Associate Director, Targeted Programmes

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Associate Director, Targeted Programmes

Application Deadline: 18 November 2024

Department: Targeted Programmes

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Birmingham

Reporting To: Director, Programmes

Compensation: GBP 52,785 / year

Description

We're looking for an experienced programme or project management professional to join our team as Associate Director, Targeted Programmes.

You'll be responsible for leading the team and overseeing our programmes and pilots in the Targeted Programme suite. You'll serve as a programme leader to several of our programmes, and be an expert in them, their current participants and the customer group more generally.

You'll also hold end-to-end responsibility for our programmes, holding a clear vision for their purpose and impact, and you'll help to ensure their financial sustainability, quality, participant satisfaction, and compliance. This is an exciting role in our organisation where you'll have the opportunity to be part of the evolution of our suite of Targeted Programmes.

Who are Ambition Institute?

A great teacher changes the future every day. Especially for children who have had a tough start in life, a teacher can be the critical factor in their success.

At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time.

That's how we'll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life.

• We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive.
• We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice.
• We champion every teacher and school leader's potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement.

We would like you to:

• Lead the Targeted programmes team including through direct line management and overall team leadership
• Attend senior level board and governance meetings and deputise for the Programmes Director or Executive Director to represent the Targeted Programme suite when required
• Act directly as a Programme Leader for Ambition's established programmes and/or programmes whose delivery is in the pilot/test phase, supporting the organisation's new product development work
• Serve as an expert in the programme(s) and its participants, with responsibility for coordinating the end-to-end participant journey, from enquiry to completion and in some cases into their alumni experience. This involves leading programme matrix teams which include members of specialist teams from across the wider organisation and division.

Working in a hybrid way, you'll be attached to either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office and will report to the Director of Programmes. In line with our current ways of working, you'll be expected to be in the office at least 1 day a month, in addition to team days and this may be reviewed by Ambition.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

To succeed in this role you'll have a good understanding of at least one major customer group (teachers, middle leaders, senior leaders, headteachers, executive leaders), schools and the wider education system.

You'll also have experience in leading a multi-tiered team including direct line management, team leadership, matrix management and budget management.

Whilst teaching and school leadership experience would be beneficial, it is not essential criteria for applying to this role.

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply.

What's in it for you....?

• Competitive annual salary
• Professional development for all staff
• 25 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays and 'winter shut down' at the end of December/beginning of January
• Employer pension contribution of 11%
• Agile, hybrid working culture, so you can manage when and where you work
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work
• Blind recruitment process to ensure equality and fairness in our hiring
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year's service
• Shared parental leave package
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line
• Comfortable and collaborative workspaces in the city centres of Manchester, Birmingham and London
• Work-from-home technology package to support hybrid working
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans

We don't expect the person we hire to have all of the following, but this should give you a sense of what would enable you to thrive in this role and in our organisation:

• You care deeply about educational disadvantage and being part of an organisation that challenges inequality
• You have a good work ethic and strive to make a difference in the job you do
• You always give maximum effort to understand and meet the needs of our partners and participants
• You always have a great attitude so we "can do" for all our colleagues, partners and participants
• You are open to feedback and learning because we want to keep getting better
• You work with your initiative to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective
• You are well organised and can prioritise work that will have the greatest impact

• You want a career with a person-centred organisation with a cause at its heart.
• You have a collaborative work ethos, bring warmth and good humour to work and constructive outlook to every situation
• You enjoy working in a fast-moving workplace, with a great support structure around you
• You would like to grow with an ambitious organisation as it progresses over time
• Want flexibility in how you work - splitting your time between one of our offices and remote working and managing your own working patterns to get the job done.

Applications will be considered for all office locations

All applications must be received by the closing date 23:59 on 18 November 2024. First stage interviews are expected to take place week commencing 25 November, with a final stage taking place on 2 December 2024.

Our mission needs the best people for the job, which is why we use sift questions to assess candidates' genuine knowledge and skills. Sift questions are an opportunity for you to show us how you would do the job you are applying for, so please avoid using AI function tools (i.e. ChatGPT or other generative AI tools). We want to evaluate your response, so those found to use content taken from AI tools will have scores adjusted down.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation.

For any questions or queries please review our FAQs | Ambition Institute Careers (pinpointhq.com) in the first instance. If we've not addressed your question in this section, please email us at jobs@ambition.org.uk

As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.