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Training Manager

Training Manager

Ambition Institute

London and Birmingham

  • Expired
Salary:
£33,000 - £38,000 per annum + LW (if applicable)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
25 April 2019

Job overview

We are looking for talented individuals and experienced leaders to join our team and welcome applications from both primary and secondary specialists. Our Training Managers deliver teacher development to staff in schools on our Transforming Teaching Programme. Central to this work is the delivery of high quality face-to-face training to group of teachers. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the school to implement coaching and co-planning models, through training sessions and modelling best practice to the school's teacher educators. This role will be offered on a 12 month fixed term contract, with the possibility of being made permanent.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities:

  • Qualified to degree level (2:1 equivalent or above);
  • Qualified to teach in the UK (hold QTS);
  • Have a track record of excellent teaching and delivering exceptional outcomes for pupils living in social deprivation and those with low prior attainment;
  • Have experience in teacher training and development, including coaching and mentoring teachers;
  • Have a strong understanding of best practice in teaching and learning;
  • Have experience of curriculum/assessment design and able to analyse teaching skills/lesson moments, breaking them down into their smallest constituent parts;
  • Be skilled in management of important relationships with a range of individuals;
  • Be passionate about teacher and school development;
  • Be open and hungry for feedback, driven by continual improvement, and able to hold themselves and those around them to account for securing excellent pupil outcomes;
  • Be a committed and generous team worker, to whom going above and beyond expectations for their colleagues is second nature.
  • Champion of our values and embody them in interactions with colleagues and partners.
  • Mission: a strong commitment to education, the non-profit sector and raising the aspirations, achievements and life chances of all children
  • Be a committed and generous team worker, to whom going above and beyond expectations for their colleagues is second nature.

Our offer

We are happy to be able to offer you:

  • Agile working - a dynamic and flexible internal culture that gives employees control over the way they work and supports wellbeing
  • A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays
  • A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate)
  • Competitive salaries rates and life assurance
  • Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers
  • An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters.
  • A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development

How to apply

To apply for this vacancy, please visit our website https://www.ambition.org.uk/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

About Ambition Institute

+44 20 3846 5828

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Ambition Institute is a national education charity. We design and deliver professional development for educators at every stage – from new teachers through to CEOs leading multiple schools, and all the crucial teaching and leadership roles in between.

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds don’t do as well at school. We are working to change that by building an education system where every child can thrive, no matter what their background. We run training programmes for teachers, school leaders and system leaders who serve children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Our programmes support educators at every stage – from new teachers through to leaders of groups of schools.

We have c.350 staff at Ambition, who work across the country on a hybrid working basis, and we have offices in Manchester, Birmingham, and London. We are lucky enough to recruit talented and energetic people from all walks of life, who are driven by our mission and committed to our organisational value to ‘keep getting better’ in all that we do.

Mission: We are working for a fair society built on an education system where every child can thrive, no matter what their background.

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