Ark Teaching School Hub Officer
Reports to: Head of Programmes and Partnerships
Location: Birmingham (based at Ark Boulton Academy)
Contract: Permanent
Pattern: Full time (standard hours 9am – 5.30pm, although some earlier starts, or later finishes may be required to cover events)
Closing date: 14/07/2022
Interviews: 21/07/2022
Salary: Ark Support Scale 7 - £23,484 - £29,174
Start Date: September 2022
About the role:
This is an exciting time to join the Ark Teaching School Hub team in Birmingham. Our vision for the Ark Teaching School Hub is that it becomes the destination of choice for teacher and leader development across the region and beyond. The Hub team is responsible for delivering professional development programmes and events for teachers and leaders across the Midlands and our wider Ark’s Network. We deliver the DfE’s ‘golden thread’ of teacher and leader development, specialist targeted professional development programmes for senior leaders and other one-off training sessions. We are also an appropriate body for early career teachers completing their two-year induction.
Key Responsibilities
- Producing high quality communications of our appropriate body services and professional development offers through varied means – newsletters, intranet, e-mail, learning management systems (LMS), phone calls and social media announcements
- Project managing the scheduling of training events and making sure any potential clashes are considered
- Working with schools and external venues to book venues and manage resources required (i.e., AV and catering)
- Being the first point of contact for external providers and communicating any curriculum and operational changes to team members as appropriate
- Making sure internal and external processes are aligned – e.g., registration of participants, assessment submissions and feedback, etc
- Manage the administration of our Lead Provider’s early career framework and national professional qualifications platform
- To execute PA functions for the team such as photocopying, diary management
- To organise travel, hotel booking, hospitality and catering when required
Key Requirements:
- Experience of planning complex schedules
- Experience of project and/or events management
- Excellent IT skills, with specific skill in using Microsoft office applications and SharePoint
- Strong administrative and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail (multiple schedules/ stakeholders (internal and external)/ venues/resource requirements/ diaries)
View the full job description and person specification here
Benefits
- We are committed to providing high-quality professional learning throughout your career with us and offer a variety of training sessions and experiences designed to meet your needs
- Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers, interest-free loans available for season tickets or a bicycle and gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym
- As an Ark employee, you will have the opportunity to be part of the TPT (The Pension Trust) scheme, our workplace pension scheme where we make an 11% contribution; you are not required to contribute towards this scheme unless you choose to. Depending on your role you may also be entitled to LGPS/TPS which is a defined benefit scheme where you contribute a percentage based on how much you earn (as do we) in exchange for a guaranteed amount in your pension pot every year
About Ark
Ark is an international charity, transforming lives through education. We exist to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. In the UK, we are a network of 39 schools, educating around 28,500 pupils in areas where we can make the biggest difference. We also incubate start-up programmes (Ark Ventures) that improve the education system.
How to Apply:
Apply with a CV and cover letter on our online recruitment portal. Applications to be submitted by Thursday 14th July 2022 but please note: we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response.
Interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.
If you want to here more about the role please contact Matt Dunne, Director of Teaching School Hub, at tsh@arkonline.org
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; all successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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