Vacancy – BTEC Post 16 Education Lead – Plymouth

Organisation: Argyle Community Trust
Position: Plymouth Post 16 Education Lead
Location: Plymouth and Surrounding Areas
Offices: Home Park, Outland Road , Plymouth PL2 3DQ
Manadon Sports Hub, 121 St Peter’s Road, PL5 3JG
Salary: £27,000 – £32,000
Contract: Full Time, Permanent (option for term time only pro rata)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Reports to: Devon Education Manager
Closing date for applications: Friday 15th September 5pm

Benefits and Opportunities

We aim to ensure we look after our staff welfare and provide fair opportunities across the charity. Argyle Community Trust offers incentives & progression based on key performance indicators, appraisals and added value to the Trust.

Benefits

• Access to auto-enrolment pension scheme
• Relevant qualifications and training
• Ticket incentives for staff
• An opportunity to buy back on holidays
• Free access to courses for your children (immediate family) across Argyle Community Trust provisions
• Club Kit

Other Benefits

• Holiday allowance based on service, after 5 years of service your holiday entitlement will increase by 1 day each year, enabling you to increase your holiday allowance by up to 4 days
• Private healthcare after two years of service, not contractual but based on how the charity performs

Role Dependent Benefits

The Trust will also consider individual requirements needed to complete a role including:
• Work mobile phone with some allowance for personal usage
• Use of company vehicle

The Role

Argyle Community Trust is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Post 16 Education Lead to join ourthriving education and football  programme in Plymouth. Reporting to the Devon Education Manager, you will inspire and ensure that every young person that goes through a Level 3 or leadership programme with us will have an opportunity to thrive and succeed. As Post 16 Education Lead, the successful candidate will lead the teaching and coaching team helping young players enrolled on the programme to progress and apply the knowledge they develop in the classroom to practise team sports. Management, coaching and teaching time will be split according to the needs of the provision.

This role will be based in Plymouth, delivered by Argyle Community Trust and run in partnership with City College Plymouth. The post holder essentially oversees the recruitment, planning, content, enrichment, delivery and administration of all aspects of the programme along with vocational related qualifications in Sport delivered to our year 14 students. They will also be responsible for promoting the programme, liaising with partners and developing productive relationships with key stakeholders.

The successful candidate must have in-depth knowledge of the BTEC Sport specification as well as experience of delivering young people’s football training sessions. As such, we would expect the candidate to have coaching and teaching qualifications and be computer literate. In addition to this, the Post 16 Education Plymouth Lead must be able to undertake key administrative and quality assurance duties that are associated with the role. The Trust runs similar programmes in Camborne and Newton Abbot and these programmes have expanded by
30% during the past two years as we now have over 160 students, 10 staff and eight football teams that play in the U19’s national leagues. We are proud of our results, with 100% of students completing the BTEC course and 96% achieving on or above their target grades.

As a registered charity, the Community Trust works, in close conjunction with Plymouth Argyle Football Club and with many people across several sectors where sport has proven to be the ideal tool for creating exciting and bespoke learning opportunities.

Primary Objectives of the Role

• Lead the Post 16 Plymouth team in the planning and delivery of engaging, high-quality lessons that address the curriculum content for the BTEC Football Development Programme
• Lead in the promotion and marketing of the Post 16 BTEC Football Development Course creating and delivering a recruitment plan to enrol and retain learners onto the Plymouth based programme.
• Ensure all learners’ progress is monitored and tracked and that assessment tasks are set, completed and marked in line with Examination Board specification and QCF requirements.
• Promote safe practices outlined in Trust policies and procedures ensuring professional standards are adhered to and safeguarding is at the heart of the role.
• Support coaching staff where appropriate ensuring that a syllabus and coaching programme is adopted and delivered in relation to the students enrolled.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Argyle Community Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably
qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

Safeguarding

Argyle Community Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting the welfare of all participants on our
programmes and promoting robust policies to ensure that our staff and volunteers adhere to safe practices.
The successful candidate will be subject to undertaking enhanced DBS checks prior to employment.

Application

If you can meet the specifications and would like to become part of the Argyle Community Trust team, please complete our online application form https://forms.gle/Lr5x7kHHEndy7jAL6

You will be given the opportunity to upload a covering letter and CV should you wish to do so however, for safer recruitment purposes, we do not accept application by CV only in your covering letter you should draw on relevant aspects of your experience, including paid employment and voluntary work or training to demonstrate how your skills, experience and personal qualities match the requirements of this job specification.

If you would like further information or wish to discuss the post contact ACTrecruitment@pafc.co.uk

Download BTEC Post 16 Programme Lead Job Description.