Academic Manager

Academic Manager 

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services

Oakhill Secure Training Centre, Milton Keynes, MK5 6AJ

Salary Range £42,160.74 per annum plus an additional £2000 responsibility allowance per annum

Permanent - Full Time (40 hours per week)

Benefits: Company Pension, free on-site parking, uniform, on-site canteen, access to High Street Shop discounts and ongoing training and development

About Us

G4S Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC) cares for children aged 12 to 18 years old who have been remanded or sentenced to periods of detention.  The children in our care can be vulnerable and challenging, with a wide range of complex social and emotional needs. This is an environment that calls for high standards of social care and service delivery to provide a secure and stable environment for children to develop their life skills and address their previous behaviours.  We aim to support change and learning.

We strive to help every child feel safe, giving them an opportunity to heal from trauma and feel supported in developing a more positive identity.  We ensure our children have equal access and opportunity for change and are celebrated for their strengths.  We want the children in our care to leave better equipped for life emotionally, mentally, physically, and socially.  We aim to support the constructive resettlement and transition of our children, whether returning to the community or moving to other custodial settings.  We are committed to working in partnership with them and their families, significant others and wider community organisations, to develop a quality regime at the centre.

About the Role

We are now expanding our Education team and we are looking for an Academic Manager who will be dedicated to delivering learning success through effective leadership and collaboration. Your focus will be on the success of the students and support improvement within the department, specifically within English and Maths programmes. You will lead on the delivery, design and development of programmes, maintaining an oversight of the student journey to ensure they have an excellent learning experience. Many of the learners have a diverse range of needs and learning abilities, they will often have had a negative experience with education – a huge focus for the department is to enable them and support them to gain essential functional skills.

Oakhill STC is a fast paced, complex and challenging environment and as such the successful candidate needs to be resilient, innovative, passionate and work collaboratively with other professionals in a modern Educational setting.  Together, as a team, we will empower children to take ownership of their own learning journeys and it is our hope that they will go on to make decisions and life choices that will lead to increasingly positive and productive lives.

Not only will you be an Academic Manager, but a mentor to young lives who will develop transparent and collaborative ways of working to engender openness, trust and inclusion with the children. The regime at the centre needs to balance safety, safeguarding, health, wellbeing and learning and development opportunities for the children.

This is an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children. You will motivate, inspire and lead them to success, despite the significant challenges of a complex environment, but also give them hope for the future via Education and Learning.

Key Responsibilities

• To play a significant role in the design, development and delivery of learning which meet the needs of the learners. Satisfying internal and external quality assurance criteria; in line with the examination bodies. 
• To lead on the delivery, design, development and co-ordination of core educational programmes, ensuring they meet the needs of the students and internal and external quality assurance criteria.
• To effectively manage staff within the team, including performance and absence management following guidelines provided through the relevant policies and procedures, tackling any issues as appropriate and ensuring that individual and team performance is met.
• To line manage the staff who teach on a range of programmes, to include timetabling and deployment of staff, undertaking teaching and learning observations and staff appraisals.
• To collect, manage and analyse appropriate statistical data, to inform continuous improvement which ensures learner success and achievement of funding.
• To understand the learning needs of the student population and be able to deliver and develop challenging and exciting learning sessions.
• To ensure the students across your curriculum area are enrolled on programmes and registered with awarding bodies.
• To ensure accurate records are maintained regarding completions, certifications and achievements.
• To prepare, teach and mark as required, using value added and other data setting challenging targets
• To effectively administer students’ learning, ensuring the maintenance of accurate records of learning activities, learners’ progress, assessment schedules, schemes of work, course reviews and induction programmes.
• Assist in the promotion of creating a positive Health & Safety culture across the site leading by example, this includes reporting accidents and near misses in a timely manner & follow the applicable safe systems of work for the role.</li>
• G4S is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and the post holder must support these goals.
• The duties and responsibilities listed within this job description are not exhaustive and the job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary from time to time.

Essential Skills

• Degree or equivalent qualification.
• Possession of a relevant teaching or training qualification (e.g. QTS, QTLS, DTTLS, PGCE).
• Assessors award – or willing to work towards
• Teaching/training experience in a relevant discipline/subject area and up-to-date knowledge.
• Proven experience of line managing a team.
• Experience of identifying, developing and sharing resources focused on teaching and learning.
• Knowledge of current relevant initiatives within the area of responsibility.
• Strong digital skills, experience using Microsoft google.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative, as well as in consultation and negotiation with senior managers and other stakeholders as required.
• Able to demonstrate being highly organised, have good planning skills and be able to deliver to agreed target dates.
• Copes well in a rapidly changing environment.
• Flexible, adaptable and innovative.
   

Desirable Skills

• Experience of delivering training or managing teams in a secure environment or with a challenging cohort.
• Demonstrable experience of working with Quality Improvement Plans (QIP) and Self-Assessment Plans (SAR).
• Ability to use google software, google docs, sheets & slides</li>

At G4S, we invest heavily in our people.  If you join us you will have a job specific induction programme to equip you with the skills and knowledge for the job. As well as ongoing support and development opportunities we offer generous holiday entitlement, company pension, an onsite gym, free onsite parking and the chance to do an extraordinary job – every day.

For more information on Oakhill Secure Training Centre please visit, https://oakhillstc.co.uk/

Equality and Diversity is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are a fully inclusive employer who aims to support all employees to be their true selves. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments for either the role or during the recruitment process

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and each employee is expected to support these goals.

Safeguarding children and young people is our primary focus and the welfare of the child is paramount. Therefore we have a corporate responsibility to ensure that the safeguarding and our G4S values are at the centre of all we do.​

To apply for this role, you must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years.   This role is subject to safer recruitment practices including a DBS enhanced level security clearance and will need to provide full details of your work and educational history covering the last 10 years as part of the screening process for the role.

G4S is the International business of Allied Universal, the world’s leading security and facility services provider and trusted partner to more than 400 of the Fortune 500. Allied Universal delivers unparalleled customer relationships, innovative solutions, cutting-edge smart technologies and tailored services that enable clients to focus on their core businesses. With operations in over 100 countries and territories, Allied Universal is the third largest private employer in North America and seventh in the world. Annual revenue is approximately $23 billion. There is no greater purpose and responsibility than serving and helping to safeguard customers, communities and people. For more information, visit g4s.com.   In the UK, the company has an extensive network of offices and more than 31,000 employees.