers’ Pension Scheme (teaching staff) or Local Government Pension Scheme (support staff).
- Enhanced annual leave allowances for support staff: full-time support staff receive 26 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years’ service), plus 8 statutory bank holidays and 2 extra-statutory days leave.
- Enhanced occupational maternity/ paternity/ adoption leave allowances.
- Access to pro-active health and wellbeing promotion schemes.
- Employee Assistance Schemes including access to advice and counselling.
- Occupational health support such as physiotherapy.
- Retail discounts via BlackHawk Extras.
- Cycle-to-work purchasing scheme and secure cycle storage on-site.
- On-site gym with discounted membership rate.
- On-site canteen.
Please see our Recruitment Pack for full details.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.