Fellow, Initial Teacher Training

Who are Ambition Institute?

A great teacher changes the future every day. Especially for children who have had a tough start in life, a teacher can be the critical factor in their success.

At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time.

That’s how we’ll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life.

• We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive.
• We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice.
• We champion every teacher and school leader’s potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement.

What would we like…?

Do you have experience developing the performance of teachers? Have you worked directly with trainee teachers and educators?

We are looking for a talented person with knowledge and experience of the ITT sector, to join us on a permanent basis as we work on launching his programme here at Ambition. The successful postholder will join us from January 2024.

We would like you to:

• Establish and maintain high quality and trusted relationships with external stakeholders  
• Be part of the ITT programme implementation 
• Be involved in continuous improvement of ITT provision and participant experience 
• Have excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to draw stakeholders together for a shared goal 

It would be an added bonus if you have previous experience managing multiple, competing demands, including good budget management skills and strong report writing skills at a senior (preferably board) level, however this is not essential.

If you have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and have the relevant experience, we welcome an application from you.

Working in a hybrid way, you’ll be attached to either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office and will report to the Associate Director of ITT Delivery.

Please note, this role will involve significant travel across the North West, North East and parts of the Midlands. In the next mobilisation year you'll travel on average once a week, dependent on the needs of our delivery partners.

In line with our current ways of working, you’ll also be expected to be in the office at least 1 day a month, in addition to team days and this may be reviewed by Ambition.

What’s in it for you….?

• Competitive annual salary.
• Professional development for all staff.
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays and 'winter shut down’ between Christmas and New Year.
• Employer pension contribution of 11%.
• Agile, hybrid working culture, so you can manage when and where you work.
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work.
• Blind recruitment process to ensure equality and fairness in our hiring.
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service.
• Shared parental leave package.
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line.
• Comfortable and collaborative workspaces in the city centres of Manchester, Birmingham and London
• Work-from-home technology package to support hybrid working.
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans.

ABOUT YOU

We don’t expect the person we hire to have all the following, but this should give you a sense of what would enable you to thrive in this role and in our team:

YOU SHOULD APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF:

• You care deeply about educational disadvantage and being part of an organisation that challenges inequality.
• You have a good work ethic and strive to make a difference in the job you do.
• You always give maximum effort to understand and meet the needs of our partners and participants.
• You always have a great attitude so we “can do” for all our colleagues, partners and participants.
• You are open to feedback and learning because we want to keep getting better.
• You work with your initiative to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective.
• You are well organised and can prioritise work that will have the greatest impact.

YOU’LL LOVE WORKING AT AMBITION IF…

• You want a career with a person-centred organisation with a cause at its heart.
• You have a collaborative work ethos, bring warmth and good humour to work and constructive outlook to every situation.
• You enjoy working in a fast-moving workplace, with a great support structure around you.
• You would like to grow with an ambitious organisation as it progresses over time
• Want flexibility in how you work – splitting your time between one of our offices and remote working and managing your own working patterns to get the job done.

Applications will be considered for all office locations.

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, 9.00am on Tuesday 17th October 2023. Interviews are expected to take place on the 23rd and 24th of October 2023.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website.

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.