As an Education Manager, your role will be to lead and manage the Prison Education Framework (PEF) and a staff group to maximise contract performance, deliver quality provision and exceed the expectations of partners and learners in line with the company ethos of ‘Improving Peoples Lives’.
Key Responsibilities:
Maximising contract performance by fully understanding contractual obligations and performance targets, delivering the agreed curriculum and meeting quality assurance targets
Developing the curriculum in line with needs of the prison population, local labour market and employer
Ensuring quality assurance and quality improvement processes and procedures are in place and that they develop and sustain a culture of continuous service improvement
Agreeing and setting targets with staff members to ensure both financial and contractual obligations are met and exceeded
Effectively planning and controlling income and expenditure to ensure a profitable business by maximising contract performance
Ensuring that all contracts are run in accordance with external and internal procedures, e.g. achieving low risk external and internal audits and accurate and timely claims
Recruiting, managing, developing and maintaining discipline of staff employed in the department
Responsibility for health, safety and wellbeing of staff and learners, maintenance and security of the department in line with prison and company policy
Adhering to Safeguarding policies
Maintaining and developing positive internal and external partnerships. Attend meetings with local partners as required
Promoting equality of opportunity for staff and learners in all activities
.Attendance at meetings, seminars and training sessions in pursuit of continuous personal development
Identify development opportunities by sourcing and securing new leads in order to expand the income streams for the department
PEF Education Managers need to remain flexible. Duties can vary at times dependent upon contractual and/or organisational requirements and location
Contractual KPIs for success and performance to be met
Prison based roles are 100% site based, with the expectation of prisoner face to face contact
Person specification:
Education, training and qualifications
~ Relevant first degree and/or professional qualification, teaching qualificat
Skills, knowledge and abilities:
The ability to demonstrate experience of successful curriculum development and change.
Persuasive and supportive leadership and staff management skills to successfully manage performance and develop an achievement-focused team of teaching staff.
Excellent communication skills and a creative and flexible approach towards achieving objectives and dead lines
The ability to influence others and though a proactive style encourage innovation and problem solving through your team.
A commitment to equality of opportunity and an understanding of good practice in respect of Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety, Child Protection and Data Protection policies.
Ability to motivate and inspire a team.
Ability to expresses self clearly through a high level of written and oral communication.
An awareness of, and involvement in, recent education and training initiatives and previous experience of interacting with disadvantaged groups (desirable)
Clear understanding of the OFSTED framework (EIF) with the ability to meet all standards.
Experience:
Experience of Quality Assurance.
Substantial teaching experience as well as evidence of continuous professional development.
Salary up to £48,000p.a. DOE