project manager Rochester, South East England, England
Job description
Are you a conscientious and hard-working individual Do you work with a high level of professionalism in everything that you do Are you keen to join a highly successful and inspirational organisation Do you want to play a key role in the regional delivery of a national ‘flagship project’ Do you want to be a part of changing the lives of young people across Kent and Medway
The Kent and Medway Maths Hub has an exciting opportunity to appoint our new Project Manager. This is a crucial role for the Maths Hub and sits at the very heart of our delivery. As the lead of our administration team, and first point of contact for Hub work, managing the relationship with the 326 schools currently on our programmes. You will play a significant and central part in the effective delivery of our plan to support teachers and leaders across the whole region in the delivery of Maths Education.
Examples of recent activity include successfully recruiting schools to our Teaching for Mastery Workgroup through organising a local event with a fantastic keynote speaker, and using a range of tools to promote our work with schools who are not yet working with the Maths Hub. We have also been working to devise systems to support the successful tracking of participation in order to sustain engagement.
Applicants should be professional, personable and committed to providing an excellent service on behalf of the regional Maths Hub, and above all else, our appointed candidate will have a positive work ethic and can-do attitude. If you're as excited by this opportunity as we are, we'd love to hear from you!
The working basis is full time, however we are willing to discuss other working patterns as we can look at anything from Term Time only - Term Time +5 weeks for the right candidate. There is also capacity for remote working which can be discussed further at the interview stage. The position is offered on a one-year fixed term basis which will be reviewed annually, based on funding. Nationally, Maths Hub funding is confirmed until at least August 2025.
If you would like to discuss the role further please contact Sarah Smith on [email protected] to arrange an informal phone call with Esther Cook (Director of The Leigh Institute).
Advert closing date: Monday 10th July 2023, 12pm (noon)
Shortlisting date: Tuesday 11th July 2023
Interview and assessment activities: Friday 14th July 2023
About us: The national Maths Hubs programme brings together all mathematics education professionals in a national network of hubs, each locally led by an outstanding school or college, and in partnership with neighbouring schools, colleges, universities, CPD providers, maths experts and employers. This is a way of harnessing all maths teaching expertise within an area, to spread excellent practice even more widely, for the benefit of all pupils and students. The Kent and Medway Maths Hub is led by Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School based in Rochester where our successful candidate will be based. Click here to find out more about the work of the Maths Hub.
The Kent and Medway Maths Hub sits as one of the founding members of The Leigh Institute, providing a comprehensive package of professional development for schools and educators across our region. This umbrella organisation joins together the work of four high performing organisations, each serving to provide high quality professional development opportunities for the benefit of our partners and their communities. Together we recognise that the work of our staff is vital to the success of our schools and businesses.
Kent and Medway Maths Hub forms The Leigh Institute alongside:
- KMT (Kent and Medway Training)
- LAT Apprenticeships
- Thames Gateway TSH
We aim to provide our partner schools with a full suite of opportunities to support teacher development from the first steps of employment, into teacher training and throughout their careers. Alongside these many and varied pathways, through our apprenticeship programmes, we are able to provide high quality training for colleagues working in IT, Business Administration, Premises Support as well as Teaching Assistants. This presents many wider opportunities for career development for those working within these partner organisations.
Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st September 2022, our Trust comprises 30 geographically organised academies (14 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating 20,000 students, and employing 3,000 talented staff. The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.
As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.
Click here to view the benefits available to all LAT employees from day one.
Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.
