At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead quality assurance and curriculum management to enhance teaching and learning.
- Company: Join a dedicated education team at HMP Brixton, focused on student success.
- Benefits: Competitive salary with London weighting and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a commitment to educational excellence.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of adult learners in a secure environment.
- Qualifications: Relevant degree and teaching qualification, plus experience in educational settings.
Location: HMP Brixton (London, SW2)
Salary: From £35,000 + £5,000 London Weighting per annum
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
The Opportunity
Are you an experienced educational leader or quality specialist driven by high standards and a passion for student success? Do you have the curriculum expertise, management confidence, and strategic vision to elevate teaching and learning within a secure environment? We are recruiting for an inspiring Assistant Manager - Quality of Teaching and Learning to join the education leadership team on-site at HMP Brixton. Working closely alongside the Education Manager, you will lead on quality assurance, staff development, and curriculum performance across Functional Skills, Personal & Social Development (PSD), and vocational programmes - fostering an innovative teaching environment that empowers adult learners to rebuild their futures.
What You Will Be Doing
- Quality Assurance Leadership: Lead on-site quality improvement initiatives, developmental observations, and assessment audits to raise standards and meet key performance indicators across the department.
- Curriculum Management: Support the Education Manager with effective management and development of the curriculum, ensuring provision aligns with the needs of prison-based learners, awarding bodies, and post-release employers.
- Staff Performance & Coaching: Manage and mentor teaching staff, encouraging innovative, problem-solving pedagogical approaches to improve student retention, engagement, and qualification achievements.
- Target & Process Drive: Implement robust quality systems and processes to monitor learner outcomes, ensuring continuous readiness for external inspections and internal audits.
- Departmental Support: Work collaboratively with prison management, support practitioners, and external stakeholders to promote a whole-prison culture of educational excellence.
What We Are Looking For
- Academic & Teaching Credentials: A relevant First Degree or professional qualification alongside a recognised Level 5+ Teaching Qualification (e.g., PGCE, Cert Ed, DTLLS).
- Teaching Experience: Significant, successful teaching experience across Further Education, adult skills, or prison education settings.
- Quality & Curriculum Management: Demonstrable experience in managing curriculum development, implementing quality assurance frameworks, and managing staff performance to drive educational improvement.
- Essential Requirements: Full UK Driving Licence and access to your own transport.
- Core Attributes: High motivation, resilience, excellent communication, and the confidence to lead curriculum change and inspire teaching teams in a secure adult environment.
Important Notice
Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
Dovetail and Slate Ltd acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. We are an equal opportunities employer. By applying, you consent to your data being processed for recruitment purposes in line with our Privacy Policy.
Because education matters.
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