Birmingham GCSE Resits Programme Coordinator

Location:        Remote/Birmingham.

There will be regular travel required to partner colleges, on site a minimum of three days a week. For staff outside of London, there is an expectation to travel to the office at least once per month.

Hours:             Full-time - We can discuss flexible working patterns, e.g., school hours, as needed.

Duration:        Permanent.

Salary:            £28,000

Start date:      Monday 17th August

One in three students leave school each year without a standard pass (grade 4 or above) in GCSE English and maths, representing over 200,000 16-year-olds every year. This rises to over one in two for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The scale of the challenge at 16 extends into adulthood. An estimated 8.5 million working age adults in England have low literacy and numeracy skills. Lacking gateway qualifications locks people out of many opportunities for education and employment and is associated with adverse outcomes for learning potential, health and well-being.

Get Further exists to change this. Our charity delivers a series of interventions that help disadvantaged learners in Further Education to secure gateway English and maths qualifications that unlock opportunities. These interventions include our award-winning GCSE Resit Tuition Programme, for those resitting GCSEs, our Functional Skills Tuition Programme, supporting those on or aspiring to undertake apprenticeship programmes, and training and resources to support teachers and leaders of English and maths in Further Education. You can read about the impact of our interventions here.

OUR TEAM, VALUES AND BENEFITS

Our central team currently comprises some 40 members, all motivated to reduce educational disadvantage and ensure young people get the gateway qualifications they need to succeed. We currently employ over 100 active tutors. Our main office is in Kings Cross, London, although we also have team members based in Wales, Yorkshire, Birmingham and elsewhere. We share our office with another educational charity, Axiom Maths.

We promote a supportive, collaborative, and inclusive working environment and are guided by our core values. These values are at the heart of our organisation’s personality

At Get Further, we are:

• BOLD We are bold and unafraid to go against the grain.
• OPTIMISTIC We are optimistic through setbacks, retaining a sense of possibility in the face of challenges.
• AMBITIOUS We are ambitious for students who are yet to achieve gateway English and maths qualifications.
• TENACIOUS We are tenacious in our drive to achieve impact for the students we support.

Our benefits include:

• 36 days of holidays per year (including bank holidays)
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Flexible hybrid and remote working
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Termly ‘in-person’ team development days at our offices in London
• The opportunity to work in a progressive and socially conscious, growing organisation where we can have an outsized impact on its success and development.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

As a Programme Coordinator, you will lead the day-to-day delivery across a portfolio of partner colleges. Acting as the main point of contact for students, tutors and college staff