Initial Teacher Development Programme Manager
TeachFirst
Greenwich
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2017
- Apply by:
- 15 July 2017
Job overview
The ITD Programme Manager is accountable for the delivery of an (Ofsted) outstanding Leadership Development Programme. The role will manage the reporting, quality assurance and continuous improvement of the Leadership Development Programme across multiple universities and local areas. They will ensure all programmatic delivery meets both ITT and contractual requirements. The post holder will develop excellent relationships with university and Teach First colleagues to achieve these aims.
In this role you will:
•Report into Teach First’s Delivery Effectiveness team, while maintaining a strong relationship with the Local Directors of the local areas within your portfolio.
•Support three local areas (North East, North West and Yorkshire & Humber) and university providers (Northumbria University, University of Manchester, Sheffield Hallam University), travelling between local areas on a frequent basis.
•Engage as a member of the ITD Programme Manager team by contributing to a culture of sharing good practice and collaboration.
•Contribute to all Teach First areas of activity to accelerate local impact.
Your responsibilities include:
Working in collaboration with Local Directors and Participant Development Managers, you will hold strong relationships with local areas and universities to:
•Track, monitor, and report against key performance indicators (KPIs) on behalf of universities and local areas.
•Analyse data and use findings to feed into formal improvement planning and continuous improvement of the programme.
•Lead improvement planning to ensure the Teach First programme maintains its outstanding rating; manage the delivery of local Ofsted improvement, quality assurance and compliance plans. •Utilise agreed approaches to quality assure Leadership Development Programme delivery in your portfolio of local areas, ensuring improvements made as required.
•Manage the internal escalation of contractual issues.
•The critical responsibilities of this role are described above. They may be subject to reasonable changes from time to time in line with business need.
You’re good at Essential:
•Knowing the Market: Strong knowledge and understanding of Initial Teacher Development with an ability to identify and address opportunities, challenges and assets of the system at a local and national level.
•Process Management: Proven experience managing all stages of a process to ensure delivery of results within set timeframes and budgets, including: resource allocation and management; issue identification and resolution; quality assurance and evaluation.
•Customer insight and service excellence: Acts as an escalation point and gathers insights through a range of sources, seeking to collect, interpret and deploy information to improve delivery within own area.
•Contract Management: Uses performance tracking to ensure delivery of key performance indicators and activities. Identifies performance issues against a contract and proactively manages to course correct and escalate where appropriate. Recognises the importance of contract adherence.
Desirable:
•Relationship Management: Nurtures a network of external stakeholder relationships of benefit to the team and organisation.
All our employees are expected to model our values and help others to do so.
Location
The role can be based in any one of our North East, North West or Yorkshire & Humber offices. The post holder will be expected to travel to all local areas in their portfolio on a regular basis.
Salary
£40,070 - £45,460 dependent on experience + excellent benefits.
Apply
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Next Steps
We aim to provide feedback to all applications within 10 working days from the closing date. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 16 May 2017.
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About TeachFirst
Teach First is an independent educational charity, Reg. No. 1098294, established in 2002 to directly address the problem of educational disadvantage. Now in its eighth year, Teach First has already changed the lives of thousands of young people. Working with a range of partner organisations Teach First harnesses the energy, enthusiasm and drive of exceptional graduates to provide leadership, motivation and, above all, inspirational teaching in challenging schools across England, through a two year Leadership Development Programme. The Programme combines working, qualifying and training as a teacher with leadership development training, coaching and mentoring, and a range of networking and internship opportunities. Beyond the two-year Programme, Teach First works to empower, equip and mobilise its ambassadors (alumni) with the skills, tools and networks they need to support the Teach First mission by driving forward sustainable change in education from both inside and outside the classroom.
Teach First is currently ranked 8th in the coveted league of Times Top 100 Graduate Employers – the highest ranked charity in Britain, and was the Charity Awards Education and Training Charity of the Year 2009. The organisation currently has 160 employees across the country with an annual operating budget of over £12 million. We rely on voluntary donations from companies and foundations and other sources to continue our work. We also receive support from the government and uniquely have been identified by all three political parties in their election manifestoes as an initiative they each wish to support and expand.
More information can be found at: www.teachfirst.org.uk
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