Head of Delivery - Secondary ITT Programmes

Teach First is committed to building a fair education for all children. Our work is making a difference every day, but we need to do more. We need your help to take on this big challenge.

As Head of Delivery - Secondary ITT Programmes, you will lead the delivery of our 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 will 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.

We are looking for someone with leadership experience of delivering ITT programmes, who can 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. You should be able to manage risk and uncertainty with deftness, knowing when to be decisive and how to engage others to achieve impact. You should be able to communicate ideas or projects with confidence and authority to large numbers of individuals or influential audiences.

You should be able to set direction for your team and inspire high performance through the communication of a compelling vision that generates commitment, enthusiasm, and a sense of purpose. You should be able to build strong relationships with external and internal senior stakeholders, ensuring collaboration and negotiation on strategic issues by demonstrating exceptional influencing and persuasion skills. You should be able to lead large and dispersed teams, and 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.

To apply, please complete an application on our careers website, making sure you’ve got your CV ready to upload, along with a tailored cover letter that demonstrates how you meet our essential criteria.