Tutor

What would we like…?

Do you have a track record of excellent teaching and delivering exceptional outcomes for pupils?

We are looking for a talented individual to join us a Tutor on a 12-month fixed term basis, to cover a period of maternity leave. The projected start date for this role is September 2024.

You’ll have experience of teacher training and development, including coaching and mentoring of teachers. You will work with educators at different points in their careers, supporting them to be as effective as possible in providing a high-quality education for their pupils.

Our programmes include support for teachers at the beginning of their career through the Early Career framework, support for the mentors of beginner teachers; whole school improvement programmes; and programmes for senior and middle leaders including the National Professional Qualifications. The post-holder will work on a range of these programmes.

Please note - this role can be performed either on a full-time or part-time basis. Part-time is 30 hours per week (4 days). 

We would like you to:

• Build relationships of support and challenge with educators on our programmes in order to drive forward rapid improvements in their practice
• Lead high quality training sessions to groups of educators
• Ensure up-to-date and in depth understanding of approaches to training through independent study and routine engagement with design team materials and publications
• Develop coaching practice within a portfolio of participants through effective training, the modelling of expert coaching with teacher educators and effective feedback to teacher educators employing the model
• Working in a hybrid way, you’ll be attached to either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office and will report to either a Associate Director or Senior Tutor. In line with our current ways of working, you’ll 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.

The successful postholder will deliver, roughly, 70% of training online and 30% face to face. Face to face session take place across England, with tutors working primarily in their region of the North, West Midlands or London and the South. We encourage use of Flexible and Agile Working policies to balance workload and working pattern.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

To succeed in this role you'll have proven experience in teacher training and development, including coaching and mentoring teachers. You'll have experience of curriculum/assessment design and able to analyse teaching skills/lesson moments. It is essential that you are educated to degree level and are qualified to teach in the UK. Whilst experience as an instructional coach is desirable it is not essential for applying to this role.

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’ at the end of December/beginning of January
• 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 of the following, but this should give you a sense of what would enable you to thrive in this role and in our organisation:

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.

How to apply…

Applications will be considered for all office locations.

All applications must be received by the closing date 23:59 on 7 May 2024.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation.

For any questions or queries please review our FAQs | Ambition Institute Careers (pinpointhq.com) in the first instance. If we've not addressed your question in this section, please email us at jobs@ambition.org.uk

As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.