Subject Advisor - Politics (3366) Coventry, England
Job description
Salary: £40,000-£45,000
Location: Cambridge/Coventry & hybrid working
Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
As an OCR Subject Advisor, you will provide in-house expertise on our new A Level in Politics, and potentially on related subjects. The role will involve working on the development and launch of the new Politics qualification. We are looking for someone with experience in planning and delivering Politics who has an excellent understanding of the needs of teachers. Experience of teaching Law will also be an advantage.
OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations) is part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment. We're a leading UK exam board, dedicated to recognising achievement in learners of all ages and from all backgrounds. The range of qualifications from OCR is wide and varied and there are choices for learners of all ages, abilities and needs. Over 13,000 schools, colleges, workplaces and other institutions use our A Levels, GCSEs and vocational qualifications.
About the role
- A passion for your subject, and the ability to be an ambassador for it with schools, the regulator and stakeholders at all levels
- Providing high quality and knowledgeable customer service and supporting schools and teachers to deliver our qualifications
- Providing subject input into the maintenance of current qualifications and the development of a new Politics A Level
- Growing OCR's business through the provision of insight, partnerships and stakeholder engagement
- Quality assurance of subject content developed by external subject experts and training of assessors.
About you
To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the following:
- Recent teaching experience and/or recent relevant work within the context of secondary education
- Excellent subject expertise and the ability to discuss subject issues at high level with a range of stakeholders
- An understanding of qualification delivery and experience of assessment
- The ability to communicate clearly and persuasively to a range of audiences
- The necessary behaviours required to build successful partnerships and relationships
- Experience of successfully delivering projects on time
- A can-do attitude and strong problem-solving skills.
For a full brief on this role or what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers page.
Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
- Group personal pension scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
- Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
- Green travel schemes
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
We also offer flexible and hybrid working options from day one. We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 7th May 2023 and interviews are scheduled to take place on 17th May 2023.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
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