Business Manager

Business Manager for East London Teaching School Hub and Mulberry College of Teaching (based at Mulberry School for Girls)

Our organisation: 

We change lives by providing the highest quality teacher development opportunities 

Mulberry School for Girls was designated by the Department for Education as the lead school for Hackney and Tower Hamlets Teaching School Hub (TSH) in February 2021.  We are called East London Teaching School Hub. 

Teaching School Hubs have the following core responsibilities: 

1. Delivery of Initial Teacher Training (ITT)  
2. Delivery of the Early Career Framework (ECF)  
3. Providing Appropriate Body (AB) services for Early Career Teachers  
4. Delivery of the full suite of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs)  

Since 2021, ELTSH has embarked upon an exciting start-up and rapid growth phase, and we have worked hard to create a successful collegiate professional learning community that meets the specific needs of teachers in our region. To date, we have supported over 1400 Early Career Teachers and their mentors training on the UCL Early Career Framework Provider-led Programme and over 900 teachers and leaders on our UCL National Professional Qualification programmes. We have teachers and leaders from 88% of Tower Hamlets and Hackney schools learning with us and colleagues from a further 238 schools outside our designated region engaging with our programmes. We are working in partnership with strategic local partners to deliver our ECF Lead Provider Programme and have over thirty facilitators from a range of local schools collaborating with us on our programmes. We are the Appropriate Body for over 530 ECTs. The way we work is underpinned by our principles of collegiality, inclusion and transparency. 

Mulberry College of Teaching (MCoT) is the Mulberry Schools Trust’s accredited Initial Teacher Training provision. We are deliberately small and specialise in secondary English teacher training.  Our aim is to offer a route into teaching to graduates who share our commitment to inclusive education and who want to learn their craft in our vibrant inner-city schools. We welcomed our first cohort of trainee teachers in September 2024 and many of them have already secured their first teaching posts in East London schools. 

What we’re looking for 

We are seeking a Business Manager for ELTSH and MCoT with excellent project management and team leadership skills. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape professional development at a regional level, leaving a lasting impact on education. As a key member of our senior leadership team, you'll play a pivotal role in creating and leading the business and operational conditions necessary to ensure the professional learning programmes we run are of the highest quality with high levels of engagement.

The postholder will work in partnership with finance and HR colleagues in the Trust to ensure a high-quality and sustainable provision can be maintained. 

This is a hands-on role offering opportunities for you to implement business solutions whilst enhancing your skills as a business manager with specialist knowledge of teacher education.  You might be someone with business management in the education sector or another field or you may be a school leader with operations and project management experience interested in specialising in teacher education. If you're passionate about making a tangible and sustained difference in inner-city inclusive education, we encourage you to apply and be part of our commitment to transforming lives through exceptional teacher education. 

If you would like to discuss the role with the Director of East London Teaching School Hub, do get in touch hr@muberryschoolforgirls.org

If you're passionate about making a tangible and sustained difference in inner-city inclusive education, we encourage you to apply and be part of our ongoing journey towards educational excellence.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be informed following the shortlisting process and full details of the interview will be provided. If you do not hear from us , unfortunately, you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS clearance. We are dedicated to equality and valuing diversity.