Birmingham Programme Coordinator

Job Description

Our 2023-2024 Impact Report has launched! A national education charity supporting pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Birmingham Programme Coordinator will be responsible for managing a caseload of up to seven partner schools, attending and coordinating weekly tutoring sessions, developing relationships with pupils, school staff and volunteer tutors, and collecting data for monitoring and evaluation purposes. This role plays a crucial part in overseeing the quality of face-to-face and online tutoring sessions to ensure effective and impactful programme delivery. Contract and hours: Permanent, full-time. We offer flexible hours with 9.30-4 as core hours. A full working week is 37.5 hours. Closing date: Thursday 20th February 2025 Interviews: 3rd and 4th March 2025 Place of work: This role is based at home with regular travel to schools in Birmingham and surrounding areas. Key Responsibilities: Responsible for the delivery of Action Tutoring’s tutoring programmes in partner schools, whether online or face-to-face. This includes working closely to manage and effectively communicate with all key stakeholders: schools, pupils, and volunteer tutors; leading weekly face-to-face and online tutoring sessions; leading on reviewing and improving programme delivery, using data to reliably assess programme performance. Responsible for overseeing the quality of both face-to-face and online tutoring, engaging in quality assurance processes, and providing feedback to volunteer tutors to ensure effective and impactful delivery. Develop and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders in partner schools, including members of the Senior Leadership Team and subject teachers. Update and maintain Action Tutoring’s database, including collecting data for monitoring and evaluation purposes, such as attendance records, baseline and interim assessments, and end of programme surveys. Reporting regularly on key performance indicators. Benefits: 25 days holiday a year (plus UK public holidays), increasing by a day for each complete year of service (up to five extra days). 3 additional days between Christmas and New Year. We have a flexible policy for working hours, and offer TOIL where staff have to work particularly early in the day or late in the evening, so that they can reclaim those hours at another time. The whole team across the UK gets together three times a year. We have a workplace pension scheme with a 4% employer contribution. Regular thanks and praise and monthly recognition of ’heroes’ to celebrate employees going above and beyond. Lots of opportunities to learn from others in the organisation, including policy briefings, shadowing colleagues, and peer-to-peer development. Team socials around team days, regular bring-and-share team lunches, and other activities. As well as checking the accuracy of all content Action Tutoring shares with external audiences, our proofreading team supports individuals who would value an extra pair of eyes on their writing. Interested in other exciting topics relevant to our charity? Then join one of our working groups (including policy, diversity and inclusion, curriculum and training, socials, data and insights) and support with ongoing projects. To apply, please submit a completed application form. In the form, you will be asked to reflect on the statements below: Your ability to be resilient when things are not going the way you thought. Include clear examples of past experiences. Your ability to manage competing demands simultaneously. Include clear examples of past experiences. Tell us about how our organisational values are in line with your values. Applications that fail to meet these criteria will automatically be discounted. We do not accept CVs. We want you to have every opportunity to shine and to show us your talents—please let us know if there is anything we can do to make sure the assessment process works for you. #J-18808-Ljbffr