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Ark Teaching School Hub Officer

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
Ark Schools, Golden Hillock Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, B11 2QG
Salary
£23,484 to £29,174
Closing date
14 Jul 2022

Job Details

Hours per week: 37.5 per week, all year round

Contract Type: Permanent

Ark Schools

Golden Hillock Road

Sparkbrook

Birmingham

B11 2QG

Telephone Number: 02031160742

Email Address: natalie.sullivan@arkonline.org

Job Start Date: September 2022

Job Information: Ark Teaching School Hub Officer

Reports to: Head of Programmes and Partnerships

Location: Birmingham (based at Ark Boulton Academy)

Pattern: Full time (standard hours 9am to 5.30pm, although some earlier starts, or later finishes may be required to cover events)

About the role:

This is an exciting time to join the Ark Teaching School Hub team in Birmingham. Our vision for the Ark Teaching School Hub is that it becomes the destination of choice for teacher and leader development across the region and beyond. The Hub team is responsible for delivering professional development programmes and events for teachers and leaders

across the Midlands and our wider Ark’s Network. We deliver the DfE’s ‘golden thread’ of teacher and leader development, specialist targeted professional development programmes for senior leaders and other one-off training sessions. We are also an appropriate body for early career teachers completing their two-year induction.

Key Responsibilities:

Producing high quality communications of our appropriate body services and professional development offers through varied means – newsletters, intranet, e-mail, learning management systems (LMS), phone calls and social media announcements

Project managing the scheduling of training events and making sure any potential clashes are considered

Working with schools and external venues to book venues and manage resources required (i.e., AV and catering)

Being the first point of contact for external providers and communicating any curriculum and operational changes to team members as appropriate

Making sure internal and external processes are aligned – e.g., registration of participants, assessment submissions and feedback, etc

Manage the administration of our Lead Provider’s early career framework and national professional qualifications platform

To execute PA functions for the team such as photocopying, diary management

To organise travel, hotel booking, hospitality and catering when required

Key Requirements:

Experience of planning complex schedules

Experience of project and/or events management

Excellent IT skills, with specific skill in using Microsoft office applications and SharePoint

Strong administrative and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail (multiple schedules/stakeholders (internal and external)/venues/resource requirements/diaries

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Closing Date: 14 July 2022, 11:59pm

Interviews: 21 July 2022

Apply with a CV and cover letter on our online recruitment portal. Applications to be submitted by Thursday 14 July 2022 but please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response.

 

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

 

Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.

 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.   We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Information for applicants with a disability

We are a proud Disability Confident Employer.  We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).

If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. 

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

  • A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
  • An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
  • A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
  • A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
  • A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision.  We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.

Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.

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Birmingham
West Midlands
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United Kingdom

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