We're hiring a Quality Teaching and Learning Lead (maternity cover)

We are looking for a self-motivated and highly organised Programme Manager to lead on Quality Assurance, and Teaching & Learning across our programmes. The ideal candidate will have a teaching and/or tutoring background and have experience conducting observations in an educational setting.

• Job title: Programme Manager (Quality, Teaching and Learning Lead)
• Contract length: 10 months (with potential to extend)
• Salary: ￡32,000 pro rata
• Working hours: Part-time (2-3 days per week, to be agreed)
• Holiday: 25 days per year pro rata, plus public holidays
• Flexible working: We are open to a variety of flexible working arrangements
• Reports to: Sr Programme Manager (SP), with dotted line reporting to Sr Programme Manager (MMT)
• Start date: Late November
• Working location: Talent-Ed central office (London Kings Cross) or from home with regular visits to the London office
• Closing date: 18th November 2022 (please note that we will conduct candidate interviews on a rolling basis and look to appoint as soon as we identify a suitable candidate)

About the role

At Talent-Ed we pride ourselves on the quality of tuition we deliver to our pupils. Ensuring we maintain this quality is the responsibility of the Quality, Teaching and Learning Lead (QTLL). This starts with being highly selective about who we approve to tutor with us – only qualified, experienced teachers and tutors with great communication skills and passion for their subject. Once approved, our tutors must complete our onboarding modules to ensure expectations are clear and well understood. When tutors are then placed on programmes, our quality assurance measures, which include observations, learning walks, and coaching, ensure that our tutors live up to the high standards we set. These quality assurance activities are mostly carried out by our fantastic Lead Tutors, who are themselves highly experienced and effective tutors.

The QTLL will oversee all these elements. In practice, roughly half of the role is dedicated to coordinating, supporting, and moderating our Lead Tutors, conducting learning walks, and sharing best practice insights with the tutor community via emails and newsletters. The other half of the role will be spent on tutor recruitment, conducting interviews with prospective tutors and assessing them against our quality framework.

You will work closely with the programme leads and their teams for both of our programmes.

Key responsibilities

The successful candidate will join a dynamic, fast-paced team, and so aspects of the job description may change as the programme evolves. The following list of duties is not exhaustive, and colleagues will need to support one another from time to time.

• Lead on quality assurance for our two programmes
• Coordinating and supporting our team of Lead Tutors to conduct session observations and follow-up coaching
• Conducting escalation observations (for below expectations tutors) as necessary
• Ensure only the very best tutors work with us, by conducting rigorous interviews with tutor applicants
• Monitor tutor onboarding, and where necessary support with completion of our tutor onboarding e-modules
• Support with tutor recruitment, vetting, and onboarding, with a relentless focus on identifying the very best tutors to work with us
• Conduct learning walks and share best practice with the tutor community and staff
• (Depending on experience) Act as a deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, ensuring staff and tutors are well informed and our policies and procedures are up to date
• Adhere to and support all our safeguarding measures

Person specification

We are looking for a highly organised and self-motivated individual with a teaching and ideally tutoring background. Experience with observations, interviews, and quality assurance in the education sector would be ideal. We’re looking for someone with…

• Passion for creating a level playing field in education
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Excellent IT/technology skills, confident quickly learning new tools/platforms
• Strong relationship management and communication skills, confident engaging with tutors and teachers
• Experience teaching and working in the UK comprehensive school system with QTS
• Experience tutoring in the UK (either face to face or online)
• Experience giving feedback, coaching, and quality assurance within education

Brownie points if you have…

• Experience in a programme/project management role, able to prioritise and plan effectively
• Prior experience in a teaching and learning role in an educational setting

Talent-Ed is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or personal circumstances.?

How to apply

To apply, please send a CV, plus covering letter of no more than one side of A4 to [email protected] with the subject line ‘Programme Manager: Quality, Teaching and Learning Lead’.

IMPORTANT: As part of our commitment to being an equal opportunities employer we want to reduce the effect of unconscious bias in our recruitment. Therefore, the first-round selection is blind so please remove your first and second name from CV and cover letter.?