Programme Officer, Programme Management Team, The

3 days ago


London, United Kingdom Fill My Vacancy Full time

Location : Birmingham, Cardiff, Leeds or London

The Organisation

Our client mobilise the PhD community to support students who are less advantaged to access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there.

Between 2021 and 2026, they will work with 100,000 students across the UK to help them to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to access the most competitive universities. They estimate that this will result in 30,000 of these young people progressingto a competitive university. By the end of the decade, one in ten state school students at the most competitive universities will be a graduate of their Scholars Programme. They will also support 11,000 students from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed oncethey enter universities. Their access and success goals are underpinned by three enablers; communities, capabilities and consultancy.

The Opportunity

They are excited to be recruiting a part-time Programme Officer to join the Programme Management Team for The Scholars Programme as part of a job share. You’ll work with this team to deliver the goals set out in Join the Club, their ambitious strategy for2021-2026.

The Programme Officer role is essential to the delivery of high-quality Scholars Programme placements. Each Programme Officer in the team manages a cluster of placements, working with teachers to arrange programme logistics and a team of PhD tutors to delivertheir courses in schools. Building and maintaining excellent relationships with stakeholders and securing high data returns to help track pupil outcomes are key priorities for this role. Programme Officers are also involved in the direct delivery of aspectsof the Programme (e.g. PhD tutor training and university events) and oversee the renewal of school partnerships. This role involves a mix of weeks that are mainly desk based and weeks that involve travel across the UK. It requires a driven and dynamic teamplayer, with successful experience of school teaching, academia or programme management. The postholder will be positive and proactive, with a commitment to delivering excellent standards. They will champion the charity’s values and embody them in interactionswith colleagues and partners. They will be comfortable building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and managing logistics through thier online CRM system.

Person Specification

Time and Resource Management
- Excellent organisational skills, with an ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
- Excellent systems for managing workload, including thorough record-keeping to facilitate a smooth handover of work to job share partner
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities
- Ability to identify opportunities to save time/resource
- Manages projects with appropriate levels of time and resource input

External Stakeholder Knowledge and Management
- Confidence handling enquiries from external stakeholders and adapting approach to meet different needs
- Actively shares useful information about stakeholders with internal colleagues at all levels

Communication
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Confidence presenting and delivering teaching to a range of audiences including school-aged children and adults

Initiative and Problem Solving
- Proactivity in seeking to enhance processes and identifying emerging risks
- Ability to spot inefficiencies in systems and suggest or implement improvements
- Responds quickly to solve problems, seeking input from relevant internal stakeholders

Developing Self and Others

Self-reflective and committed to own professional development

Role Specific Knowledge and Skills
- Essential - Knowledge of educational interventions, including impact management
- Essential - Knowledge of the school and university sectors, including the university access agenda
- Desirable - Teaching skills, including delivering training to adults
- Desirable - Stakeholder management skills that include selling programmes to school leaders

Role specific Experience and Qualifications
- Desirable - Qualified teacher (QTS or above) or academic research experience (PhD or above) or substantial experience of delivering a university access programme
- Desirable - Experience of managing education programmes, incl. design or delivery

Desirable - Demonstrable experience in university access

Key Areas of Responsibility

The following areas of responsibility - which will be shared with another Programme Officer - are the core of the role. However, the role is flexible and will vary according to the needs of the team, and the experience of the successful applicant.

Programme Delivery
- Manage a cluster of ~40 school placements per term, ensuring high quality programme delivery resulting in excellent pupil outcomes
- Manage relationships with schools and PhD tutors, including dealing with and escalating issues to ensure positive solutions are reached
- Manage the school and tutor correspondence involved in programme delivery, including responding to daily queries and supporting stakeholders to use our tech platforms
- Ensure that the communication of university events is effective and timely Staff and deliver a variety of sessions at university trips

Data Management
- Collect and track programme data for each termly cluster of school placements
- Regularly evaluate patterns in data from school placement clusters to identify areas of improvement, making changes as necessary

PhD Tutor recruitment, onboarding and management
- Support the delivery of assessment centres, including interviews and selection
- Support the design and delivery of training and ongoing support for our PhD tutors, including delivering training sessions, supporting course handbook design, training weekends, regular quality assurance of tutors
- Manage a termly cluster of PhD Tutors delivering The Scholars Programme in school, including ensuring the best possible pupil outcomes, high data returns and high professional standards.
- As required, work with PhD Tutors to improve their programme delivery and professional standards



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