Dear Colleague,
As your school prepares for staff recruitment campaigns in 2015, just a reminder how COBIS supports school members to attract and recruit high calibre staff.
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Dear Colleague,
As your school prepares for staff recruitment campaigns in 2015, just a reminder how COBIS supports school members to attract and recruit high calibre staff.
Publish Free Recruitment Ads on cobis.org.uk 
Publishing unlimited vacancies is a component of your COBIS annual membership subscription fee. The Recruitment page on our website is attracting increasing numbers of passive and active job seekers with COBIS schools reporting that they are attracting quality candidates via this channel.
Recruitment ads can be published via the Member Area – all you need is your unique school password. Simply log into your school account, click on your school name under 'My Groups' and select 'edit job vacancies’. For step by step instructions on publishing job ads on the COBIS website, please contact us.
As standard, please include a recruitment safeguarding statement in all ads. For example:
‘COBIS schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. All applicants to COBIS schools must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks and/or International Child Protection Certificate’. Or…
‘This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)’.
TES Prime 10% Discount Offer 
Following negation on behalf of COBIS school members, the TES has agreed to offer a 10% discount to COBIS member schools on TES Prime packages. To access this discount, please mention the COBIS 10% discount offer when placing your booking.
COBIS Supporting Members - Recruitment Agencies
20 recruitment agencies are registered as COBIS Supporting Members and listed on the COBIS website.
To review details of these organisations and to make a connection – click here.
How COBIS Supports Your School Recruitment 
The COBIS team has been working hard to promote the benefits of working in a COBIS school at a range of teaching fairs at UK Universities. COBIS has been represented at several teaching fairs this term, including St Mary's Twickenham and the University of Roehampton.
There has been particular interest from students considering completing their NQT year overseas. Our photo shows COBIS PA Catriona Lawless and COBIS International Marketing Intern Tamsin Gordon on the COBIS stand at the St Mary's University Teaching Fair recently.
Access to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
COBIS and its members worldwide are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults.
To support your school’s safer recruitment practice, COBIS members and non-members are invited to access the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). COBIS is delighted to have recently launched an online DBS service in association with uCheck. Benefits of the new online system include:
To register or to find more information, please contact Sarah Wooldridge.
COBIS Leadership Seminar - Saturday 31 January 2015
COBIS is holding an afternoon seminar session in late January on Leading British School Overseas. This session will provide information to Heads and senior leaders interested in teaching at a British international school. For more information, please visit our website.
As always, please contact myself or a member of the COBIS team with any questions.
Regards,
Colin
Colin Bell
CEO
Council of British International Schools
St Mary's University
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, TW1 4SX
UK
(t) +44 208 240 4376
www.cobis.org.uk
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