2 IntoUniversity Centre Leader posts, London

You will lead the staff team at the centre, generating a positive and inclusive working environment and ethos and ensuring that the team are well motivated, are managing their workloads effectively, and are providing a high quality service, which will involve inter alia: acting as direct line-manager for the staff in the centre; supporting staff in their centre to thrive; ensuring that the ethos and values of the charity are maintained in the IntoUniversity centre; acting as the Centre’s Designated Safeguarding Officer (full training and support will be provided); creating and overseeing relationships with local education providers and the successful delivery of their educational programme at the centre; managing the centre delivery timetable. Laising with university partners; publicity; taking responsibility for organising the classroom; maintaining the good behaviour of users; implementing IntoUniversity’s positive behaviour management policy; developing new resources; assisting the Primary and Secondary FOCUS programme, and with the Mentoring Programme, supporting the IntoUniversity Education Worker with responsibility for these strands; taking the lead in working with their line manager and the IntoUniversity Education Workers to recruit children and young people to all strands of the programme; plan project delivery over the academic year and leading the liaison with existing schools and other partner bodies, including corporates, universities and other voluntary sector bodies; oversee the administration and day-to-day running of the education centre, and take responsibility for petty cash; providing input into the staff probationary and appraisal processes and support the Regional Operations Manager with recruitment for the centre when required.