Curriculum Leader - English

The Aspire-Igen group is one of Yorkshire’s largest and leading providers of employability, training and guidance services. As a social enterprise we are committed to helping individuals, organisations and communities succeed through learning and work. We have over 20 year’s experience of delivering government funded initiatives and contracts including National Careers Service, ESF NEET and Study Programmes.

Based in Leeds- working across Yorkshire and Humber.

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional, highly motivated and inspirational Curriculum Leader for English to lead our successful and talented team of teachers and tutors. We are looking for someone who will earn the respect of our talented staff and learners through their professionalism, hard work, abilities and enthusiasm.

Aspire-igen is an organisation where the education of every young person is believed to be of equal value, it is, a fully inclusive Study Programme provider operating across Yorkshire and the Humber. We deliver highly personalised study programmes that are framed around each learner’s individual needs and career aspirations. Our staff are dedicated, very hard-working and believe that what we do is vital to improving life chances of the young people in the communities that we serve.

Challenge and accountability are central to what we do but nurturing good relationships and developing our staff is important to us too.

You will have responsibility for the management of our 8 English GCSE and Functional Skills teachers and tutors spending your time supporting, developing and nurturing them to deliver outstanding learning and achieving the best outcomes for our learners.

You will be able to demonstrate proven leadership skills, outstanding classroom practice and the ability to inspire and motivate staff. You will teach for up to 4 hours each week with the remainder of your time coaching, supporting staff and developing our curriculum and resources to provide an engaging and stimulating learning environment that is consistent across each of our 7 centres.

Our Ofsted ‘Good’ provision is a strong base to build upon and we would love you to consider becoming part of our team and our journey to Outstanding.

If you would like to discuss the role, please contact Joanne Dye in the first instance on 0113 225 9000.

Application Process

To apply, please download an application form from https://aspire-igen.com/aspire-igen/work-us and e-mail it to joanne.dye@aspire-igen.com

A full job description and a complete list of our current vacancies are available on our website https://aspire-igen.com/aspire-igen/work-us

Closing Date: Friday 10th June 2016
Interviews will be held 16th and 17th June 2016

All positions are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for an Enhanced Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions, cautions, warnings and reprimands.

Aspire-igen is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to encourage the recruitment of staff from under-represented groups to apply for the advertised positions. Aspire-igen will seek to recruit the best candidate for the job based on merit. The recruitment and selection process will ensure the identification of the person best suited to the job and Aspire-igen.

No agencies please.