Specialisms

Offender Learning

Location

Brixton, London

Salary

£35000 - £40000 per annum + £5000 London Weighting

Contract Type

Full time

Assistant Manager - Quality of Teaching & Learning

📍 HMP Brixton, London
💰 £35,000+ Salary + £5,000 London Weighting
📄 Permanent, Full-Time

Make a Real Difference Through Education

Are you an experienced education professional with a passion for driving high-quality teaching and learner success?

We're looking for an Assistant Manager - Quality of Teaching & Learning to play a pivotal role in leading educational excellence within a prison education environment. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives on improving standards, developing teaching staff, and making a genuine impact on learners' lives.

Working closely with the Education Manager, you'll help shape and develop a curriculum that meets the needs of learners and employers while championing quality assurance, innovation, and continuous improvement across the education provision.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Supporting the effective leadership and management of the education curriculum
  • Driving improvements in teaching, learning and assessment standards
  • Leading quality assurance activities, observations and improvement planning
  • Coaching, mentoring and developing tutors to achieve outstanding outcomes
  • Supporting the delivery of Functional Skills, Personal & Social Development and vocational programmes
  • Monitoring performance against key targets and quality measures
  • Promoting innovative approaches to teaching and learner engagement
  • Ensuring all provision meets contractual and inspection requirements

What We're Looking For

  • Relevant degree and/or professional qualification
  • Teaching qualification
  • Significant teaching experience within education or training
  • Experience managing curriculum development and quality improvement
  • Strong understanding of teaching, learning and assessment practices
  • Experience supporting or managing teaching staff performance
  • Passion for learner achievement and raising educational standards
  • Excellent communication, coaching and leadership skills
  • Full UK Driving Licence and access to your own transport

Why Apply?

  • Competitive salary package with £5,000 London Weighting
  • Opportunity to lead quality improvements that genuinely change lives
  • A rewarding role within a unique and purpose-driven educational setting
  • Professional development and career progression opportunities
  • Supportive leadership team and collaborative working environment
  • The chance to contribute to rehabilitation through education and skills development

Ideal Backgrounds

We'd love to hear from candidates who have worked as:

  • Quality Manager
  • Curriculum Manager
  • Assistant Education Manager
  • Teaching & Learning Coach
  • Education Quality Lead
  • Functional Skills Manager
  • Quality Improvement Manager
  • Further Education Manager
  • Head of Department
  • Advanced Practitioner

About the Organisation

This organisation is one of the UK's leading providers of education, skills and rehabilitation services, delivering life-changing programmes across prisons and community settings.

Their mission is simple: to help people unlock their potential through education, training and employment opportunities. Every day, their teams support individuals to gain new skills, rebuild confidence, achieve qualifications and prepare for successful futures.

They are passionate about rehabilitation through education and believe that high-quality learning can be a powerful tool in reducing reoffending, improving employability and creating lasting social impact.

Joining the team means becoming part of a purpose-driven organisation where innovation, inclusion and learner outcomes are at the heart of everything they do.

If you're passionate about educational excellence and want to help learners unlock their potential while supporting tutors to deliver outstanding outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and be part of an education team that's changing lives through learning. 0115 9111 290

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