Progress Manager (maternity cover)

Start Date: January 2024 for up to 12 months

Salary: Grade G, point 23 – 26 £37,385 - £40,287 actual salary £33,355 - £35,944

Hours: 37 per week, TTO + 10 days

Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement

Success through Endeavour

Ambition through Challenge

Strength through Diversity

Join our friendly, thriving and supportive team here at The Sixth Form College, Solihull. We aspire to be outstanding professionally and personally, taking time to invest in everything we do, to develop transformative life chances for all our learners and to stretch their potential to the full.

The Sixth Form College, Solihull is a large, culturally diverse specialist in A Levels and Level 3 vocational qualifications, and part of the Summit Learning Trust.

We are seeking a Progress Manager to oversee the work of a group of Academic Coaches

and to support in developing and implementing systems to enhance learners’ progress. Academic Coaching provides the foundation of pastoral support in the college. Each learner is allocated an Academic Coach who, in most cases, will be associated with the learner for the duration of their college experience. They are the main point of contact for our learners providing any support or advice needed, as well as a delivering a weekly coaching session.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Academic Coaches, providing advice, guidance and support. You will be responsible for monitoring the progress, outcomes, attendance and retention of learners and for dealing with more serious incidents or referrals.

To be successful you will have a good standard of education including level 4 or above in English and Maths at GCSE as well as ideally A-levels or level 3 qualifications and a degree. You will have previous experience of providing pastoral support to a wide range of learners in an education setting, ideally with post 16 students, and a track record of improving outcomes. Experience of leading and managing a team is preferable.

Why work for us?

We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:

• Employee assistance programme
• High quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
• Wellbeing Advocates
• Lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
• Health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare Vouchers

·        Generous employer pension schemes

Closing date for return of completed application forms is 9am on Wednesday 22 November 2023. Interviews will take place on Monday 27 November 2023.

Please note we do not accept CV’s

We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s barred list check. Online searches of shortlisted candidates will also be conducted.