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Functional Skills Support - Interim

Reference: NOV20186457
Expiry date: 2018-11-30 23:59:00.000
Location: Birmingham, HMP Birmingham
Salary: £28,940.00 - £34,327.00 Pro Rata
Benefits: Excellent Benefits
Duration:Until 31st March 2019
Attachments: InterimProgrammeSupport-HMPBirmingham.pdf
ProgrammeSupport-JD-HMPBirmingham.pdf
HMP Birmingham’s education department are looking for an experienced Functional Skills Maths and English Programme / Curriculum Support to join their Milton Keynes College Offender Learning team to enhance the delivery of our Functional Skills Maths and English courses. This role is an interim role to provide outcome support to Functional Skills teachers until 31st March 2019. This position has no line management responsibility.

As Functional Skills Maths and English Programme Support you will be dedicated to delivering learning success, through effective leadership within our Maths and English programme. The vacancy would suit a highly motivated Programme / Curriculum Support that specialises in Functional Skills Maths and English and has a positive can do approach to education and the success of their students. The ideal candidate will have experience and success in their knowledge of Maths and English and experience managing a team.

Main responsibilities for this role:

Support teachers to action poor attendance and liaise with the Deputy Manager Data to report on poor attendance.
Be aware of courses starting and ending each week and ensure that enrolments and completions are actioned and submitted in a timely manner.
Ensure that Exams are scheduled and that resits are planned promptly as and when appropriate.
Ensure all schemes of work are in place and match qualification criteria and support staff in the implementation and delivery of the scheme of work.
Track teaching hours of all members of staff ensure they are not under or over delivering
Ensure all display is relevant, personalised to learners, in date and in line with policy
Update the staff board as necessary with daily reminders/regime/issues
Track all DD time and ensure that it is used effectively
Review the learning environment to ensure that it is clean tidy and free from risk
Update the weekly predicted success spreadsheet for the English, maths & ESOL outcomes
Regularly feedback to staff to ensure that everyone understands the direction of the department, what the next steps are, and how to improve. Accurately communicate any changes.
To meet regularly with the English, maths and ESOL team and hold effective strand meetings.

Interim Programme Support - Functional Skills Maths and English
Location: HMP Birmingham, B18 4AS
Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Salary: £28,940 - £34,327 pro rata
Fixed Term until 31st March 2019
Closing date for applications: 30th November 2018

Interview Date: 13th December 2018

£2,000 Uplift available and reduction in normal timetabled teaching hours available

Milton Keynes College Rewards:

35 days annual leave, 3 additional days leave for Christmas to New Year closure and UK Bank Holidays
Amazing discounts with NUS card or Blue Light Card , ranging from Eating Out, Shopping and Fashion, Health and Fitness, Music, Technology, Travel and Entertainment
Access to an employee wellbeing platform with options to book free activities such as yoga, relaxation, boot camp, personal training and a health and wellbeing news hub
Access to Teachers Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions
Tax free childcare scheme
Access to Continued Professional Development, including professional qualifications and a variety of training courses
Save up to 32% off all bikes through our Cycle To Work Scheme
24 hours per day, 365 days per year Employee Assistant Support Programme
Plus many more…

About HMP Birmingham:

Milton Keynes College operate on three sites within HMP Birmingham, East Education, West Education, and Vocational Training workshops, offering education to both mainstream and vulnerable prisoners.
The education department is made up of a 7 person management team, overseeing 4 strand areas, Functional Skills, Vocational Training, Personal and Social Development and Outreach. We offer Functional Skills in both Maths and English, ESOL, IT, Business, Hospitality, Barbering, Sports and Fitness, Employability Skills, Kick Start in Business, Art, Hospitality, Mentoring, Interpersonal Skills, Equality and Diversity, Electrical, Bench Joinery, Plastering, Car Valeting, Waste Management and Industrial Cleaning. We offer courses from Pre Entry right through to Level 2.
Education Programmes are developed in partnership with the prison to offer a responsive and relevant curriculum, which includes work experience and work opportunities within the Establishment.
Our vision here at HMP Birmingham is to offer outstanding education to enable effective and purposeful resettlement for all learners on release.” “Using Time, not Doing Time.”
We want to make a difference to disadvantaged learners, to show that everyone has the potential to achieve and everyone deserves another chance, and the right support at the right time, can be the difference in breaking the reoffending cycle.


As a successful candidate you will:

Have a minimum of level 2 in English & maths with a level 3 in area of subject specialism.
Be a qualified teacher with experience of delivery in the curriculum area.
Possess a Proven track record of managing a curriculum area.
Have the ability to problem solve and find solutions that meet the need of the team and ensure customer satisfaction.
Have commercial awareness to protect income streams and identify new opportunities.
Possess the ability to analyse data and draw conclusions from information to inform interventions.
Possess the ability to produce high quality reports to senior managers.
Have a high level of teaching expertise to ensure support provided to staff is relevant and effective.
Have a can-do attitude and a willingness to work collaboratively to support improvement.
Have experience of working with Ofsted and improving outcomes of English, maths & ESOL provision (Desirable)
Have a good working knowledge of the main Microsoft applications including Excel.
Possess experience of working with Awarding Organisations and knowledge of the regulations around examinations and assessment. (Desirable)
Have understanding of the necessary employability skills required in the current UK economy.
Ability to evidence of providing high quality effective programmes leading to outstanding success.
Experience of data analysis.
Experience of identifying, developing and sharing resources focused on teaching and learning.
Experience of working with students who may have little experience of education and training (desirable).
The requirement of this role is to work across the whole prison estate, on all wings where education is delivered.


More about the College:

Milton Keynes College is proud to be an open and inclusive general Further Education College welcoming learners of all levels and delivering an exceptional educational experience. The College offers a broad range of qualifications with more than 3,000 16 – 18-year-old full-time students studying traditional A Levels, vocational courses, apprenticeships and Higher Education. In addition, the College delivers employability and key skills training programmes to 3,000 people in local community learning centres and is one of the largest providers of Offender Learning in England, working with 27 prisons across the East Midlands, South Central and West Midlands.

Milton Keynes College is a committed safer recruitment employer. We take extreme care in ensuring the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions therefore undergo a stringent vetting process to include DBS for all positions.