585 Practice development lead jobs

This role is essential in our continual drive for increased impact and quality across all of our work.You will lead on the quality assurance of all programme delivery across a defined area, working closely with the appropriate Delivery and Partnership Team’s Regional/Country Lead/s. You will use data and evidence to inform your practice and be an expert in what good looks like from a programme delivery perspective. 

Regular travel throughout your geographical location will be required, with occasional travel to other areas of the UK. Please stipulate where you are based when applying.

In addition, occasional international travel may be required, for example to the annual conference in the United States. 

You will report to the Head of Quality & Impact.

Key Responsibilities 

• You will be accountable for the quality and Model Fidelity of sites within your geography with a focus on improving employment outcomes for the interns participating in our programmes, in partnership with the Regional /Country Lead in the Delivery & Partnerships team.
• Demonstrate, train in and uphold the values of a continuous improvement culture. 
• You will be accountable for collecting, analysing and reporting on data to allow for clear evaluation and guiding best practice in your geography 
• You will be accountable for supporting the delivery of quality trainings to partnerships to drive quality programmes and employment outcomes 
• You will be accountable for supporting the ongoing development of resources in line with UK guidelines, US model fidelity and that successfully equip partnerships with what they need to support strong employment outcomes – in collaboration with the Resources and Curriculum Manager. 
• You will be accountable for conducting programme reviews and audits as required by the Head of Quality and Impact 
• You will lead on (role specific) induction and training across DFN Project SEARCH staff and associates. 

Application Instructions

• We will conduct selection throughout Wed Nov 4th and Friday Nov 6th– with a multi-stage process taking place across the 2 days

We will review applications as they come in and close when we have sufficient numbers