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All our staff members are vital to maintaining our high academic standards, distinctive pastoral care and wealth of co-curricular opportunities. We’re often looking out for great people – teachers, of course, but also admin, finance and IT staff, as well as technicians and cleaners.
Any current vacancies will be listed below.
Staff benefits
As part of our friendly team, in a wonderful working environment, you’ll also benefit from:
- Competitive Salary
- Access to a staff Pension Scheme with highly attractive employer contribution rates
- Regular professional development opportunities
- Outstanding facilities and resources
- Free refreshments and lunches when the school is operational provided by our excellent Catering team
- Generous fee remission for the daughters of staff who might wish to attend EHS
- Free access to the Botanical Gardens for yourself and your family
- Free on-site parking
- Free use of the school’s gym and swimming pool at agreed times
- Access to our onsite counsellor and an employee support package
- Friendly and supportive staff who work together and share resources and ideas
Teaching Roles
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Support Staff Roles
Onsite Caretaker - Closing date 9am Friday 28 March
We are seeking an experienced and reliable Caretaker/Key Holder to join our Estates and Facilities team. Rent-free onsite accommodation is provided. The successful candidate will be jointly responsible for key holding and security of the school site. This is a varied role, and the post holder will assist the Estates and Facilities Manager in regular maintenance and compliance tasks and in ensuring the school site is kept clean, tidy and risk-free. They will be expected to build positive working relationships with all school staff and ensure the school can operate as smoothly as possible to create the best environment for our pupils.
- A recognised trade qualification would be very useful.
- This is a permanent, full-time position (40 hours per week with on-call rota) to start as soon as possible. A full job description and person specification can be found in the Information Pack.
- Salary £24,500-£26,500 depending on experience/qualifications
- Previous applicants need not apply.
Please note, we reserve the right to close posts and commence interviews at any time, once we have received sufficient applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
Applications, addressed to Mr Wayne Hayes, Estates and Facilities Manager, should include a completed school application form and a covering letter of not more than 2 pages summarising your suitability for the role as outlined in the information pack. Please submit these to the HR & Compliance Officer, Ms Corinna Gregory: recruitment@edgbastonhigh.co.uk
Interested in training to be a teacher?
EHS is a member of the King Edward’s Consortium (KEC), a group of 23 schools in the Birmingham and Solihull areas who work together to train graduate secondary-school teachers. The group is the number-one school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT) provider in the country (The Good Teacher Training Guide, 2017).
If you become a KEC trainee, you’ll be in school from day one, and treated as a member of staff. As well as teaching your subject, you’ll be a form tutor and contribute to wider school life. For five weeks at the start of the spring term, you’ll also have a second, shorter placement in a contrasting school. Find out more. KEC website
Edgbaston High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants for positions here must be willing to undergo child-protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Criminal Records Bureau.
To comply with KCSIE Edgbaston High School for Girls is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Services.
All posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
