Delivery Partner Support Lead – NPQ Programmes Part Time

Manchester, Lancashire
Ambition Institute
Delivery Partner Support Lead – NPQ Programmes

Full Time, 37.5 hours per week 

London, Birmingham, Manchester

£45,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable) 

Who we are looking for

We are looking for three motivated and talented candidates to join our NPQ programmes team on a permanent basis as a Delivery Partner Support Lead – NPQ Programmes.

This is a new and important role for the organisation, working as part of the wider NPQ programmes team delivering the Department for Education’s National Professional Qualifications through and in partnership with over 40 multi-academy trusts and teaching school hubs nationally.

The role will report to the Associate Dean, Programme Leader and be responsible for the induction, quality assurance and compliance, training and development, and ongoing relationship management of our NPQ Delivery Partners. The role will work closely with School Partnerships to secure new NPQ Partners and will be one of the main points of contact for partners delivering NPQ programmes in partnership with us, for the duration of the partnership.

The successful candidate will ensure that each Delivery Partner’s NPQ provision meets the required standards, requirements and metrics through designing and implementing a robust programme of quality assurance, monitoring and review, as well as by designing and facilitating an effective induction, training and development offer. They will build strong relationships with each partner to further support achievement of this goal. As part of the wider NPQ programmes team, you will also work to ensure that our overall NPQ offer to Delivery Partners is of the highest quality and impact, and meets the relevant requirements and metrics, including a focus on partner communications and engagement more widely.

Based in our London, Birmingham or Manchester office, this is an exciting new role in our organisation and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape the role as our ways of working in partnership with others are established.

For more details, please refer to the detailed Job Description and Person Specification in the Job Pack, available in the Downloads section on the vacancy page for this this role on our company website.

Who are Ambition Institute? 

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you: 

Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager 
A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays 
2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period 
A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate) 
Competitive salary rates
Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers 
An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters. 
A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development 

How to apply  

All applications must be received by the closing date, midnight on Sunday, 11th April 2021. Interviews will be held in the week commencing 19th April 2021.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.