Programme Manager (0.5)

Location: Glasgow City Centre
£30,000 per annum pro-rata
Part-time 20 hours per week until the end of March 2017
Immediate start

Scotland’s Enterprising Schools is a government funded project bringing together a number of relevant partners.  The project’s vision is to empower young people through an educational system that has entrepreneurship and innovation at its core, allowing them to fulfil their potential, make the most of opportunities and be motivated to be the best that they can be.

Our mission is to contribute to this change by supporting education practitioners to make their learning more enterprising and entrepreneurial through CPD and through exposing young people to new ideas and experiential learning that builds confidence, improves self-esteem and helps them develop skills for learning, life and work.

The programme now requires a Programme Manager, on a part-time basis, to help further develop Scotland’s Enterprising Schools.  SES is an online resource which has been introduced to give schools, both primary and secondary, easily accessible resources to help support a whole school approach to enterprise and entrepreneurial thinking.

Within this role the successful candidate will assist the Head of Scotland’s Enterprising Schools to implement the project plan for the coming year.

Duties will include:

• Deputising for the Head of SES
• Assisting in the development and delivery of staff development sessions at cross boundary local authority events
• Delivering presentations to relevant groups including schools and local authorities.
• Collaborating with colleagues at Education Scotland in the development of online resources and curriculum mapping
• Raising awareness of SES with schools, teachers, parents, pupils and local authorities
• Promoting membership of the Scotland’s Enterprising Schools Professional Learning Community for teachers
• Seeking inspiring case studies from schools to showcase on the SES website
• Implementing a review of SES by using surveys and focus groups

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have a degree in a relevant subject and hold a teaching qualification.  They will also have recent experience working in the education sector and be familiar with Curriculum for Excellence, Developing the Young Workforce and Building the Curriculum 4.  You will have strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a range of partners within tight deadlines.  You will be driven, motivated and able to use your own initiative as well as working well as part of a team.

Application

Closing date for applications is Friday the 8^th April 2016 at 5 pm.

Please submit a CV and covering letter highlighting how you would be suitable for this role to the Head of Scotland’s Enterprising Schools – Heather Hughes (heather.hughes@yes.org.uk).  All applications must be submitted by 5pm on the closing date.