Director of Programme Delivery

Job Title:

Director of Programme Delivery Department:
Tes Institute Programme Delivery

Location:

London/Sheffield Working Pattern:
Hybrid, includes 3 days each week in the office

Contract Type:
Full time, permanent

Salary: £75,000 - £90,000

Tes is a global Edtech leader, on a mission to empower schools and educators to deliver impactful, inspiring learning experiences worldwide. We understand the unique challenges faced by schools, and our ecosystem is specifically designed to address these needs head-on. Role overview

Tes Institute is Tes’s accredited teacher training and development organisation, focussed on initial teacher training, qualifications and ongoing professional development for teachers.

The successful appointee will support outstanding educational leadership across Tes Institute’s broad portfolio of Teacher Training and Professional Development programmes and work as part of the Institute leadership team delivering quality and improvement s role will report into the Director of Tes Institute, working as a key member of the Institute management and wider Tes Global team.

As a Director of Programme Delivery, you will be a highly experienced senior education professional able to lead, provide strategic direction and collaborate with educational leaders, teachers and other educators in sector to support the strategic growth, quality and long-term sustainability of Teacher and Teaching Assistant programmes for our schools and learners worldwide.

You will have a deep understanding of the variety of training and development routes into and within teaching, both UK and International. You will lend expertise in the global field of teacher training to ensure, along with Heads of Programme, that our offering aligns with growth opportunities, market need and strategic priorities, and that content and delivery models provide the best experience for our learners.

The role will act as an externally facing expert voice for Tes Institute in teacher training and teacher development education, representing the organisation with credibility across the sector and contributing to thought leadership in response to policy, regulatory and market developments.

Secure understanding of the governance and regulation of programmes by external bodies such as EFSA, DfE, and Ofsted is a key requirement of the role, working alongside the Programme team and the Head of Quality and Compliance to ensure adherence from programmes.

You will have an unrelenting focus on the quality of programme delivery, learning and outcomes within each training programme and the expertise to develop programme leaders. Strong people management is a key facet of this with line management responsibility for Heads of Programme Delivery.

You will have a significant amount of experience in implementing strategies to support learner engagement, persistence and satisfaction. Planning, organisational development and implementation of educational initiatives are also a requirement of the role.

You will advocate Tes’ organisational values, model high expectations in the quality of teacher training, and continue to develop academic delivery across Institute. You will provide a high level of expertise in academic focussed solutions, ensuring strong top-down leadership and accountability, to ensure staff and learners have the right resources to ensure effective learner progress, passion for life-long learning and career development, with the skills to positively influence our community and society.

Key Responsibilities Lead the strategic and operational delivery of outstanding teacher training and development education of Tes Institute programmes.

Lead the strategic growth and development of a programme portfolio, identifying opportunities to expand, adapt and strengthen programmes in line with learner needs, sector developments, regulatory requirements and commercial priorities.

Effectively manage Heads of Programme Delivery in your team, ensuring an unwavering focus on high-quality, compliant delivery and outcomes within each programme.

Through your Programme leadership team, ensure strong coordination and collaboration across programmes to enable…