Subject Support Manager - Psychology and Law

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Subject Support Manager – Psychology and Law Locations available:
Milton Keynes, London, Guildford Salary: 44,700 - 50,900  Contract type:
Permanent Hybrid: one day in the office per week plus extensive national travel including overnight stays  Use your expertise in Psychology to help shape how teachers understand and deliver the subject with confidence and clarity, providing the guidance, resources and subject insight they need to support effective teaching and learning.

You will leverage your teaching experience to support our Law teaching community. Experience in Law would be beneficial but is not essential. We’ll provide comprehensive upskilling in the subject.

AQA Psychology is the market leader in this popular subject area, with strong uptake at GCSE, AS and A-level, including over 66,000 entries for A-level Psychology alone. This role is central to strengthening that position by working closely with our large teaching community to support effective specification delivery, deepen engagement with AQA and help retain and grow our market share.

About the role

This is an opportunity at a time of growth to join an expanding Subject Support function, so if you're ready to take your expertise in Psychology beyond the classroom and influence how thousands of students experience the subject, this is your opportunity to make a national impact.  Alongside shaping the subject’s future, you’ll handle the practical support teachers need, answering centre queries, producing subject updates, delivering Curriculum Connect sessions, analysing data to identify centres needing support, and representing AQA ’ll play a key role in representing Psychology and Law engaging with teachers, stakeholders and networks to understand how the subjects are evolving and bringing that insight back into AQA to support assessment, curriculum and product development.

This role is ideal for teachers looking to broaden their impact, or for those who have moved beyond classroom teaching perhaps into EdTech, CPD, or other education-focused sectors and now want to influence education more broadly through AQA.  Purpose Working in a wider Subject Support team of 60 subject experts, you’ll support teachers in delivering qualifications across Psychology and Law.

Drawing on your assessment and curriculum knowledge, you’ll help shape how our qualifications are delivered in classrooms. You’ll play a part in any future assessment reform and influence national education beyond individual schools. What's in it for youThe chance to make a meaningful impact on education while growing your career.  A real sense of purpose where your work will influence national education.  

Opportunities for growth and professional development.  Being a part of AQA’s inclusive and values-led culture.  A benefits package including up to 11.5 percent pension contribution, BUPA healthcare support, wellbeing programmes and volunteering opportunities.  25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service, along with discretionary Christmas closure days.  In this role, you'll be responsible for:

Representing AQA and delivering key subject messages to external audiences.
Supporting schools, centres, and teachers with subject-related queries, and with planning and delivering our Psychology and Law specifications.
Engaging with teachers both face-to-face and online to support continuous improvement and subject confidence.
Building strong relationships with subject stakeholders and using insights to shape future…