Lead Mentor

**Job profile**:

- The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

**Job details**:
**Job reference**

REQ00003869

**Date posted**

13/09/2024

**Application closing date**

02/10/2024

**Location**

Knottingley (Delta Academies Trust)

**Salary**

Leadership Scale points L1 - L5 £47,185 to £52,074 (£37.30 to £41.17 per hour).

**Annual weeks**

As and when required

**Contractual hours**

0

**Basis**

Casual

**Job category/type**

Education Support

**Lead Mentor**:
**Job description**
- Delta Academies Trust are looking to appoint Lead Mentors to join the Exchange Teacher Training (ETT) team on a casual basis for hours as and when required.
Exchange Teacher Training is an accredited provider of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in the North of England. It is founded upon a well-established partnership of credible organisations in Yorkshire and the Humber, and Lincolnshire, united by a common goal to improve the quality of education for children and young people. Exchange Teacher Training offers an ambitious, evidence-informed programme to develop reflective practitioners who will inspire the next generation and improve both the outcomes and life chances of the young people we serve. We aim to provide the highest quality, impactful and localised ITT that truly makes a difference.
Reporting to the Head of Exchange Teacher Training, you will be based at the Education Exchange, Knottingley, with a requirement to travel frequently to placement schools and training venues across the ETT partnership with some remote working. You will also have a link to the local Delivery Partner (DP) for placement QA and trainee progress.
You will act as a Lead Mentor for ETT taking responsibility for the progress and development of a group of mentors and their trainees. You will guard the quality of provision by ensuring high quality, consistent school-based training, ensuring effective delivery of our curriculum in school and alignment across the partnership.
Where appropriate to your areas of expertise, you will contribute to the design and delivery of the curriculum and intensive training and practice placements (ITaP) to ensure they are of the highest quality and contribute to trainee progress.
You will support the design and delivery of the compulsory mentor training curriculum, as well as supporting in the coordination, trainee assessment and impact of the ITaPs.
This is a casual position, and you will be based at the Exchange Teacher Training, Education House in Knottingley.
As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your **Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing**. Here are just a few examples in each area

**Financial Wellbeing**:

- Membership to either the **Teachers’ Pension Scheme** or **the Local Government Pension Scheme**:

- **Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme**:

- Access to an **extensive** **discounts platform**

**Physical Wellbeing**:

- **24/7 access to an online GP** or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household
- **Gym & fitness discounts**:

- **Cycle to Work** scheme*
- **Free annual flu jab**

**Mental Wellbeing**:

- Access to an industry-leading **Employee Assistance Programme**:

- **Menopause Support Service**:

- Trained **Mental Health First Aiders** in all our settings
- _Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained_
- In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process._