Associate Dean, Learning Design

We are looking for talented individuals to join our learning design team. You will work with a team of passionate, smart people to design and build a suite of world-class programmes that help teachers and school leaders to keep getting better. This role will be offered on a 12 month fixed term contract.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities:

• Have a track record of excellent teaching and/or school leadership, including pupils with low prior attainment in challenging contexts; 
•  Hold up-to-date, research informed knowledge about how pupils, teachers and school leaders best learn, and a breadth of professional knowledge of what this might look like in practice; 
• Be able to analyse teaching/leadership skills and moments, breaking them down into their smallest constituent parts, and recombining them to build high levels of competence; 
• Have track record of designing highly effective teacher/leadership development programmes; 
• Be able to digest significant volumes of research, distil critical findings and communicate in a clear, concise and meaningful way; 
• Demonstrate strong sensitivity to the demands of delivery of professional development programmes and how design should be responsive to these; 
• Have strong facilitation skills and be able to communicate skilfully, intelligently and sensitively with teachers and leaders in range of situations; 
•  Be able to develop and hold to account a team of designers so they can create content and tools that provide world-class learning experiences for educators; 
• Be open and hungry for feedback, driven by continual improvement, and able to hold themselves and those around them to account for securing impact; 
• Be obsessed with the minutiae of curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, culture and change.

Our offer

We are happy to be able to offer you:

• Agile working - a dynamic and flexible internal culture that gives employees control over the way they work and supports wellbeing
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate)
• Competitive salaries rates and life assurance
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development

How to apply

To apply for this vacancy, please visit our website.  

Safeguarding

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation.

Right to Work

As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.