The Tutor Trust is hiring an outstanding School Partnerships Manager. We are an award-winning education charity that 'transforms lives through tutoring'. The heart of this role is building partnerships with school leaders across Greater Manchester.
About the Role:
This is a new role at The Tutor Trust. Initially, this will be a part-time role on a permanent contract, with an expectation that the role might become full-time. In the first instance, we will need two or three days per week from the successful candidate. The role will have a 3 month probation period.
Candidates must have Qualified Teacher Status. The ideal candidate will be an experienced school leader with good knowledge of the GM school system and a strong track record of collaborative working and partnership working. Alternatively, candidates may have some experience of working at a senior level within a local authority and/or multi-academy trust.
The SPM will work closely with the Chief Executive Officer, the COO, the Schools Team and the Quality and Impact team. The most important functions of the role are essentially a sales and marketing challenge and a customer relationship challenge: To research, identify and build partnerships with new schools across Greater Manchester. The SPM role will also include maintaining and building these school partnerships at a senior level, across individual schools, multi-academy trusts, diocesan relationships, local authority/city-region Education leads, etc.
Another key element of the role, depending on experience and time pressures, will be to support the Quality and Impact team and to help out with tuition observations in partner schools, lesson plan spot checks, and the collection and analysis of data from schools about Tutor Trust’s outcomes.
Main Functions
• To develop & maintain Tutor Trust’s strategy for building new school partnerships, in line with the growth targets in Tutor Trust’s Three Year Plan and our delivery role with the National Tutoring Programme
• To secure and carry out meetings with/presentations to system and school leaders, to help grow Tutor Trust’s network of partner schools
• To act as the main point of contact for senior figures in schools and MATs and in the wider Education sector
• To attend the regular meetings of the School Operations team, which is led by the CEO and the COO, with personnel from all three cities
• To work with the Quality and Impact team on quality assurance, data gathering and tutor support
• Depending on experience, to carry out tuition observations in partner schools and to carry out spot checks of tutors’ lesson plans
• To support tutor recruitment by helping with application marking and tutor interviews
• Depending on experience, the SPM may play a role in designing and delivering training modules and/or CPD sessions for tutors
• Adhere to protocols for safe working, data protection and confidentiality requirements, and of course Child Protection and Safeguarding.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties within the function commensurate with the level of responsibilities of the post.
Person Specification
Good candidates for this role will be high achievers with excellent IT and English writing skills. They will be creative, entrepreneurial and persistent, with well-developed inter-personal skills and a strong track record of partnership working.
Qualifications and Experience
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Qualified Teacher Status, with leadership experience within the school system and/or a local authority
• Excellent written skills, to prepare and present high impact proposals and to correspond professionally with a strong attention to detail
• A proven track record of success in managing and achieving set targets
• Experience in building and managing key external relationships
• The ability to work accurately and effectively under pressure, prioritising workload to achieve deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and presentation skills.
• Experience of promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace.
• Practical and confident in the use of all standard Microsoft Office programmes
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to summarise complex information with clarity, brevity and speed
Personal qualities
• Empathy with the needs of young people, in particular disadvantaged young people and vulnerable learners
• Energy and enthusiasm
• Dynamic, creative and driven
• A self-starter with an efficient and hard-working approach
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a broad range of stakeholders.
• A flexible approach to work including willingness to take on tasks outside the normal remit
• Resilience, tenacity and strong influencing skills
• Excellent collaborative worker
• A flexible approach to work including willingness to take on tasks outside the normal remit.
• A positive ‘can do’ attitude
General Information
Salary £45k-£60k per annum, depending on experience (this is the FTE rate – salary will be paid pro rata).
The job is part-time 2/3 days per week, on a permanent contract (after a successful 3-month probation period). Your regular place of work will be the Tutor Trust office in Manchester, subject to ‘working from home’ guidance because of the COVID pandemic; however, the position will involve regular travel to schools and other partners across Greater Manchester and potentially some travel to our Leeds and Liverpool offices.
The hours of work are 16/24 hrs per week over 52 weeks. Holiday entitlement will be 33 days per annum (pro-rata) inclusive of Bank Holidays with 3 days of your allocation to be taken over the Christmas period. The role will also involve working occasional unsocial hours in evenings and at weekends.
In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Closing date for applications: 5pm on Wednesday 10th February 2021
Please complete an application form in full; CVs will not be accepted; you may send us a cover letter with your completed application form.
Interviews to be held: TBC but provisionally w/c Monday 15th February 2021.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Workers` Educational Association is a unique charity and the UK`s largest voluntary sector provider of adult education. With a clear vision and a strong social purpose, we bring great teaching to local communities, with life-changing courses held in clubs, pubs, workplaces, schools and almost anywhere else you can think of.
Since 1903, we have been giving disadvantaged people the opportunity to return to learning - inspiring them to realise their full potential and become active, engaged citizens. We see education as a tool for social justice, not just self-improvement, and we pride ourselves on making learning accessible.
As one of our tutors, you`ll be so much more than just a teacher. Forming true partnerships with your students, you`ll go the extra mile to build their confidence, develop their knowledge and skills, and empower them to define and achieve their life goals. In short, you will be a catalyst for profound change.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Marketing and Sales tutor to support provision across the North West. The main purpose of this post is to teach and offer support for students as part of a WEA Marketing and sales course through a holistic student approach. We are looking for a tutor who can provide inclusive support which encourages independent learning in relation to personal development, empowerment, and resilience and student engagement alongside academic achievement. The successful tutor will prepare course materials, identify students` needs, adapt courses and continually assess the effectiveness of your approach.
Every day will bring different yet exciting challenges.
A qualified and capable teacher, you will be keen to engage with students and rekindle their love of learning, and you will share our passion for egalitarianism and empowerment.
Because we serve people from all walks of life, we’re keen to develop a diverse workforce and particularly welcome applications from members of minority groups. You must be an experienced tutor who can plan and deliver appropriate tasks to help your students to develop a range of skills.
We need tutors with:
• up to date working knowledge and experience of teaching in the Marketing and Sales subject curricula to diverse student groups
• experience of working in community settings
• a strong understanding of adult learning and a belief in its importance
• a recognised teaching qualification ideally at level 5 alongside a subject specialism (ideally also at level 5)
• experience of delivering non accredited and accredited courses
• excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• willingness to travel across the region with the ability to deliver evenings and weekends
• A desire to share and improve teaching practice
WEA assumes you will be excited by using digital technology both in the classroom with the student and to manage course administration and communication. The ideal candidate will be IT literate and able to deliver through a blended learning approaching including use of our VLE.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Worker to join the City Hearts team. This person will
be key in helping us to provide the safe and secure environment for our clients. The role involves
undertaking in general maintenance and basic repair work across our safe-houses. They will be able to
plan and prioritise tasks as well as work reactively if or when an emergency arises.
• Minor electrical/heating/plumbing maintenance work (nothing that requires a license).
• Decorating property where required (painting patching etc.)
• Garden maintenance
• Minor joinery work (fixing doors/cupboards/ patching small holes)
• Assessing raised/identifying works/defects and determining whether we can fix in house or if
license contractors are required and communicating with contractors.
• Pricing up cost of repairs and rectifications i.e. sourcing cost of materials/ supplies
• Identify potential hazards/ issues that need to be addressed and feedback to Facilities Manager
• To carry out maintenance duties within the office environment and within City Hearts client
accommodation
• To have a keen eye for detail and take personal responsibility for the quality of work carried out
• To respond to the direction of the Facilities Manager and work in partnership with the wider team
of City Hearts to uphold a high standard of accommodation
• To prioritise effectively and manage and organize time independently
• To carry out work in a timely and appropriate manner, maintaining sensitivity to the
accommodation environment at all times
• To liaise with City Hearts support staff regarding minor repairs and feedback on any work carried
out
• To support the Facilities Manager in their duties
• To be available for out of hours support on a rota basis
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Don’t let a child’s start in life determine their future
Programme Innovations Director (North and Midlands)
- Based in North/Midlands, home based initially, with regular travel once restrictions ease
- Closing date: 1 February 2021, 9.00am
Join Future First and help us build a more equal world. Working with us, you can make a big difference
…To children and young people
- Tackle educational inequality and help close the gap
- Give young people hope, dreams and the chance to realise them
- Connect them with powerful, relatable role models
…To state schools and colleges
- Build, engage and sustain alumni networks
- Harness untapped resources
- Grow social capital and strengthen school communities
…To employers, funders and partners
- Showcase our work to gain support and investment
- Create exciting work experience opportunities (virtual and in person)
- Deliver employer programmes and funded interventions
…To you
- Learn, grow and create in a demanding but supportive environment
- Enjoy diverse and meaningful work
- Be rewarded and valued as part of a great, collaborative team
…To us
- Bring your vision, energy, indefatigability and solutions focus to ensure our service for schools and young people is second to none
- Give us your knowledge of education, schools and working with young people
- Deliver our programmes and demonstrate our impact
- Innovate to extend our reach to more schools and pupils
We would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and people with lived experience of the communities we serve. We are an equal opportunities employer committed to recruiting a diverse workforce.
Safeguarding is a priority for us, and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check will be required for the successful candidate.
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About Us
The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest community funder in the UK - we’re proud to award money raised by players of The National Lottery to communities across the UK. Last year alone we gave out over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to over 11,000 community projects across the UK, enabling even more people and communities to bring their ideas and ambitions to life. We support a wide range of health, educational, environmental, and charitable projects with grants ranging from as little as £500 to multi-million-pound programmes. 86% of our new grants were for less than £10k.
At the heart of everything we do is the belief that when people are in the lead, communities thrive. National Lottery funding is open to everyone and we’re privileged to be able to work with the smallest of grassroots groups right up to large UK-wide charities. We have changed how we work across the Fund to help us serve people and communities more effectively, working flexibly and on their terms; working closer to communities.
About the Role
In this exciting new post, you will play a pivotal role as a senior leader within the newly formed Funding Strategy Directorate, working closely with the Funding Strategy Director and Senior Management Team to ensure the implementation of the Fund’s vision and ambition.
The Funding Strategy Directorate is a central enabling function that supports the development, innovation and delivery of our funding across all our funding portfolios. This role will lead the Funding Design and Development function, accountable for our grant management system alongside funding controls, policy and practice. With a deep understanding and demonstrable experience of delivering user-centred design approaches and applied strategic thinking you will enable us to deliver excellent services both to our external customers as well as our internal teams.
To be successful in this post you will be passionate about our work and strategy ‘People in the Lead’. You will be an established leader with first class team leadership and coaching skills. You will be adept at setting strategies that drive forward positive change marrying business needs with innovative analysis. You will have experience of designing and delivering a major digital system and be skilled in making complex decisions balancing outcomes with risks.
The team is spread across the UK and you can be based at any of our office locations. When we return to the workplace there will be some travel between offices.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered
Interview Date: W/C 1 Feb 2021
Essential Criteria
Please ensure that your application demonstrates, with examples, how you meet all these essential criteria.
- Deep understanding of the communities we serve and our role as a funder
- Experience of leading strategy for the whole organisation, marrying business needs with innovative analysis
- Demonstrable experience of delivering user-centred design approaches, applying strategic thinking in how to provide the best service
- Responsibility for the design and delivery of at least one major digital system used by a business or organisation to manage its work whilst aligning with its ambition.
- Building or growing at least one team of mixed skills to deliver such a project.
- Proven ability to coach and lead teams in agile and lean practices, thinking of new and innovative ways of working to achieve the right outcomes
- Excellent Communication and collaboration skills, with demonstrable ability to mediate between people and communicating with stakeholders at all levels
- Experience of making and justifying decisions characterised by high levels of risk, impact and complexity
Desirable Criteria
- Knowledge of the wider digital economy and advances in technology, understanding how these impact on a funder context
For You
We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.
We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:
- Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
- Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
- Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Season ticket and cycle to work loans
- Paid volunteering leave
How to Apply
Visit our website on The National Lottery Community Fund for further details about the vacancy and our application process.
Equal Opportunities
Equality, diversity and inclusion in our grant-making, and amongst our people, are all vital to our success in supporting people and communities to thrive. We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident employer and positively welcome applications from disabled people.
Oasis has a vacancy for a Project Administrator to be part of a new team of working on a groundbreaking project, supporting A&E Departments in the Greater Manchester area in reducing the harm to young people from violence.
We are looking for an organised and pro-active Administrator who has a flair for setting up systems, maintaining databases, sorting paperwork and keeping processes on track, all while maintaining confidentiality and helping people from all walks of life. Like most administration jobs, no day will be the same, so you will need to think on your feet and be ready to challenge and be challenged. As this is a new project we are also recruiting for a Project Coordinator and three Youth Development Workers.
To be successful, you will need solid administration experience including minute taking, using social media, as well as data management systems. This role will suit someone who is self-motivated, flexible and reliable, and wants to work in a unique area of youth and community work.
Oasis Charitable Trust is a multi-national charity supporting young people and their families in 10 countries worldwide. Our vision is for building healthy communities: places where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their full potential.
Working for Oasis offers:
- A pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution
- A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year (plus 8 Bank Holidays)
- A supportive, friendly work environment, with flexible working arrangements
If you are interested in this position, please download the documents on this page or go to the Oasis UK charity website (CVs alone will not be accepted).
Completed applications should be returned by 9am Monday 25th January 2021.
Interviews will take place on 11th & 12th February 2021 (possibly in person or online)
PART TIME, 24 HOURS PER WEEK (0.6 FTE)
FIXED TERM CONTRACT TO MARCH 2022
SALARY: £11,606 p.a. (plus 7% non-contributory pension)
LOCATION: GREATER MANCHESTER
Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1026487
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