Role Description:
- Leadership & Management: Lead, manage, and develop the Skills for Life (SfL) programme to align with service priorities and objectives.
- Curriculum Planning: Support curriculum planning by inputting courses into the EBS system.
- Teaching & Assessment: Plan, deliver, assess, evaluate, and manage SfL classroom activities to maximize learner success.
- Staff Management: Line manage established and sessional teaching staff within the curriculum area.
Teaching Responsibilities:
- Instruction: Teach an agreed SfL programme of at least 10 hours per week plus 5 hours of preparation.
- Learner Outcomes: Set and monitor learning outcomes, assess progress, and provide feedback.
- Support: Offer pre-course and on-course information and advice to support learner progression.
- Administration: Ensure proper enrollment, attendance tracking, and reporting of learner achievements.
- Quality Assurance: Conduct observations, learning walks, and follow-up action plans for teaching quality.
- Inclusion: Address ESOL and literacy needs and incorporate digital skills in learning.
Other Duties:
- Assessment & Reporting: Prepare, assess, and mark learner work; provide necessary reports for exams.
- Curriculum Development: Contribute to designing and managing forward-looking SfL curricula.
- Resource Management: Ensure effective use of resources within budget.
- Data Analysis: Monitor attendance, retention, and learner outcomes to inform planning and recruitment.
- Staff Recruitment: Assist in recruiting and supporting SfL staff.
- Documentation: Ensure timely completion of course documentation.
- Professional Development: Support continuous professional development for staff.
- Meetings & Initiatives: Lead and contribute to team and service meetings and initiatives.
- Quality Improvement: Actively contribute to quality development and improvement plans.
- Policies & Compliance: Adhere to and promote council policies on equality, diversity, health and safety, data protection, and other regulations.
- Additional Duties: Undertake temporary duties as needed, aligning with the council's climate and ecological emergency declaration.
About You:
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Qualifications: Degree or equivalent Level 4 qualification, Level 5 teaching/training qualification (or commitment to obtain one), and management training (or willingness to undergo).
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Knowledge & Experience:
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Comprehensive experience in adult learning and Ofsted inspections.
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Team management and staff development in changing environments.
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Working with disengaged adults and successful curriculum planning.
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Minimum four years of teaching/training experience in Adult Learning.
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Implementation of quality assurance frameworks.
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Use of management information systems for planning and performance monitoring.
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Skills & Abilities:
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Strategic planning and innovative service development.
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Excellent communication and report-writing skills.
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Organizational and time management skills.
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IT proficiency for performance reports and analysis.
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Personal Style & Behaviors:
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Effective relationship building and team collaboration.
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Enthusiastic, innovative, and learner-focused.
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High level of personal responsibility and drive.
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Commitment to personal development and sharing knowledge.
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Understanding of council functions and corporate objectives.
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Integrity, confidentiality, and respect for others.
This role requires a dynamic individual capable of leading and managing the Skills for Life programme to enhance learner success and meet organizational objectives, while fostering a positive and inclusive learning environment