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Shape the future of education as Teach First's strategic expert in Secondary teaching
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
Expires Expires at anytime
Organisation summary: Join Teach First, a pioneering organisation dedicated to creating a fair education system. With a mission to unlock every child's potential, Teach First is on the frontlines of tackling educational inequality. As a part of our team, you'll be working towards a brighter, more equitable future every day in a role that's not just a job, but a journey towards positive change.
- Role Summary:
- Strategically lead the development of Secondary education across Teach First's programmes.
- Collaborate with senior leaders to design and implement teacher development approaches.
- Drive the creation of teacher and leader education specific to Secondary subjects.
- Ensure the delivery of training results in highly effective practitioners.
- Role Requirements:
- Expertise in curriculum design and content development for teacher education.
- Knowledge of curriculum sequencing for Secondary education.
- Significant experience in teacher training programme delivery.
- Ability to develop others within a specific educational phase or subject.
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and school leadership experience.
- In-depth knowledge of the Teachers’ Standards, ITT Core Content Framework, and the Early Career Framework.
- Application Process Details:
- Complete an online application on the Teach First careers website.
- Upload your CV and a tailored cover letter highlighting how you meet the essential criteria.
Teach First offers a comprehensive benefits package, including 27 days of holiday, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, private healthcare, and a range of flexible benefits such as subsidized dental membership and discounted gym membership.
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 Design and Delivery - Secondary Subjects, you will be the strategic expert in Secondary education for the organisation. You will lead the approach to developing teachers, leaders and mentors in this phase across our programmes. You will be responsible for our Design approach across programmes, working collaboratively with other senior leaders in Design and Delivery. You will work collaboratively across Design and Delivery departments to realise our vision for our teacher development programmes.
You will lead and develop our approach to Secondary subject specific teacher & leader education, working closely with Subject Design and Delivery managers and Subject Design and Delivery Leads. Your work will result in teachers who are highly effective practitioners in their subject who can unlock the potential of all children.
We are looking for someone with proven expertise in designing curricula and content for developing teachers, knowledge of effective curriculum sequencing in the Secondary phase, significant expertise in the delivery of teacher training programmes, and experience of developing others within the context of your phase/subject specialism. You should have QTS and have been a school leader, and your knowledge of the Teachers’ Standards (2012), the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Core Content Framework and the Early Career Framework should be excellent.
Teach First’s core benefits include 27 days holiday per annum, 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.
To apply, please complete an application on our careers website, making sure to upload your CV and a tailored cover letter that demonstrates how you meet our essential criteria.
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.
