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Transform Lives as the Head of Delivery for Secondary ITT at Teach First and Lead the Charge in Creating Equitable Education
Overview
Salary £53354.7
Location East Midlands (Nottingham); East of England (Norwich); London; North East (Newcastle Upon Tyne); North West (Manchester); South Coast (Bournemouth); South East (Kent); South West (Bristol); West Midlands (Birmingham); Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds
Nomad Friendly? In-person- Nottingham United Kingdom,Norwich United Kingdom,London United Kingdom
Expires Expires at anytime
Join Teach First, an organization at the forefront of fostering fair education and unlocking every child's potential. With your aid, we can progress towards a more equitable future. As a pivotal player in educational reform, Teach First offers a unique opportunity to impact the lives of students and shape the path of education.
- Lead the delivery of Secondary ITT Teacher Development programmes.
- Drive team success and ensure high-quality program experiences for participants.
- Engage participants in their development and in Teach First's mission.
- Utilize leadership and ITT delivery experience to influence strategic decisions.
- Implement effective plans and strategies aligned with organizational goals.
- Manage risks and lead dispersed, high-performing teams with confidence.
- Experience in ITT programme delivery and strategic leadership.
- Proven track record in planning, strategy implementation, and risk management.
- Expertise in team leadership and development.
- Commitment to Teach First's vision and educational equity.
Teach First offers a comprehensive benefits package, including 27 days of holiday, pension scheme contribution, life assurance, income protection, private healthcare, and access to various subsidized services. Applications are evaluated within 10 working days post-closing date. Note that applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.
Teach First is committed to building a fair education for all, unlocking the potential in all children – not just some. Our work takes us closer to a better future every day, but we need your help to take on this big challenge.
As Head of Delivery – Secondary ITT, you will lead the delivery of Teach First's Teacher Development programmes for Secondary ITT Teachers. You will be an expert in the delivery of ITT programmes, leading a team to achieve ambitious outcomes. You'll ensure that your team creates high-quality experiences which enable our programme members to succeed, engaging them in their development, the community and in our social purpose and mission to ensure all children are able to achieve their potential.
The Delivery department delivers Teach First's programmes across all areas of England. We support, teach, and develop programme members, trainee teachers their mentors via the delivery of teacher development and leadership programmes. We want all those programme members on our programmes to successfully complete our programmes and go on to be engaged ambassadors of our vision.
We are looking for someone with leadership experience of delivering ITT programmes and able to use this experience and other data to inform strategic decision making for your team and the department. You should have a track record in establishing plans, driving strategies and standards required to deliver against departmental & organisational plans and be able to manage risk and uncertainty with deftness, knowing when to be decisive and how to engage others to achieve impact. You should also be able to lead large and dispersed teams, building high performing teams through; the development and empowerment of others; design and implementation of team systems and processes; and setting clear expectations, priorities and tools to achieve them.
Teach First’s core benefits include 27 days holiday per annum (3 of which must be taken during the holiday shutdown period between Christmas Day and New Year's Day), participation in the pension scheme via Salary Exchange (with an employer contribution of up to 6%), life assurance, income protection and private healthcare. Through our flexible benefits platform access to subsidised dental membership, health screening, discounted gym membership, travel insurance, Give As You Earn and the option to buy annual leave.
We aim to update candidates if we’ll take their application forward within 10 working days of the closing date. We will not review any applications received after the closing date.
This role is based within the UK. Teach First has a responsibility to ensure that every employee has the legal right to work in the UK. Every employee is required to supply the appropriate documents to prove that they have the right to work in the UK before and where applicable throughout their employment with Teach First.
