Job Details

You will be taking up a permanent role as Centre Leader at our IntoUniversity centre in Clacton.

To lead the staff team at the centre, generating a positive and inclusive working environment and ethos
and ensuring that the team are well motivated, and managing their workloads effectively, and are providing
a high quality service. This will involve:

• Ensuring that the ethos and values of the charity are maintained in the IntoUniversity centre
• Acting as the Centre’s Designated Safeguarding Officer (full training and support will be provided to
  become the Designated Safeguarding Officer).
• Creating and overseeing relationships with local education providers.
• To oversee the successful delivery of our educational programme at the centre using positive behaviour
  management and adhering to the IntoUniversity safeguarding policy. Including:
• Managing the centre delivery timetable, taking responsibility for leading and delivering (with help
  from the IntoUniversity Education Workers) the after-school Academic Support programme,
  including: leading and managing staff and tutors; recruiting and leading volunteers; liaising with
  university partners; publicity; taking responsibility for organising the classroom; maintaining the good
  behaviour of users; implementing IntoUniversity’s positive behaviour management policy; developing
  new resources.
• Assisting fully with the organisation and high-quality delivery of the Primary and Secondary FOCUS
  programme, supporting the IntoUniversity Education Workers with responsibility for these strands.
• Assisting fully with the organisation and high-quality delivery of the Mentoring Programme, supporting the
  IntoUniversity Education Worker with responsibility for this strand.
  

In order to be eligible for the Centre Leader role,
applicants will:

• Have completed an undergraduate degree to a 2.2 or higher.
• Have achieved a grade C/ grade 4 or higher in GCSE Maths and English/ achieved National 5s or Standard
  Grade at Credit level (grades 1-2) in Maths and English (or equivalent).
• Have a minimum of 2 years full-time paid or voluntary experience working with children and young people,
  either at IntoUniversity, or external organisations, or a combination of both. Please note that we will not take
  part-time, seasonal or ad-hoc work into account when calculating the length of full-time experience.
• Have the right to work in the UK (please note that as a charity we do not have the capacity to sponsor work
  visas).
• Be able to apply knowledge of F.E. and H.E. (such as UCAS applications) to help young people decide about their futures; and have knowledge of national developments in H.E. and their impact on young people traditionally underrepresented in H.E.
• Have experience of confidently negotiating with a variety of stakeholders, for example: head teachers,
  funders, universities