At TCES, safeguarding is not a discrete function. It is expressed through inclusion practice, attendance systems, complaints handling, staff conduct, and family engagement. This role intentionally brings these elements together to ensure safeguarding is coherent, proactive and system-wide. Safeguarding children and promoting their well-being runs through the heart of our practice as part of the TCES Pillars of Excellence. It is an attitude of mind, a belief system and a way of thinking that places the well-being of our pupils at the forefront of every action. Policies and systems, such as safer recruitment, behaviour management, child protection and whistleblowing procedures arise out of this belief and are used to promote and sustain it. They are not an end in themselves but are essential tools to support a culture of safeguarding running through the company and to help maintain a company-wide commitment to best practice and legal requirements. Ultimately, it is our belief that a commitment to safeguarding children and promoting their well-being works to the equal safety and well-being of all staff and other adults whose aim is to promote good education outcomes and future life experiences for young people. As the company strategic lead on all aspects of safeguarding, the Director of Safeguarding oversees the effective provision of organisational safeguarding arrangements, breaking down and quality assuring all elements of a holistic, compliant and forward-thinking organisation which puts the safeguarding of its pupils and staff at the centre. At TCES, our safeguarding practices encompass risk assessing, safer recruitment practices, effective staff induction, thematic training, contextualising risks, environments and backgrounds in order to proactively support young people and their families As Company Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), they provide guidance and direction to school, service and company senior leaders, especially in effective and appropriate multi-agency working. Their oversight of the Assistant Heads of Inclusion (i.e. school-based DSLs) ensures consistent implementation of UK legislation and statutory guidance, including Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023, building on the foundations that pupil attendance and stakeholder engagement have a positive impact on the welfare of vulnerable young people. As a qualified social worker, with prior experience in a senior or executive social work role and extensive experience specific to the education sector, they will support our social workers to maintain social work practice and ethics, focussing on statutory safeguarding processes in schools as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025. This supervision allows for full embedding and continuous development of the TCES Families and Schools working Together programme (FAST), actively engaging parents/carers in all elements of their child's school life. The role is designed to operate through strong professional relationships with schools and services, combining support, challenge and oversight to strengthen safeguarding practice rather than displace local leadership The Complete Education Solution (TCES) is a long-established provider of therapeutic education, supporting neurodiverse children and young people up and down the UK. Our multi-disciplinary teams work together to provide child-centric support, engaging with clinical, educational and social work experts, as well as partnering with our pupils' families. Starting Salary: £77,232 to £90,240 per annum (TCES Salary Band 2). Location: TCES Central Services, Wimbledon (with up to 2 days working from home) and travel required to all TCES sites across London. Contract: Permanent, Full-time. The Complete Education Solution (TCES) TCES is an independent social enterprise, providing specialist therapeutic education based in London supporting exceptional neurodiverse children and young people aged 7 to 19 who have special educational needs and disabilities typically associated with autism, social emotional and mental health needs and associated disorders. Most of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns and significant trauma, often resulting in behaviour that challenges. On average pupils will have been excluded from other provisions up to three times before reaching us and had significant periods out of education. TCES pupils learn at one of our two secondary schools, at our Nurture Primary school, through our Create in the Community Outreach service or within our National Online School all supporting highly complex and vulnerable pupils, with highly differentiated and personalised holistic therapeutic education programmes developed for each pupil focusing on development milestones. When they are ready, we aim for pupils to step down from Create into one of our main school, our Sixth Form, or into mainstream provisions. Essential requirements to be successful in the role are: A champion of social work with similar values to ours: Expect the very best from each other; Develop a strong work ethic; Respect and appreciate all difference; Include everyone and exclude no one; Listen to and involve everyone; Never give up on each other! Resilient and robust, role modelling outstanding professionalism . Be a Qualified Social Worker (with current SWE registration) with senior service management or executive level experience within paediatric social work, MASH Teams, therapeutic or mental health sectors, or as a LADO or Trust-wide Director of Safeguarding. Experience of driving high quality safeguarding strategies and initiatives to support best practice with vulnerable and complex groups. Proven understanding of safeguarding in education, with a track record of ensuring consistency in all aspects of compliance with legislation, including Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 & Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023. Experience supporting families and carer networks to provide appropriate and safe environments for neurodiverse young people, especially in improving attendance & engagement. Proactive and innovative , mentoring team members in other disciplines, whilst also with the ability to work flexibly and independently. Experience of coaching staff to improve their practice. In return we offer: Competitive remuneration and terms, as well as 38 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays). An opportunity to make a real difference and join a leading provider of specialist education, directly contributing towards positive outcomes for pupils with SEMH and ASC. A staff team who works tirelessly in the best interests of our young people, with a range of expertise in clinical, inclusion and education. A Governing Board and Directorship with executive experience in variety of sectors, as well as a plan for growth over the next 5 years, supporting more children over a greater area. Excellent CPD opportunities with all staff provided an individual Learning & Development Plan to support career development, including education qualifications at all levels (QTS / QTLS / NPQs) and options to take progressive Ofqual registered Level 3 - 5 qualifications in Therapeutic Education. Comprehensive induction process, including all pupil-facing staff supported in receiving the Level 3 Award in Therapeutic Education and Group Process. Regular half termly staff wellbeing days. A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling and contributions towards medical costs and an exclusive rewards platform. Gym & Active Fitness discounts. Private pension and health schemes. TCES is an independent social enterprise, providing specialist therapeutic education based in London supporting exceptional neurodiverse children and young people aged 7 to 19 who have special educational needs and disabilities typically associated with autism, social emotional and mental health needs and associated disorders. Most of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns and significant trauma, often resulting in behaviour that challenges. On average pupils will have been excluded from other provisions up to three times before reaching us and had significant periods out of education. TCES pupils learn at one of our two secondary schools, at our Nurture Primary, through our Create in the Community service or within our National Online School; our Create services support our most complex and vulnerable pupils, with highly differentiated and personalised holistic therapeutic education programmes developed for each pupil focusing on development milestones. When they are ready, we aim for pupils to step down from Create into one of our main school, our Sixth Form, or into mainstream provisions. To apply: Please apply by completing an application form. All Shortlisted candidates will need to complete a formal application form and self-disclosure form as per safer recruitment practices in Education. TCES is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment . click apply for full job details
Jan 04, 2026
Full time
At TCES, safeguarding is not a discrete function. It is expressed through inclusion practice, attendance systems, complaints handling, staff conduct, and family engagement. This role intentionally brings these elements together to ensure safeguarding is coherent, proactive and system-wide. Safeguarding children and promoting their well-being runs through the heart of our practice as part of the TCES Pillars of Excellence. It is an attitude of mind, a belief system and a way of thinking that places the well-being of our pupils at the forefront of every action. Policies and systems, such as safer recruitment, behaviour management, child protection and whistleblowing procedures arise out of this belief and are used to promote and sustain it. They are not an end in themselves but are essential tools to support a culture of safeguarding running through the company and to help maintain a company-wide commitment to best practice and legal requirements. Ultimately, it is our belief that a commitment to safeguarding children and promoting their well-being works to the equal safety and well-being of all staff and other adults whose aim is to promote good education outcomes and future life experiences for young people. As the company strategic lead on all aspects of safeguarding, the Director of Safeguarding oversees the effective provision of organisational safeguarding arrangements, breaking down and quality assuring all elements of a holistic, compliant and forward-thinking organisation which puts the safeguarding of its pupils and staff at the centre. At TCES, our safeguarding practices encompass risk assessing, safer recruitment practices, effective staff induction, thematic training, contextualising risks, environments and backgrounds in order to proactively support young people and their families As Company Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), they provide guidance and direction to school, service and company senior leaders, especially in effective and appropriate multi-agency working. Their oversight of the Assistant Heads of Inclusion (i.e. school-based DSLs) ensures consistent implementation of UK legislation and statutory guidance, including Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023, building on the foundations that pupil attendance and stakeholder engagement have a positive impact on the welfare of vulnerable young people. As a qualified social worker, with prior experience in a senior or executive social work role and extensive experience specific to the education sector, they will support our social workers to maintain social work practice and ethics, focussing on statutory safeguarding processes in schools as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025. This supervision allows for full embedding and continuous development of the TCES Families and Schools working Together programme (FAST), actively engaging parents/carers in all elements of their child's school life. The role is designed to operate through strong professional relationships with schools and services, combining support, challenge and oversight to strengthen safeguarding practice rather than displace local leadership The Complete Education Solution (TCES) is a long-established provider of therapeutic education, supporting neurodiverse children and young people up and down the UK. Our multi-disciplinary teams work together to provide child-centric support, engaging with clinical, educational and social work experts, as well as partnering with our pupils' families. Starting Salary: £77,232 to £90,240 per annum (TCES Salary Band 2). Location: TCES Central Services, Wimbledon (with up to 2 days working from home) and travel required to all TCES sites across London. Contract: Permanent, Full-time. The Complete Education Solution (TCES) TCES is an independent social enterprise, providing specialist therapeutic education based in London supporting exceptional neurodiverse children and young people aged 7 to 19 who have special educational needs and disabilities typically associated with autism, social emotional and mental health needs and associated disorders. Most of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns and significant trauma, often resulting in behaviour that challenges. On average pupils will have been excluded from other provisions up to three times before reaching us and had significant periods out of education. TCES pupils learn at one of our two secondary schools, at our Nurture Primary school, through our Create in the Community Outreach service or within our National Online School all supporting highly complex and vulnerable pupils, with highly differentiated and personalised holistic therapeutic education programmes developed for each pupil focusing on development milestones. When they are ready, we aim for pupils to step down from Create into one of our main school, our Sixth Form, or into mainstream provisions. Essential requirements to be successful in the role are: A champion of social work with similar values to ours: Expect the very best from each other; Develop a strong work ethic; Respect and appreciate all difference; Include everyone and exclude no one; Listen to and involve everyone; Never give up on each other! Resilient and robust, role modelling outstanding professionalism . Be a Qualified Social Worker (with current SWE registration) with senior service management or executive level experience within paediatric social work, MASH Teams, therapeutic or mental health sectors, or as a LADO or Trust-wide Director of Safeguarding. Experience of driving high quality safeguarding strategies and initiatives to support best practice with vulnerable and complex groups. Proven understanding of safeguarding in education, with a track record of ensuring consistency in all aspects of compliance with legislation, including Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 & Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023. Experience supporting families and carer networks to provide appropriate and safe environments for neurodiverse young people, especially in improving attendance & engagement. Proactive and innovative , mentoring team members in other disciplines, whilst also with the ability to work flexibly and independently. Experience of coaching staff to improve their practice. In return we offer: Competitive remuneration and terms, as well as 38 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays). An opportunity to make a real difference and join a leading provider of specialist education, directly contributing towards positive outcomes for pupils with SEMH and ASC. A staff team who works tirelessly in the best interests of our young people, with a range of expertise in clinical, inclusion and education. A Governing Board and Directorship with executive experience in variety of sectors, as well as a plan for growth over the next 5 years, supporting more children over a greater area. Excellent CPD opportunities with all staff provided an individual Learning & Development Plan to support career development, including education qualifications at all levels (QTS / QTLS / NPQs) and options to take progressive Ofqual registered Level 3 - 5 qualifications in Therapeutic Education. Comprehensive induction process, including all pupil-facing staff supported in receiving the Level 3 Award in Therapeutic Education and Group Process. Regular half termly staff wellbeing days. A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling and contributions towards medical costs and an exclusive rewards platform. Gym & Active Fitness discounts. Private pension and health schemes. TCES is an independent social enterprise, providing specialist therapeutic education based in London supporting exceptional neurodiverse children and young people aged 7 to 19 who have special educational needs and disabilities typically associated with autism, social emotional and mental health needs and associated disorders. Most of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns and significant trauma, often resulting in behaviour that challenges. On average pupils will have been excluded from other provisions up to three times before reaching us and had significant periods out of education. TCES pupils learn at one of our two secondary schools, at our Nurture Primary, through our Create in the Community service or within our National Online School; our Create services support our most complex and vulnerable pupils, with highly differentiated and personalised holistic therapeutic education programmes developed for each pupil focusing on development milestones. When they are ready, we aim for pupils to step down from Create into one of our main school, our Sixth Form, or into mainstream provisions. To apply: Please apply by completing an application form. All Shortlisted candidates will need to complete a formal application form and self-disclosure form as per safer recruitment practices in Education. TCES is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment . click apply for full job details
Senior Developer page is loaded Senior Developerlocations: Manchestertime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: REQ-3595 Location: Manchester (Spinningfields) Hybrid: 2 days in the office per week Level: Senior Tech: AWS, Java, Typescript, Vue.js (Backend leaning)At MONY Group , we help millions of people save money when it matters most. Through MoneySuperMarket , MoneySavingExpert , Quidco , and our B2B partnerships, we reach over 24 million unique monthly visitors , saving UK households billions of pounds every year . It's something we're proud of, and you could be part of it.We're creative, collaborative, and ambitious. It's hard work, but it's worth it: you'll leave each day knowing you've made a real difference to our customers and to your team. What Makes Us Different A workplace full of personality; open-minded, diverse, and inclusive. Teams that go beyond comparison, working together to innovate and deliver world-class experiences. A culture where everyone belongs and every voice matters. About the Role We're looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer .You'll work in full-stack, multi-disciplinary squads , collaborating with product managers, designers, and engineers. Expect hands-on involvement across the entire SDLC , from design and implementation to testing, deployment, and maintenance.We're an AI-enabled engineering organisation , using tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT to accelerate delivery and improve code quality. If you're excited about leveraging AI to build better products, you'll fit right in. What You'll Do Lead feature delivery and drive technical strategy within your team. Collaborate with product and design teams to deliver new features to our users. Write clean, maintainable code using technologies including Typescript, Javascript, Java, AWS, and Vue.js . Champion best practices: TDD , pairing, mob programming, and continuous delivery. Ensure security is baked in from the start. Debug, optimise, and maintain a high-performing codebase. Stay ahead of engineering trends and bring fresh ideas to the table. Mentor and support team growth. What We're Looking For Proven experience as a software engineer, ideally with experience of working with Typescript/Javascript or Java and modern cloud platforms. Strong understanding of software architecture and design patterns. Passion for agile development and shipping value fast. Experience with full end-to-end testing and Git for version control. Comfortable using AI coding assistants to boost productivity. A collaborative mindset and a drive for continuous improvement. Hybrid working : 2 days in the office, the rest where you work best. Learning culture : Dedicated time for development, LinkedIn Learning license, and regular conference attendance. Community : Hack days, socials, and annual Product & Tech meetups. Career growth : Clear progression framework and opportunities to move across teams. Rewards & Benefits 27 days holiday (rising to 30) + bank holidays Bonus scheme Pension up to 6% employer contribution Enhanced shared parental leave (6 months paid for both parents) Work-from-anywhere scheme (2 weeks per year) Mental health platform access, financial coaching, and more Interview Process A call with one of our Talent Acquisition Team An interview split into three sections with technical ability questions, a paired programming exercise and behavioural questions Our Commitment We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.We're an inclusive, anti-racist and equal opportunity employer that values diversity. This means we respect and embrace differences in gender identity, race, ethnic origin, sexual expression and orientation, religion and faith, age, marital status, disability, neurodiversity, social background, education and way of thinking. We're a place where you can be you.Our customers and users come from different backgrounds, as do our colleagues. We welcome applications from everyone, and particularly encourage women and Black, Asian and ethnic minority candidates to apply as we're actively building representation that's more closely reflective of the communities we serve. Our appointments are made on merit, following a robust and objective assessment process, and the candidate with the highest score is offered the role. If you're passionate about our purpose of helping households save money and excited about what you could accomplish here, we'd love to hear from you.We understand that job adverts only say so much and you're likely to have a lot of questions. If you'd like to know anything before applying such as more on the location, salary, our parental leave policy etc, please just let us know and we'll be happy to help. You can contact the recruiter for this role, Tom at
Jan 01, 2026
Full time
Senior Developer page is loaded Senior Developerlocations: Manchestertime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: REQ-3595 Location: Manchester (Spinningfields) Hybrid: 2 days in the office per week Level: Senior Tech: AWS, Java, Typescript, Vue.js (Backend leaning)At MONY Group , we help millions of people save money when it matters most. Through MoneySuperMarket , MoneySavingExpert , Quidco , and our B2B partnerships, we reach over 24 million unique monthly visitors , saving UK households billions of pounds every year . It's something we're proud of, and you could be part of it.We're creative, collaborative, and ambitious. It's hard work, but it's worth it: you'll leave each day knowing you've made a real difference to our customers and to your team. What Makes Us Different A workplace full of personality; open-minded, diverse, and inclusive. Teams that go beyond comparison, working together to innovate and deliver world-class experiences. A culture where everyone belongs and every voice matters. About the Role We're looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer .You'll work in full-stack, multi-disciplinary squads , collaborating with product managers, designers, and engineers. Expect hands-on involvement across the entire SDLC , from design and implementation to testing, deployment, and maintenance.We're an AI-enabled engineering organisation , using tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT to accelerate delivery and improve code quality. If you're excited about leveraging AI to build better products, you'll fit right in. What You'll Do Lead feature delivery and drive technical strategy within your team. Collaborate with product and design teams to deliver new features to our users. Write clean, maintainable code using technologies including Typescript, Javascript, Java, AWS, and Vue.js . Champion best practices: TDD , pairing, mob programming, and continuous delivery. Ensure security is baked in from the start. Debug, optimise, and maintain a high-performing codebase. Stay ahead of engineering trends and bring fresh ideas to the table. Mentor and support team growth. What We're Looking For Proven experience as a software engineer, ideally with experience of working with Typescript/Javascript or Java and modern cloud platforms. Strong understanding of software architecture and design patterns. Passion for agile development and shipping value fast. Experience with full end-to-end testing and Git for version control. Comfortable using AI coding assistants to boost productivity. A collaborative mindset and a drive for continuous improvement. Hybrid working : 2 days in the office, the rest where you work best. Learning culture : Dedicated time for development, LinkedIn Learning license, and regular conference attendance. Community : Hack days, socials, and annual Product & Tech meetups. Career growth : Clear progression framework and opportunities to move across teams. Rewards & Benefits 27 days holiday (rising to 30) + bank holidays Bonus scheme Pension up to 6% employer contribution Enhanced shared parental leave (6 months paid for both parents) Work-from-anywhere scheme (2 weeks per year) Mental health platform access, financial coaching, and more Interview Process A call with one of our Talent Acquisition Team An interview split into three sections with technical ability questions, a paired programming exercise and behavioural questions Our Commitment We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.We're an inclusive, anti-racist and equal opportunity employer that values diversity. This means we respect and embrace differences in gender identity, race, ethnic origin, sexual expression and orientation, religion and faith, age, marital status, disability, neurodiversity, social background, education and way of thinking. We're a place where you can be you.Our customers and users come from different backgrounds, as do our colleagues. We welcome applications from everyone, and particularly encourage women and Black, Asian and ethnic minority candidates to apply as we're actively building representation that's more closely reflective of the communities we serve. Our appointments are made on merit, following a robust and objective assessment process, and the candidate with the highest score is offered the role. If you're passionate about our purpose of helping households save money and excited about what you could accomplish here, we'd love to hear from you.We understand that job adverts only say so much and you're likely to have a lot of questions. If you'd like to know anything before applying such as more on the location, salary, our parental leave policy etc, please just let us know and we'll be happy to help. You can contact the recruiter for this role, Tom at
Location London Employment Type Full time Location Type Hybrid Department Technology The role Following our recent $30M Series B funding, we're expanding the team to accelerate development of our legal technology products that integrate with Microsoft products through Office.js. We're looking for a React Team Lead to guide 2 mid-senior React developers who will look to you for architectural guidance and technical direction. As the technical side of the product Triad, your technical decisions will directly shape product direction. Key responsibilities Team Leadership & Mentorship Lead and inspire a team of React developers, fostering a collaborative environment where knowledge sharing is valued and encouraged Mentor team members, helping them grow their skills and advance their careers Promote best practices and maintain high code quality standards across the team Technical Excellence Architect and develop sophisticated React applications that integrate with Microsoft Word, M365, Word Online, etc. using Office.js Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code Drive technical decisions and ensure scalable, performant solutions Think outside of the box to workaround any OfficeJS limitations. Product Development Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to bring innovative features to life Create exceptional user interfaces that prioritize user experience and accessibility Continuously optimize application performance and responsiveness Quality & Documentation Establish robust testing and debugging processes to ensure high-quality, reliable software Maintain comprehensive documentation for code, APIs, and system architecture Implement security best practices to protect user data and ensure system integrity Problem Solving & Innovation Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical challenges. Contribute to architectural discussions and drive the evolution of our tech stack. Improve developer productivity through tooling, automation, and AI-assisted coding. About you Minimum 5 years of hands-on, product-focused experience with React development Proven leadership experience in software development teams Expert-level proficiency in React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and modern web technologies Strong experience with Microsoft Office integration, particularly Office.js and Word add-ins Experience with agentic coding assistants such as Claude Code Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal Demonstrated ability to work autonomously while providing clear direction to others Extensive experience working effectively in remote environments Passion for knowledge sharing and helping team members grow Know how to optimize React apps (prevent useless re-rendering, memoization, code splitting etc) Strong grasp of Git, version control best practices, and CI/CD pipelines. Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, agile environment. Nice to have Knowledge of Microsoft Office Add-in guidelines and Office Store submission processes Background in LegalTech or professional services software Previous experience working with in-browser text editors, specially if you were part of optimization efforts to make the experience snappier. Experience in product-focused or startup environments. Exposure to other AI-powered developer tools and workflows. About Definely At Definely, we're on a mission to simplify the way legal professionals access and understand complex information in legal documents. Trusted by a global community of customers, our LegalTech solutions integrate seamlessly into lawyers' daily workflows, making it easier to draft, review and navigate even the most complex contracts. Our products provide instant access to essential information, enabling legal teams to review clauses and provisions in context, reduce risk and work more efficiently - all without disrupting their flow. At Definely, we're dedicated to solving real challenges faced by legal professionals. Joining Definely means becoming part of a forward-thinking, collaborative team that prioritises innovation and people. We create a supportive environment driven by a shared commitment to connection, growth and success. Recognised in the top 25 of Deloitte's prestigious UK Technology Fast50 in 2023 and backed by Microsoft, Google and Octopus Ventures, we're trusted by leading law firms and in-house legal teams, including A&O Shearman, Dentons, Deloitte, and Barclays, to streamline their workflows and mitigate risks. What we offer Competitive Salary We offer a highly competitive salary that reflects your skills, experience, and contributions. Impact & Growth Join a fast-growing startup where your ideas matter; experiment, innovate, and see your work come to life. High-Performance Culture Work in a truly meritocratic environment alongside ambitious, driven professionals who push each other to excel. Prestigious Partnerships Collaborate with some of the world's top law firms, financial institutions, and multinational corporations. Prime London Location & Hybrid Flexibility Enjoy a vibrant office in the heart of Aldgate with the option to work in a hybrid environment. We tend to come into the office 2-3 times a week, although you can come in more! Ongoing Learning & Development Access top-tier training, mentorship, and continuous support to advance your career. Time Off Enjoy 25 days of holiday per year, plus UK bank holidays, to recharge and unwind. Pension Plan Secure your future with our competitive pension scheme. Private Healthcare Access to Vitality healthcare, including dental and optical. Flexible Working Work in a way that suits your lifestyle, with the freedom to balance professional and personal priorities. Enhanced Parental Leave We support working parents with generous parental leave policies that go far beyond statutory requirements. Cycle to Work Scheme Save on a new bike and accessories while promoting a healthier, more sustainable commute. Workplace Nursery Scheme Saving working parents lots of money through our salary sacrifice scheme! Top-Quality Equipment Get the tools you need to perform at your best, from cutting-edge tech to ergonomic office setups. Data Privacy Notice By submitting your application, you agree that DEFEYENE LEGAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED ('Definely') may collect, process, and store your personal data as part of our recruitment process. We will use the information you provide to assess your qualifications for the role you are applying for and to communicate with you regarding your application. Your personal data will be stored for up to 12 months, after which it will be securely deleted unless we have another lawful basis to retain it. You have the right to access, correct, or request the deletion of your data at any time. For more details on how we handle your personal data and your rights, please send us an email to and we will send our privacy policy. If you have any concerns about how your data is being processed, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Jan 01, 2026
Full time
Location London Employment Type Full time Location Type Hybrid Department Technology The role Following our recent $30M Series B funding, we're expanding the team to accelerate development of our legal technology products that integrate with Microsoft products through Office.js. We're looking for a React Team Lead to guide 2 mid-senior React developers who will look to you for architectural guidance and technical direction. As the technical side of the product Triad, your technical decisions will directly shape product direction. Key responsibilities Team Leadership & Mentorship Lead and inspire a team of React developers, fostering a collaborative environment where knowledge sharing is valued and encouraged Mentor team members, helping them grow their skills and advance their careers Promote best practices and maintain high code quality standards across the team Technical Excellence Architect and develop sophisticated React applications that integrate with Microsoft Word, M365, Word Online, etc. using Office.js Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code Drive technical decisions and ensure scalable, performant solutions Think outside of the box to workaround any OfficeJS limitations. Product Development Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to bring innovative features to life Create exceptional user interfaces that prioritize user experience and accessibility Continuously optimize application performance and responsiveness Quality & Documentation Establish robust testing and debugging processes to ensure high-quality, reliable software Maintain comprehensive documentation for code, APIs, and system architecture Implement security best practices to protect user data and ensure system integrity Problem Solving & Innovation Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical challenges. Contribute to architectural discussions and drive the evolution of our tech stack. Improve developer productivity through tooling, automation, and AI-assisted coding. About you Minimum 5 years of hands-on, product-focused experience with React development Proven leadership experience in software development teams Expert-level proficiency in React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and modern web technologies Strong experience with Microsoft Office integration, particularly Office.js and Word add-ins Experience with agentic coding assistants such as Claude Code Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal Demonstrated ability to work autonomously while providing clear direction to others Extensive experience working effectively in remote environments Passion for knowledge sharing and helping team members grow Know how to optimize React apps (prevent useless re-rendering, memoization, code splitting etc) Strong grasp of Git, version control best practices, and CI/CD pipelines. Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, agile environment. Nice to have Knowledge of Microsoft Office Add-in guidelines and Office Store submission processes Background in LegalTech or professional services software Previous experience working with in-browser text editors, specially if you were part of optimization efforts to make the experience snappier. Experience in product-focused or startup environments. Exposure to other AI-powered developer tools and workflows. About Definely At Definely, we're on a mission to simplify the way legal professionals access and understand complex information in legal documents. Trusted by a global community of customers, our LegalTech solutions integrate seamlessly into lawyers' daily workflows, making it easier to draft, review and navigate even the most complex contracts. Our products provide instant access to essential information, enabling legal teams to review clauses and provisions in context, reduce risk and work more efficiently - all without disrupting their flow. At Definely, we're dedicated to solving real challenges faced by legal professionals. Joining Definely means becoming part of a forward-thinking, collaborative team that prioritises innovation and people. We create a supportive environment driven by a shared commitment to connection, growth and success. Recognised in the top 25 of Deloitte's prestigious UK Technology Fast50 in 2023 and backed by Microsoft, Google and Octopus Ventures, we're trusted by leading law firms and in-house legal teams, including A&O Shearman, Dentons, Deloitte, and Barclays, to streamline their workflows and mitigate risks. What we offer Competitive Salary We offer a highly competitive salary that reflects your skills, experience, and contributions. Impact & Growth Join a fast-growing startup where your ideas matter; experiment, innovate, and see your work come to life. High-Performance Culture Work in a truly meritocratic environment alongside ambitious, driven professionals who push each other to excel. Prestigious Partnerships Collaborate with some of the world's top law firms, financial institutions, and multinational corporations. Prime London Location & Hybrid Flexibility Enjoy a vibrant office in the heart of Aldgate with the option to work in a hybrid environment. We tend to come into the office 2-3 times a week, although you can come in more! Ongoing Learning & Development Access top-tier training, mentorship, and continuous support to advance your career. Time Off Enjoy 25 days of holiday per year, plus UK bank holidays, to recharge and unwind. Pension Plan Secure your future with our competitive pension scheme. Private Healthcare Access to Vitality healthcare, including dental and optical. Flexible Working Work in a way that suits your lifestyle, with the freedom to balance professional and personal priorities. Enhanced Parental Leave We support working parents with generous parental leave policies that go far beyond statutory requirements. Cycle to Work Scheme Save on a new bike and accessories while promoting a healthier, more sustainable commute. Workplace Nursery Scheme Saving working parents lots of money through our salary sacrifice scheme! Top-Quality Equipment Get the tools you need to perform at your best, from cutting-edge tech to ergonomic office setups. Data Privacy Notice By submitting your application, you agree that DEFEYENE LEGAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED ('Definely') may collect, process, and store your personal data as part of our recruitment process. We will use the information you provide to assess your qualifications for the role you are applying for and to communicate with you regarding your application. Your personal data will be stored for up to 12 months, after which it will be securely deleted unless we have another lawful basis to retain it. You have the right to access, correct, or request the deletion of your data at any time. For more details on how we handle your personal data and your rights, please send us an email to and we will send our privacy policy. If you have any concerns about how your data is being processed, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Who is Sonar? Sonar helps prevent code quality and code security issues from reaching production, amplifies developers' productivity in concert with AI assistants, and improves the developer experience with streamlined workflows. Sonar analyzes all code, regardless of who writes it - your internal team, genAI, or third parties - resulting in more secure, reliable, and maintainable applications. Rooted in the open source community, Sonar's solutions support over 30 programming languages, frameworks, and infrastructure technologies. Today, Sonar is trusted by +7M developers worldwide, including teams at the DoD, Microsoft, NASA, MasterCard, Siemens, and T-Mobile. We believe in developing great products that are supported by great internal teams and a strong culture. We are highly committed to and obsessed with the company, users, each other, and our open source community. We have high standards and hold each other accountable for acting with positivity, dedication, thoughtfulness, empathy, and passion daily. We are deliberate with our decisions with high clarity of intention. At the same time, we feel extreme urgency and move forward quickly. And lastly, we are highly effective and operationally efficient. We operate collectively as One Team to accomplish our goals. At Sonar, CODE is more than just an acronym - it's a mindset that defines daily operations. Why You Should Apply: At Sonar, we're a group of brilliant, motivated, and driven professionals working hard to help supercharge developers to build better, faster. Sonar helps to continuously improve code quality and code security while reducing developer toil. This means that developers can focus on doing more of what they love and less of what they don't. Our solutions don't just solve symptoms of problems - we help fix issues at the source - for all code, whether it's developer-written, AI-generated, or from third parties. We have a dynamic culture with employees worldwide and hub offices in the USA, Switzerland, the UK, Singapore, and Germany. Team members should be able to come to work every day, work on a product they are proud of, love what they do, and feel energized by their peers. With our roots deep in the open source community, we're all about the mission: supercharge developers to build better, faster. The Impact You Will Have: As the VP of Data & Insights, you will be the strategic architect of Sonar's data future, transforming data from a supporting function into a core competitive advantage. In this high-impact role, you will bridge the gap between complex technical data engineering challenges and critical business questions, ensuring that our teams are empowered with truth and clarity. You will move the organization beyond reactive reporting to predictive insights, challenging our current ways of working to drive speed and efficiency. By building and inspiring a world class team of high performing Data Engineers, Analytical Engineers, and Analysts/Data Scientists, you will define how Sonar captures, processes, and leverages data-from product telemetry to CRM insights-ultimately enabling us to serve our 7M+ developer community more effectively. What You Will Do Strategic Vision & Roadmap: define and drive the company wide insights strategy, specifically identifying the types of data we need to capture, how to store and transform it into accessible data models, enabling both self serve and in depth exploration and modelling to drive future growth. Team Leadership & Design: design and build a future proof organization of high performing team members. Establish clear view of team role competencies and performance expectations, set development plans and help team members successfully adjust to the changing and growing demands of a fast growing company Operational Excellence: Inspire, motivate, and monitor team performance, setting high standards for data accuracy, availability, collaborative problem solving and efficient service delivery. Technical Problem Solving: Collaborate deeply with Data Engineers and Analytical Engineers to solve complex data access and integration issues, ensuring efficient pipelines from diverse sources. Prioritization: Partner with executive leadership to ruthlessly prioritize data requests, balancing urgent business analysis needs with long term infrastructure investments. In turn, guide team members on workload balance, to ensure flexibility to respond to urgent exec requirements, short term business needs and longer term assignments. Tooling & Process Evolution: Assess our current data stack and processes; make bold, experience based recommendations to modernize our tooling and adopt industry best practices to drive speed and efficiency. Change Management: Review existing ways of working with a focus on speed and impact; drive the adoption of a data first mindset across all departments. Business Analysis: Oversee the delivery of high value business analysis, ensuring stakeholders understand not just what happened, but why it matters and what to do next. Drive ownership: build a culture of ownership, moving from just receiving and executing on data requests, to proactively engaging on the business situation requiring the analysis, thinking through different options to find the most suitable solution and helping to land the analysis, ensuring accurate interpretation and action. The Experience You Will Need B2B SaaS Leadership: 10+ years of experience in Data & Insights leadership roles, with a strong preference for high growth B2B SaaS environments. Multi Disciplinary Management: Proven experience managing and scaling diverse teams that include Data Engineers, Analytical Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Scientists. Technical Fluency: Strong understanding of modern data stacks (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, dbt, Looker, Tableau) and the ability to "speak the language" of engineering to solve data architecture challenges. Strategic Data Acquisition: Demonstrated success in defining data capture strategies, particularly regarding product usage (telemetry) and Go To Market data (CRM/Marketing Automation). Transformation Experience: A track record of entering established organizations, assessing capabilities, and successfully restructuring teams/processes to improve velocity and quality. Business Acumen: Exceptional ability to translate complex data into clear business narratives; you can debate strategy with the CRO and architecture with the CTO. Bias for Action: You are comfortable working with ambiguity and can make "deliberate" decisions quickly to keep the team moving forward. Why You Will Love it Here Our culture and mission set us apart. We have a dynamic work culture that values respect and kindness and embraces the right to fail (and get right back up again!). Great people make a great company. We value people skills as much as technical skills and strive to keep things friendly while still being passionate leaders in our domains. We have a flexible work policy that includes 3 days in office and 2 days work from home each week for those located near our office locations; some locations such as Dubai, India, Japan and Australia operate fully remotely. We have a growth mindset. We love learning and believe continuous education is critical to our success. In an ever changing industry, new skills are necessary, and we're happy to help our team acquire them. As the leader in our field, our products and services are as strong as our internal team members. We embrace transparency with regular meetings, cascading messages and updates on the growth and success of our organization. Benefits of Working with Sonar 100% coverage of employee premiums through BUPA for medical, dental, and Employee Assistance Programs Vision benefit through Sun Life which Includes an annual vision exam and vision hardware benefits We encourage usage of our robust time off allocations with 28 days of annual leave for our employees based out of our London hub, plus additional days based on seniority and circumstances. Employer matching contribution pension scheme for up to 5%. Commuting: Public transport reimbursement of 60% for annual subscription Global workforce with employees in 20+ countries representing 35+ unique nationalities. We have an annual kick off somewhere in the world where we meet to build relationships and goals for the company. We Value Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: At Sonar, we believe that our diversity is our strength. We are a global company that values and respects different backgrounds, perspectives, and cultures. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome all qualified applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the precise results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date. We do not currently support visa candidates in the US. Applications that are submitted through agencies or third party recruiters will not be considered.
Jan 01, 2026
Full time
Who is Sonar? Sonar helps prevent code quality and code security issues from reaching production, amplifies developers' productivity in concert with AI assistants, and improves the developer experience with streamlined workflows. Sonar analyzes all code, regardless of who writes it - your internal team, genAI, or third parties - resulting in more secure, reliable, and maintainable applications. Rooted in the open source community, Sonar's solutions support over 30 programming languages, frameworks, and infrastructure technologies. Today, Sonar is trusted by +7M developers worldwide, including teams at the DoD, Microsoft, NASA, MasterCard, Siemens, and T-Mobile. We believe in developing great products that are supported by great internal teams and a strong culture. We are highly committed to and obsessed with the company, users, each other, and our open source community. We have high standards and hold each other accountable for acting with positivity, dedication, thoughtfulness, empathy, and passion daily. We are deliberate with our decisions with high clarity of intention. At the same time, we feel extreme urgency and move forward quickly. And lastly, we are highly effective and operationally efficient. We operate collectively as One Team to accomplish our goals. At Sonar, CODE is more than just an acronym - it's a mindset that defines daily operations. Why You Should Apply: At Sonar, we're a group of brilliant, motivated, and driven professionals working hard to help supercharge developers to build better, faster. Sonar helps to continuously improve code quality and code security while reducing developer toil. This means that developers can focus on doing more of what they love and less of what they don't. Our solutions don't just solve symptoms of problems - we help fix issues at the source - for all code, whether it's developer-written, AI-generated, or from third parties. We have a dynamic culture with employees worldwide and hub offices in the USA, Switzerland, the UK, Singapore, and Germany. Team members should be able to come to work every day, work on a product they are proud of, love what they do, and feel energized by their peers. With our roots deep in the open source community, we're all about the mission: supercharge developers to build better, faster. The Impact You Will Have: As the VP of Data & Insights, you will be the strategic architect of Sonar's data future, transforming data from a supporting function into a core competitive advantage. In this high-impact role, you will bridge the gap between complex technical data engineering challenges and critical business questions, ensuring that our teams are empowered with truth and clarity. You will move the organization beyond reactive reporting to predictive insights, challenging our current ways of working to drive speed and efficiency. By building and inspiring a world class team of high performing Data Engineers, Analytical Engineers, and Analysts/Data Scientists, you will define how Sonar captures, processes, and leverages data-from product telemetry to CRM insights-ultimately enabling us to serve our 7M+ developer community more effectively. What You Will Do Strategic Vision & Roadmap: define and drive the company wide insights strategy, specifically identifying the types of data we need to capture, how to store and transform it into accessible data models, enabling both self serve and in depth exploration and modelling to drive future growth. Team Leadership & Design: design and build a future proof organization of high performing team members. Establish clear view of team role competencies and performance expectations, set development plans and help team members successfully adjust to the changing and growing demands of a fast growing company Operational Excellence: Inspire, motivate, and monitor team performance, setting high standards for data accuracy, availability, collaborative problem solving and efficient service delivery. Technical Problem Solving: Collaborate deeply with Data Engineers and Analytical Engineers to solve complex data access and integration issues, ensuring efficient pipelines from diverse sources. Prioritization: Partner with executive leadership to ruthlessly prioritize data requests, balancing urgent business analysis needs with long term infrastructure investments. In turn, guide team members on workload balance, to ensure flexibility to respond to urgent exec requirements, short term business needs and longer term assignments. Tooling & Process Evolution: Assess our current data stack and processes; make bold, experience based recommendations to modernize our tooling and adopt industry best practices to drive speed and efficiency. Change Management: Review existing ways of working with a focus on speed and impact; drive the adoption of a data first mindset across all departments. Business Analysis: Oversee the delivery of high value business analysis, ensuring stakeholders understand not just what happened, but why it matters and what to do next. Drive ownership: build a culture of ownership, moving from just receiving and executing on data requests, to proactively engaging on the business situation requiring the analysis, thinking through different options to find the most suitable solution and helping to land the analysis, ensuring accurate interpretation and action. The Experience You Will Need B2B SaaS Leadership: 10+ years of experience in Data & Insights leadership roles, with a strong preference for high growth B2B SaaS environments. Multi Disciplinary Management: Proven experience managing and scaling diverse teams that include Data Engineers, Analytical Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Scientists. Technical Fluency: Strong understanding of modern data stacks (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, dbt, Looker, Tableau) and the ability to "speak the language" of engineering to solve data architecture challenges. Strategic Data Acquisition: Demonstrated success in defining data capture strategies, particularly regarding product usage (telemetry) and Go To Market data (CRM/Marketing Automation). Transformation Experience: A track record of entering established organizations, assessing capabilities, and successfully restructuring teams/processes to improve velocity and quality. Business Acumen: Exceptional ability to translate complex data into clear business narratives; you can debate strategy with the CRO and architecture with the CTO. Bias for Action: You are comfortable working with ambiguity and can make "deliberate" decisions quickly to keep the team moving forward. Why You Will Love it Here Our culture and mission set us apart. We have a dynamic work culture that values respect and kindness and embraces the right to fail (and get right back up again!). Great people make a great company. We value people skills as much as technical skills and strive to keep things friendly while still being passionate leaders in our domains. We have a flexible work policy that includes 3 days in office and 2 days work from home each week for those located near our office locations; some locations such as Dubai, India, Japan and Australia operate fully remotely. We have a growth mindset. We love learning and believe continuous education is critical to our success. In an ever changing industry, new skills are necessary, and we're happy to help our team acquire them. As the leader in our field, our products and services are as strong as our internal team members. We embrace transparency with regular meetings, cascading messages and updates on the growth and success of our organization. Benefits of Working with Sonar 100% coverage of employee premiums through BUPA for medical, dental, and Employee Assistance Programs Vision benefit through Sun Life which Includes an annual vision exam and vision hardware benefits We encourage usage of our robust time off allocations with 28 days of annual leave for our employees based out of our London hub, plus additional days based on seniority and circumstances. Employer matching contribution pension scheme for up to 5%. Commuting: Public transport reimbursement of 60% for annual subscription Global workforce with employees in 20+ countries representing 35+ unique nationalities. We have an annual kick off somewhere in the world where we meet to build relationships and goals for the company. We Value Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: At Sonar, we believe that our diversity is our strength. We are a global company that values and respects different backgrounds, perspectives, and cultures. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome all qualified applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the precise results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date. We do not currently support visa candidates in the US. Applications that are submitted through agencies or third party recruiters will not be considered.
What you'll be doing You'll play an active role in delivering the roadmap for the Discovery & Gift Building squad and be a key part of our Engineering team. Collaborating with other engineers, designers, product managers, and stakeholders as you work together to scope out what to build and how. Owning feature development from ideation through to production release and ongoing maintenance, using an iterative approach to validate ideas and learn. Being a part of our supportive engineering culture as you learn more, and grow your career, within Bloom & Wild Engineering. You'll love this role if you (What excites us) Have a growth mindset: You don't know everything yet, and that's okay. You are optimistic, resilient, and excited to learn more and to grow your career. Want to work as part of a team: You value collaboration and truly believe in the value of diverse and inclusive teams. Are Outcome Driven: You're enthusiastic, passionate and keen to deliver impactful results. Have a solid grasp of web fundamentals: You understand semantic HTML and the importance of accessibility. You are comfortable with CSS concepts like the Box Model and Flexbox and can translate a design into code. Know enough JavaScript to be dangerous: You have a good handle on modern JavaScript (ES6+) and the DOM. If you have experience with a framework like Angular, React, or Vue, that's a bonus, but strong core skills are what we value most. Are curious about the Back End: While you might lean towards the Front End, you are interested in learning how our platform works (Ruby on Rails and Python) and how to build the APIs that power our UI. Have a quality mindset and a passion for writing clean, secure code while also keeping an eye for opportunities for improvements. It would be great if you also have Exposure to Angular or Ruby on Rails through personal projects, bootcamps, or previous internships. An understanding of the difference between synchronous and asynchronous code (Promises/Observables). Experience using the command line/terminal to run your tools. Experience using an AI coding assistant. These are some of the skills and experience we think will enable success in this role, but please don't worry if you are missing some of these. We're committed to building a team made up of different strengths, skills and experiences, so if you're excited about our values, passionate about what you do and would like to join us in doing things more thoughtfully, we'd love to hear from you. & Wild We know that we learn through our differences, and building a diverse team has always been central to creating the best experience for our customers. We value all backgrounds, perspectives, ideas and experiences, and encourage everyone to share their opinions openly within our caring and inclusive team. Our champions community actively advances our culture of inclusion and belonging, which is organised around 8 pillars of diversity. These cross-business networks offer additional opportunities for connection, education, support and celebration, and ensure that inclusivity continues to be embedded in our ways of working. Our ways of working We really believe in the power of connection. For us that looks different depending on the team you work in. Some of our teams work together in person every day, whereas others may connect in person every quarter. We also believe in flexibility that supports you, the work you do, and your team. How much you work from home and from our office depends on a balance of those needs, and you'll agree this with your manager. Whether it's through a shared project, a learning and development opportunity, or an afterwork social - we trust our teams to make the right decisions (for them and us) about where and how they work each day. We're big on collaboration, empathy, knowledge sharing and growth, and our values drive our priorities every day: Lead change for good: we have the guts to try new things and step up to do what matters most. Think deeply, act swiftly. we make sure there's thoughtful rationale behind our approach and always act swiftly to implement ideas. Care wildly: we pour care and creativity into everything we do and pay attention to the things that make a difference. Stay open, be curious. we're open about what we're doing and why, and we welcome challenges from each other. Work that works for you To care wildly for our customers, firstly we care wildly for our teams. We work hard to craft a culture of thoughtfulness and care, where there is a strong sense of inclusion and belonging, enabling all of our people to thrive and be successful each day. Our perks and benefits include: Flexible working & work from abroad 25 days holiday + your birthday + flexible bank holidays, & option to buy additional holiday each year 1 Volunteering day each year Enhanced family leave and a workplace nursery scheme A flexible training framework for every stage of your career Irresistible discounts on our products, blooms & subscriptions! Share in our success with a choice to take equity options from day 1 For more information on our perks & benefits, please see Getting hired We know that job searching can be daunting, and we want to do everything we can to ensure that your experience with us is a good one. Interviewing is a 2-way process, and we're keen to answer all of the questions you have, so that you can be sure (and excited!) that we're the right move for you. - Apply below (it takes 2 minutes!) - Chat with Billy, our Senior Talent Manager for tech - to discuss our role and learn a bit more about your skills and background and how we might match your career & development goals. - Interview with Jamie-Lee McLeish, Engineering Manager for Discovery & Gift-Building to get into more of the detail. - Show us how you work through a technical challenge, which can be a live paired exercise with our engineers. - Final chat with Martin or Steve from our Tech leadership team. We believe in leading change for good, so if there's anything that we can do to help you flourish throughout your application process with us, or if you have any feedback, please share this with us anonymously here so we can use this to improve your experience. We're excited to open applications for this role ahead of the new year. While you're welcome to submit your application now, we want to be transparent that our recruitment process will begin in early January. As a people-first business, we also want to recognise that this may mean a short delay before you hear from us. Thank you for your patience and understanding-your application genuinely matters to us, and we look forward to reconnecting in the new year. &Wild
Jan 01, 2026
Full time
What you'll be doing You'll play an active role in delivering the roadmap for the Discovery & Gift Building squad and be a key part of our Engineering team. Collaborating with other engineers, designers, product managers, and stakeholders as you work together to scope out what to build and how. Owning feature development from ideation through to production release and ongoing maintenance, using an iterative approach to validate ideas and learn. Being a part of our supportive engineering culture as you learn more, and grow your career, within Bloom & Wild Engineering. You'll love this role if you (What excites us) Have a growth mindset: You don't know everything yet, and that's okay. You are optimistic, resilient, and excited to learn more and to grow your career. Want to work as part of a team: You value collaboration and truly believe in the value of diverse and inclusive teams. Are Outcome Driven: You're enthusiastic, passionate and keen to deliver impactful results. Have a solid grasp of web fundamentals: You understand semantic HTML and the importance of accessibility. You are comfortable with CSS concepts like the Box Model and Flexbox and can translate a design into code. Know enough JavaScript to be dangerous: You have a good handle on modern JavaScript (ES6+) and the DOM. If you have experience with a framework like Angular, React, or Vue, that's a bonus, but strong core skills are what we value most. Are curious about the Back End: While you might lean towards the Front End, you are interested in learning how our platform works (Ruby on Rails and Python) and how to build the APIs that power our UI. Have a quality mindset and a passion for writing clean, secure code while also keeping an eye for opportunities for improvements. It would be great if you also have Exposure to Angular or Ruby on Rails through personal projects, bootcamps, or previous internships. An understanding of the difference between synchronous and asynchronous code (Promises/Observables). Experience using the command line/terminal to run your tools. Experience using an AI coding assistant. These are some of the skills and experience we think will enable success in this role, but please don't worry if you are missing some of these. We're committed to building a team made up of different strengths, skills and experiences, so if you're excited about our values, passionate about what you do and would like to join us in doing things more thoughtfully, we'd love to hear from you. & Wild We know that we learn through our differences, and building a diverse team has always been central to creating the best experience for our customers. We value all backgrounds, perspectives, ideas and experiences, and encourage everyone to share their opinions openly within our caring and inclusive team. Our champions community actively advances our culture of inclusion and belonging, which is organised around 8 pillars of diversity. These cross-business networks offer additional opportunities for connection, education, support and celebration, and ensure that inclusivity continues to be embedded in our ways of working. Our ways of working We really believe in the power of connection. For us that looks different depending on the team you work in. Some of our teams work together in person every day, whereas others may connect in person every quarter. We also believe in flexibility that supports you, the work you do, and your team. How much you work from home and from our office depends on a balance of those needs, and you'll agree this with your manager. Whether it's through a shared project, a learning and development opportunity, or an afterwork social - we trust our teams to make the right decisions (for them and us) about where and how they work each day. We're big on collaboration, empathy, knowledge sharing and growth, and our values drive our priorities every day: Lead change for good: we have the guts to try new things and step up to do what matters most. Think deeply, act swiftly. we make sure there's thoughtful rationale behind our approach and always act swiftly to implement ideas. Care wildly: we pour care and creativity into everything we do and pay attention to the things that make a difference. Stay open, be curious. we're open about what we're doing and why, and we welcome challenges from each other. Work that works for you To care wildly for our customers, firstly we care wildly for our teams. We work hard to craft a culture of thoughtfulness and care, where there is a strong sense of inclusion and belonging, enabling all of our people to thrive and be successful each day. Our perks and benefits include: Flexible working & work from abroad 25 days holiday + your birthday + flexible bank holidays, & option to buy additional holiday each year 1 Volunteering day each year Enhanced family leave and a workplace nursery scheme A flexible training framework for every stage of your career Irresistible discounts on our products, blooms & subscriptions! Share in our success with a choice to take equity options from day 1 For more information on our perks & benefits, please see Getting hired We know that job searching can be daunting, and we want to do everything we can to ensure that your experience with us is a good one. Interviewing is a 2-way process, and we're keen to answer all of the questions you have, so that you can be sure (and excited!) that we're the right move for you. - Apply below (it takes 2 minutes!) - Chat with Billy, our Senior Talent Manager for tech - to discuss our role and learn a bit more about your skills and background and how we might match your career & development goals. - Interview with Jamie-Lee McLeish, Engineering Manager for Discovery & Gift-Building to get into more of the detail. - Show us how you work through a technical challenge, which can be a live paired exercise with our engineers. - Final chat with Martin or Steve from our Tech leadership team. We believe in leading change for good, so if there's anything that we can do to help you flourish throughout your application process with us, or if you have any feedback, please share this with us anonymously here so we can use this to improve your experience. We're excited to open applications for this role ahead of the new year. While you're welcome to submit your application now, we want to be transparent that our recruitment process will begin in early January. As a people-first business, we also want to recognise that this may mean a short delay before you hear from us. Thank you for your patience and understanding-your application genuinely matters to us, and we look forward to reconnecting in the new year. &Wild
Speech, Language and Communication Needs Teaching Assistant - Chelmsford, Essex Education and training Speech, Language and Communication Needs Teaching Assistant Chelmsford, Essex £88 - £100 per day January 2026 start Primary Education Staff car park available Long-term contract with the view of a permanent contract for the suitable candidate Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children? Do you have a strong desire to help students develop their communication skills? If so, Academics are seeking a highly motivated Speech, Language and Communication Needs Teaching Assistant to join the inclusive primary school located in Chelmsford, Essex. This role is to start in January 2026. About the school: The school supports a large number of students with a range of Special Needs and Disabilities. They have a comprehensive pastoral framework based on a caring ideology that fosters healthy relationships by promoting high standards and encouraged challenge. Emphasis on communication and cognition. In Key Stages 1 and 2, their goal is to promote independence and communication through relevant, real-world experiences, with a focus on the transference of skills. They pride ourselves on delivering tailored education that meets the unique needs of each student, fostering their academic, social, and emotional development. Speech, Language and Communication Needs Teaching Assistant Requirements: Experience and knowledge of social, emotional, and mental health needs (SEMH). Bachelor's degree in speech and language pathology, communication disorders, or a related field. Experience working with children with speech, language and communication difficulties (previous experience in an educational setting is highly desirable). Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with students, parents, and colleagues. Be aware of and knowledgeable about different additional needs such as ASC, ADHD, MLD and SEMH. Speech, Language and Communication Needs Teaching Assistant Responsibilities: Assisting teachers in delivering engaging and interactive lessons. To work with children on a 1:1 and small group basis to help overcome their barriers to learning. Assisting the speech and language therapist in implementing individualised therapy plans. Conducting one-on-one or small group sessions with students to practice speech and language skills. Monitoring and documenting student progress and adjusting therapy techniques accordingly. Collaborating with teachers and parents to develop strategies for incorporating speech and language goals into the classroom and home environments. Supporting students during classroom activities, ensuring their participation and comprehension. To apply for this role, simply click 'Apply now' or email your up-to-date CV to Education and training - Chelmsford - Education and training - Chelmsford, Essex
Jan 01, 2026
Full time
Speech, Language and Communication Needs Teaching Assistant - Chelmsford, Essex Education and training Speech, Language and Communication Needs Teaching Assistant Chelmsford, Essex £88 - £100 per day January 2026 start Primary Education Staff car park available Long-term contract with the view of a permanent contract for the suitable candidate Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children? Do you have a strong desire to help students develop their communication skills? If so, Academics are seeking a highly motivated Speech, Language and Communication Needs Teaching Assistant to join the inclusive primary school located in Chelmsford, Essex. This role is to start in January 2026. About the school: The school supports a large number of students with a range of Special Needs and Disabilities. They have a comprehensive pastoral framework based on a caring ideology that fosters healthy relationships by promoting high standards and encouraged challenge. Emphasis on communication and cognition. In Key Stages 1 and 2, their goal is to promote independence and communication through relevant, real-world experiences, with a focus on the transference of skills. They pride ourselves on delivering tailored education that meets the unique needs of each student, fostering their academic, social, and emotional development. Speech, Language and Communication Needs Teaching Assistant Requirements: Experience and knowledge of social, emotional, and mental health needs (SEMH). Bachelor's degree in speech and language pathology, communication disorders, or a related field. Experience working with children with speech, language and communication difficulties (previous experience in an educational setting is highly desirable). Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with students, parents, and colleagues. Be aware of and knowledgeable about different additional needs such as ASC, ADHD, MLD and SEMH. Speech, Language and Communication Needs Teaching Assistant Responsibilities: Assisting teachers in delivering engaging and interactive lessons. To work with children on a 1:1 and small group basis to help overcome their barriers to learning. Assisting the speech and language therapist in implementing individualised therapy plans. Conducting one-on-one or small group sessions with students to practice speech and language skills. Monitoring and documenting student progress and adjusting therapy techniques accordingly. Collaborating with teachers and parents to develop strategies for incorporating speech and language goals into the classroom and home environments. Supporting students during classroom activities, ensuring their participation and comprehension. To apply for this role, simply click 'Apply now' or email your up-to-date CV to Education and training - Chelmsford - Education and training - Chelmsford, Essex
Scottish Council of Independent Schools
Edinburgh, Midlothian
We are looking for a highly skilled and personable colleague to join our front-line administration team in the Junior School. The job holder will provide administration support, particularly to the Deputy Heads and staff of Lower Primary, but this role has a particular focus on maintaining school data within several management information systems/databases. We are currently on a journey to implement iSAMS by August 2026, so it is essential that candidates are experienced iSAMS users who are highly skilled in the use of Excel and data maintenance and analysis work. The Administrator also undertakes reception work; answering phone calls, greeting visitors, supporting parents and children, and plays a crucial part in keeping our children safe. Hours of work will be 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday, 8.00am to 4.00pm, Fridays 8.00am to 3.30pm, 46 weeks per year (36 weeks of term time plus professional learning days and a further two weeks during holiday periods). The annual leave entitlement is seven weeks per year making a total of 46 weeks. The salary for this position will be in the Grade 2 range which currently stands at £27,090 - £30,231 per annum (based on 36.25 hours per week, 52 weeks per year). This equates to £24,460 - £27,296. APPLICATION PROCESS To apply, please click the Apply for this job button. Please include a letter of application of not more than 800 words giving us more information about you and why you consider yourself to be a strong candidate for the role, addressed to Mrs Su Breadner, Chief Operating Officer. Closing date: 11:59pm on Wednesday 14 January 2026 Interviews are scheduled to take place on Thursday 22 January 2026 Main Responsibilities Administration Responsibilities Provide administrative support to the Deputy Heads, Principal Teachers and Assistant Principal Teachers. This work is varied and high volume. Working in a small team any of the following tasks may be required; diary management, arranging meetings, preparing timetables, processing assessment details, organising trips, events, meetings. It also includes producing spreadsheets, reports, typing minutes, photocopying, filing and producing printed materials such as labels, booklets and worksheets. Daily, process pupil absence information, check registers, record known absences, identify potentially missing children, report to Deputy Head and phone parents as required. Prepare reports. Sending emails on behalf of Deputy Heads and other staff, preparing letters for parents (for email distribution or publishing on the School's Weekly Parent Digest). Assist with preparation for school trips including, booking of venues/accommodation/transport, sending information to parents, collating permission slips and ensuring risk assessment forms are completed. Annually negotiate pricing with external platform providers and make recommendations to JS management for agreement. Place orders, e.g. teaching materials or stationery and check order against delivery. Assist with the preparation of school events, e.g. performances, by ensuring rooms and other resources are booked, timely notices to parents. Keep up-to-date with details of School events and information available on the School website, in order to provide parents and visitors with general information regarding school activities. Receive and deal with Lost Property items and liaise with Thrift Shop volunteers. Occasional handling of cash e.g. for school visits and charity collections. Provide cover to other administrators across the whole school, as required. Ensures compliance with General Data Protection Regulations when handling personal data and information relating to data subjects, whether that be on the management information system, paper records or when in discussions with others. Reception Responsibilities Provide a first class Reception service, by acting as the first point of contact for the school, welcoming visitors and responding to telephone and email enquiries in a helpful and constructive manner, and representing the School with a positive attitude and professional appearance at all times. Ensure the safety and security of the Junior School at all times, by making sure that entry to the premises is controlled. Ensure all visitors have signed-in appropriately and are provided with an identification badge, asked to read the visitor briefing notes, notifying the relevant employee/department of their arrival if necessary. Handle all telephone calls promptly and efficiently, directing and screening calls, as appropriate, and taking and forwarding messages in an accurate and timely manner. Handle all general enquiries, by phone, email and in person, ensuring that all enquiries are either dealt with successfully within the reception, or promptly and professionally forwarded on to the most appropriate colleague. Communicate with parents regarding all aspects of School life, receiving and passing on information, between parents and teachers, including phoning parents to ascertain reasons for pupils' absence. Ensure that the Reception area is kept smart and tidy and that displays of School publications are kept up-to-date. Database Administration Setting up all data structures which are needed for the school to operate effectively. Provides technical support and guidance on core data systems to Junior School colleagues and other Administration colleagues in the wider College. Examples of current tasks which the job holder is responsible for include: Creation of School Year, Timetables and Registers Before the start of the academic year, populate the Junior School system with the session dates and create the periods for the day which allows the creation of timetables and registers. Crucial this is accurate and timely as once committed it cannot be altered and the entire JS operation depends on this being correct. Curriculum Support confirms accuracy. Before the start of the academic year, transfer all the children from the closed year to the new year, changing class, removing leavers, adding new children, additional/new classes where relevant, in all external platforms (e.g. Mathletics, Accelerated Reader, Spellzone, Maths Investigations, Seesaw, Education City). Maintain this data across the year. Once the system is set up for the new academic year, and prior to session starting, receive information about timetables from Deputy Head(s) LP/UP, from PE, Drama, Art, Music and from this generate subject sets Create subject sets (c500) for each class, English, Numeracy, Literacy, Spanish, Art, Music, Drama etc attaching class, teacher, pupils, location, times and days which ultimately creates the timetable which teachers use. Ongoing maintenance of this data as required across the year. Data Maintenance Ensures the school management information systems are kept up to date with pupil information, e.g. change of circumstances, medical information, (Dashboards, Mathletics, SpellZone). Entries must be accurate and timely. Testing At key tracking points across the year (termly) work closely with Deputy Head (LP) to organise the testing programme. Agree dates of testing, share on central calendar with staff, decide whether enough test papers are in stock, maintain stock control, order papers where needed, consider supplier lead times, prepopulate external sites with data of children, dob, gender, names, class. Without this info the child cannot take an online test and for paper tests, the results could not be recorded by the testing company to the right child. Once results are available generate a csv file and import into a markbook. Create markbook tasks. Each test has a name, therefore getting the naming convention accurate is essential, as this is pulled off onto the dashboard. Allocate teacher, children being reported, additional markers. Assist teachers with entering scores/grades, as required and provide technical support/guidance. Report Production Ad hoc, creation of reports from the management information systems, e.g. running pre-designed ODBC reports, creating new (if basic) or seeking help from Senior School Deputy as required. Present data in various formats e.g. excel, graphs, pivot tables to Management/Staff/Annual Report. Typical reports include individual/ cohort performance, performance by subject. Interim and End of Session Reports for parents Twice a year, using Google sheets creates blank templates for teaching staff to complete with comments on the pupils and grades for attainment/approach etc. Create a reference page to accompany the template, which involves populating with data about the pupil. Once a teacher has completed the template, the job holder reformats through a merge process to create a pre-designed PDF document for sharing with parents by the Communications Team. Any changes that are requested by parents are made to the final report. Once finalised, individually assign a pupil record. Ideal Candidate Essential Criteria Demonstrable previous experience of working in a busy, customer-facing reception and administration focussed role within a team environment. Excellent and professional telephone manner, coupled with strong interpersonal and written/oral communication skills; communicates in a confident, clear, and concise manner at all times. Experience of using iSAMS Excellent excel skills, including creating formulae, pivot tables, and able to analyse basic data and present well in report/graphic form Excellent Microsoft 365 skills (Word, Powerpoint . click apply for full job details
Jan 01, 2026
Full time
We are looking for a highly skilled and personable colleague to join our front-line administration team in the Junior School. The job holder will provide administration support, particularly to the Deputy Heads and staff of Lower Primary, but this role has a particular focus on maintaining school data within several management information systems/databases. We are currently on a journey to implement iSAMS by August 2026, so it is essential that candidates are experienced iSAMS users who are highly skilled in the use of Excel and data maintenance and analysis work. The Administrator also undertakes reception work; answering phone calls, greeting visitors, supporting parents and children, and plays a crucial part in keeping our children safe. Hours of work will be 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday, 8.00am to 4.00pm, Fridays 8.00am to 3.30pm, 46 weeks per year (36 weeks of term time plus professional learning days and a further two weeks during holiday periods). The annual leave entitlement is seven weeks per year making a total of 46 weeks. The salary for this position will be in the Grade 2 range which currently stands at £27,090 - £30,231 per annum (based on 36.25 hours per week, 52 weeks per year). This equates to £24,460 - £27,296. APPLICATION PROCESS To apply, please click the Apply for this job button. Please include a letter of application of not more than 800 words giving us more information about you and why you consider yourself to be a strong candidate for the role, addressed to Mrs Su Breadner, Chief Operating Officer. Closing date: 11:59pm on Wednesday 14 January 2026 Interviews are scheduled to take place on Thursday 22 January 2026 Main Responsibilities Administration Responsibilities Provide administrative support to the Deputy Heads, Principal Teachers and Assistant Principal Teachers. This work is varied and high volume. Working in a small team any of the following tasks may be required; diary management, arranging meetings, preparing timetables, processing assessment details, organising trips, events, meetings. It also includes producing spreadsheets, reports, typing minutes, photocopying, filing and producing printed materials such as labels, booklets and worksheets. Daily, process pupil absence information, check registers, record known absences, identify potentially missing children, report to Deputy Head and phone parents as required. Prepare reports. Sending emails on behalf of Deputy Heads and other staff, preparing letters for parents (for email distribution or publishing on the School's Weekly Parent Digest). Assist with preparation for school trips including, booking of venues/accommodation/transport, sending information to parents, collating permission slips and ensuring risk assessment forms are completed. Annually negotiate pricing with external platform providers and make recommendations to JS management for agreement. Place orders, e.g. teaching materials or stationery and check order against delivery. Assist with the preparation of school events, e.g. performances, by ensuring rooms and other resources are booked, timely notices to parents. Keep up-to-date with details of School events and information available on the School website, in order to provide parents and visitors with general information regarding school activities. Receive and deal with Lost Property items and liaise with Thrift Shop volunteers. Occasional handling of cash e.g. for school visits and charity collections. Provide cover to other administrators across the whole school, as required. Ensures compliance with General Data Protection Regulations when handling personal data and information relating to data subjects, whether that be on the management information system, paper records or when in discussions with others. Reception Responsibilities Provide a first class Reception service, by acting as the first point of contact for the school, welcoming visitors and responding to telephone and email enquiries in a helpful and constructive manner, and representing the School with a positive attitude and professional appearance at all times. Ensure the safety and security of the Junior School at all times, by making sure that entry to the premises is controlled. Ensure all visitors have signed-in appropriately and are provided with an identification badge, asked to read the visitor briefing notes, notifying the relevant employee/department of their arrival if necessary. Handle all telephone calls promptly and efficiently, directing and screening calls, as appropriate, and taking and forwarding messages in an accurate and timely manner. Handle all general enquiries, by phone, email and in person, ensuring that all enquiries are either dealt with successfully within the reception, or promptly and professionally forwarded on to the most appropriate colleague. Communicate with parents regarding all aspects of School life, receiving and passing on information, between parents and teachers, including phoning parents to ascertain reasons for pupils' absence. Ensure that the Reception area is kept smart and tidy and that displays of School publications are kept up-to-date. Database Administration Setting up all data structures which are needed for the school to operate effectively. Provides technical support and guidance on core data systems to Junior School colleagues and other Administration colleagues in the wider College. Examples of current tasks which the job holder is responsible for include: Creation of School Year, Timetables and Registers Before the start of the academic year, populate the Junior School system with the session dates and create the periods for the day which allows the creation of timetables and registers. Crucial this is accurate and timely as once committed it cannot be altered and the entire JS operation depends on this being correct. Curriculum Support confirms accuracy. Before the start of the academic year, transfer all the children from the closed year to the new year, changing class, removing leavers, adding new children, additional/new classes where relevant, in all external platforms (e.g. Mathletics, Accelerated Reader, Spellzone, Maths Investigations, Seesaw, Education City). Maintain this data across the year. Once the system is set up for the new academic year, and prior to session starting, receive information about timetables from Deputy Head(s) LP/UP, from PE, Drama, Art, Music and from this generate subject sets Create subject sets (c500) for each class, English, Numeracy, Literacy, Spanish, Art, Music, Drama etc attaching class, teacher, pupils, location, times and days which ultimately creates the timetable which teachers use. Ongoing maintenance of this data as required across the year. Data Maintenance Ensures the school management information systems are kept up to date with pupil information, e.g. change of circumstances, medical information, (Dashboards, Mathletics, SpellZone). Entries must be accurate and timely. Testing At key tracking points across the year (termly) work closely with Deputy Head (LP) to organise the testing programme. Agree dates of testing, share on central calendar with staff, decide whether enough test papers are in stock, maintain stock control, order papers where needed, consider supplier lead times, prepopulate external sites with data of children, dob, gender, names, class. Without this info the child cannot take an online test and for paper tests, the results could not be recorded by the testing company to the right child. Once results are available generate a csv file and import into a markbook. Create markbook tasks. Each test has a name, therefore getting the naming convention accurate is essential, as this is pulled off onto the dashboard. Allocate teacher, children being reported, additional markers. Assist teachers with entering scores/grades, as required and provide technical support/guidance. Report Production Ad hoc, creation of reports from the management information systems, e.g. running pre-designed ODBC reports, creating new (if basic) or seeking help from Senior School Deputy as required. Present data in various formats e.g. excel, graphs, pivot tables to Management/Staff/Annual Report. Typical reports include individual/ cohort performance, performance by subject. Interim and End of Session Reports for parents Twice a year, using Google sheets creates blank templates for teaching staff to complete with comments on the pupils and grades for attainment/approach etc. Create a reference page to accompany the template, which involves populating with data about the pupil. Once a teacher has completed the template, the job holder reformats through a merge process to create a pre-designed PDF document for sharing with parents by the Communications Team. Any changes that are requested by parents are made to the final report. Once finalised, individually assign a pupil record. Ideal Candidate Essential Criteria Demonstrable previous experience of working in a busy, customer-facing reception and administration focussed role within a team environment. Excellent and professional telephone manner, coupled with strong interpersonal and written/oral communication skills; communicates in a confident, clear, and concise manner at all times. Experience of using iSAMS Excellent excel skills, including creating formulae, pivot tables, and able to analyse basic data and present well in report/graphic form Excellent Microsoft 365 skills (Word, Powerpoint . click apply for full job details
Are you an experienced in SEN Teaching Assistant and looking for your next rewarding role in Kempston? We're working with a welcoming and inclusive SEN specialist school in Kempston seeking a passionate and dedicated SEN HLTA to join their supportive team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in the education and training sector and wants to make a genuine impact on young people's lives. SEN HLTA - Make a Difference Every Day! Location: Kempston Salary: £18,000.00 - £25,000.00 Annually (Actual) Contract: Full-time, Term Time Only Sector: Education and Training As an SEN HLTA in Kempston, you'll play a key role in supporting teaching and learning across the school. You will: Deliver small group and 1:1 interventions tailored to pupils' individual needs. Support children with a range of additional needs including autism (ASC), ADHD, and social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) difficulties. Collaborate with teachers, therapists, and the SENCO to ensure each pupil reaches their full potential. Contribute to planning and assessment within the education framework of the school. The Ideal Candidate: Has experience working as an SEN HLTA or in a similar role supporting pupils with special educational needs. Holds HLTA status or equivalent qualifications, with a strong understanding of inclusive education. Is empathetic, resilient, and proactive in supporting children with complex needs. Demonstrates excellent communication and teamwork skills. Why Join This School in Kempston? A warm, collaborative, and supportive staff team. Access to ongoing professional development and education and training opportunities. A school culture that values inclusion, respect, and every child's unique journey. If you're ready to take the next step in your career as an SEN HLTA, we'd love to hear from you! Apply today and become part of a dedicated team making a real difference in special education.
Dec 22, 2025
Full time
Are you an experienced in SEN Teaching Assistant and looking for your next rewarding role in Kempston? We're working with a welcoming and inclusive SEN specialist school in Kempston seeking a passionate and dedicated SEN HLTA to join their supportive team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in the education and training sector and wants to make a genuine impact on young people's lives. SEN HLTA - Make a Difference Every Day! Location: Kempston Salary: £18,000.00 - £25,000.00 Annually (Actual) Contract: Full-time, Term Time Only Sector: Education and Training As an SEN HLTA in Kempston, you'll play a key role in supporting teaching and learning across the school. You will: Deliver small group and 1:1 interventions tailored to pupils' individual needs. Support children with a range of additional needs including autism (ASC), ADHD, and social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) difficulties. Collaborate with teachers, therapists, and the SENCO to ensure each pupil reaches their full potential. Contribute to planning and assessment within the education framework of the school. The Ideal Candidate: Has experience working as an SEN HLTA or in a similar role supporting pupils with special educational needs. Holds HLTA status or equivalent qualifications, with a strong understanding of inclusive education. Is empathetic, resilient, and proactive in supporting children with complex needs. Demonstrates excellent communication and teamwork skills. Why Join This School in Kempston? A warm, collaborative, and supportive staff team. Access to ongoing professional development and education and training opportunities. A school culture that values inclusion, respect, and every child's unique journey. If you're ready to take the next step in your career as an SEN HLTA, we'd love to hear from you! Apply today and become part of a dedicated team making a real difference in special education.
Your new school Gretton School welcomes autistic children and young people aged from 5-19 years old, as weekly boarders or as day learners. Every learner at Gretton has a diagnosis of Autism, and the ability to learn at or above the level of their mainstream peers, but require a specialist setting in order to achieve their remarkable potential. As autism specialists, we understand that consistent daily routines and staffing helps to keep anxiety at a minimum and ensures that our learners feel safe and confident in their surroundings. We have a high staff to learner ratio and classes are small and personal - we know each of our learners really well and employ the best strategies to support them in their everyday school life. A broad curriculum, an emphasis on holistic development, and the development of life and social skills, means that we are able to bring out the best in all our learners, and to provide them with opportunities to flourish. At whatever stage a young person joins Gretton, we will ensure they are happy and prepared to make the most of the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life. Your new role We are recruiting a Primary Teacher to join our team. As a Primary Teacher at Gretton School, you will be responsible for planning and delivering engaging and personalised lessons that meet the needs and interests of your students. You will work closely with a team of teaching assistants, therapists, and other professionals to ensure that each student receives the best possible support and guidance. You will also contribute to the development of the school's curriculum, policies, and practices, and participate in ongoing training and professional development. What you'll need to succeed A recognised teaching qualification (QTS or equivalent) Experience of teaching in a primary setting, preferably with students with ASCs or other special educational needs A good understanding of the principles and practices of autism education, or a willingness to learn and develop your skills in this area A creative and flexible approach to teaching and learning, with the ability to adapt to different learning styles and abilities A positive and enthusiastic attitude, with the ability to motivate and inspire your students A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people What you'll get in return Gretton is a friendly school where staff are supportive of each other inside and outside of the classroom and there is an opportunity to really make a difference to the lives of our students and their families. Gretton has a person-centred focus, providing each child with a personalised education and care programme tailored to help meet their unique needs. At Gretton, our staff are like family, so don't delay and apply today to join the Gretton family. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, please see our website at or call Brett Coventry on We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore we encourage interested applicants to submit an application as soon as possible. Safeguarding recruitment statement: Gretton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment, applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service. We aim to be a fair employer and are committed to equal opportunities. Gretton School does not discriminate against employees on the basis of gender, ethnic origin, disability or age.
Dec 22, 2025
Full time
Your new school Gretton School welcomes autistic children and young people aged from 5-19 years old, as weekly boarders or as day learners. Every learner at Gretton has a diagnosis of Autism, and the ability to learn at or above the level of their mainstream peers, but require a specialist setting in order to achieve their remarkable potential. As autism specialists, we understand that consistent daily routines and staffing helps to keep anxiety at a minimum and ensures that our learners feel safe and confident in their surroundings. We have a high staff to learner ratio and classes are small and personal - we know each of our learners really well and employ the best strategies to support them in their everyday school life. A broad curriculum, an emphasis on holistic development, and the development of life and social skills, means that we are able to bring out the best in all our learners, and to provide them with opportunities to flourish. At whatever stage a young person joins Gretton, we will ensure they are happy and prepared to make the most of the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life. Your new role We are recruiting a Primary Teacher to join our team. As a Primary Teacher at Gretton School, you will be responsible for planning and delivering engaging and personalised lessons that meet the needs and interests of your students. You will work closely with a team of teaching assistants, therapists, and other professionals to ensure that each student receives the best possible support and guidance. You will also contribute to the development of the school's curriculum, policies, and practices, and participate in ongoing training and professional development. What you'll need to succeed A recognised teaching qualification (QTS or equivalent) Experience of teaching in a primary setting, preferably with students with ASCs or other special educational needs A good understanding of the principles and practices of autism education, or a willingness to learn and develop your skills in this area A creative and flexible approach to teaching and learning, with the ability to adapt to different learning styles and abilities A positive and enthusiastic attitude, with the ability to motivate and inspire your students A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people What you'll get in return Gretton is a friendly school where staff are supportive of each other inside and outside of the classroom and there is an opportunity to really make a difference to the lives of our students and their families. Gretton has a person-centred focus, providing each child with a personalised education and care programme tailored to help meet their unique needs. At Gretton, our staff are like family, so don't delay and apply today to join the Gretton family. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, please see our website at or call Brett Coventry on We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore we encourage interested applicants to submit an application as soon as possible. Safeguarding recruitment statement: Gretton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment, applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service. We aim to be a fair employer and are committed to equal opportunities. Gretton School does not discriminate against employees on the basis of gender, ethnic origin, disability or age.
