Education Improvement Professional Delivery Manager

Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

• Open and fair:
  We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop:
  We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower:
  We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate:
  We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable:
  We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect:
  We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

Coventry Learns (Adult Education Service) is part of Coventry City Council. We provide a wide range of courses for Coventry residents age 19+ and much of our provision is targeted at people with the highest levels of need.

We offer long courses in English, maths, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), ICT/Digital and vocational subjects such as Early Years, along with provision for adults with learning disabilities.

We also offer a very wide range of short community courses in arts, crafts, music, dance, exercise, fitness and family learning. In addition, we run a highly supportive study programme for young people.

Our work-based learning offer includes Apprenticeships in the following subject areas:

• Nursery Workers
• Teaching Assistants
• Health Support Workers
• Business Administration
• Leadership/Management; and
• Customer Care

We also provide courses for adults who are seeking work via the Council’s Job Shop.

Our main base is at Southfields Old School, CV1 5EJ
, with provision delivered at around 25 other sites within Coventry, mostly in areas of highest need.

We welcome applications from anyone who wants to make a difference to the lives of people in Coventry.

Coventry City Council’s Coventry Learns Service (Adult Education) is seeking to recruit a highly skilled, experienced, and passionate individual to support the Education & Skills Area Lead for Work Skills as part of our journey towards Outstanding teaching, learning and assessment practice.

Coventry Learns (Adult Education Service) is positioned in the Skills, Employment & Libraries team within the Council’s Strategy & Performance Directorate. The strategic intent of the Work Skills team is to maximise the employability of adults, so they can progress into work, further learning/training, or engage in voluntary, social and community activities.

As such, you will play a key role in co-designing adult learning provision that supports the aims of the One Coventry Plan and meets the needs of local communities and employers, to make an active contribution to the local economy.

This will involve: community outreach and development work with internal and external stakeholders to engage new and different learners; monitoring curriculum development and quality and effective line management of tutors and learning support assistants, reflective practice and embedding new approaches/technologies to drive improvements in learning outcomes and impact.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

You will have a strong understanding of how to develop employment focused programmes that attract and engage learners from diverse backgrounds and experience of embedding life and essential skills to raise aspirations. You…