Centre Manager

Learning Curve Group is a growing company that has recently acquired MPCT, bringing military academies to a total of 34 across England and Wales. This allows us to offer unique training in both vocational qualifications and employability skills, helping learners prepare for rewarding careers in the British Armed Forces.

As a Centre Manager at LCG, you support and lead your team to outstanding results. You will drive towards excellence in teaching and learning to ensure the centre's sessions are interactive, engaging, and well planned. Learners are at the centre of everything we do, and we need to ensure that they are well motivated, inspired, and successful.

Important Qualities

• Strong communication with confidence, authority, clarity, and persuasiveness.
• Great teamwork.
• Analysis, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Personal effectiveness and leadership.

DUTIES Leadership & Management

• Take the lead on all centre administration as per the Operational Excellence Framework (OEF) and manage the following returns: weekly checks, ICT, registers, bursary, programme, asset returns, TAM, staff recruitment, welfare, Facebook, MD memo, quality, FCA system.

Teaching & Learning

• Ensure you and your staff keep up to date with subject knowledge to maintain challenging lessons.
• Maintain industrial knowledge by attending annual events such as Reserve Training Camps/Events, Look at Life, Familiarisation with Acquaint Days, and Assessment Centres.
• Promote MPCT/Learning Curve Group values during all lessons.
• Use assessment to inform learners on how to improve their knowledge.
• Systematically check learning for effective understanding and provide clear, directed, timely support that yields noticeable improvement.
• Prepare demanding lessons that enable learners to realise their potential.
• Deliver lessons that cover both physical and emotional wellbeing.
• Ensure resources reflect and value the diversity of learners' experience and provide a comprehensive understanding of people and communities beyond their immediate experience.
• Identify and support learners who are falling behind.
• Set challenging individual targets for all learners.
• Support the development of Maths and English with all learners.
• Track work experience via the FCA in England to confirm learners embrace the opportunities provided by MPCT/LCG partner employers.
• Deliver learner induction and interview all potential new recruits.
• Maintain the MPCT MIS to track all learner details and performance.
• Complete all progress reviews to support learners' educational development.
• Deliver physical training using the MPCT bib system during all sessions at appropriate intensity.
• Deliver Military Training (MTD) following the military skills portfolios scheme of work in a cyclical manager.
• Listen to learners' and parents' views to improve teaching and learning.
• Attend regular training on teaching and learning provided by MPCT/LCG.

Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare

• Ensure an environment that allows learners to discuss and debate in a considered way, showing respect for others.
• Celebrate all learners' achievements, giving a positive impact on their attitude to learning.
• Provide learners, customers, and colleagues with support, advice, and guidance as part of your everyday role.
• Conduct your role in line with the company values and expected behaviours.
• Comply with safeguards, prevent, and health and safety policies and be vigilant to potential concerns and risks at all times.
• Ensure confidentiality and professionalism at all times.

Success Measures

The centre manager is expected to commit unwaveringly to set high expectations for conduct and achievement from all staff and learners within the centre. Success is measured by six key performance indicators:

• Target Engagement: 90%
• Attendance: 90%
• Retention: 90%
• Qualifications: 90%
• Progressions: 90%
• Military Progressions: 40%

Qualifications (Essential)

• Experience working within one of the uniformed services (army, navy, air force) minimum 3 years.
• Military or civilian Physical Training qualification.

Qualifications (Desirable)

• GCSE Maths & English qualification.
• Knowledge of vocational qualifications or the education sector.
• Teaching qualification or experience teaching or instructing.
• Experience working with young people.

Benefits

• 26 days annual leave + Bank Holidays.
• Buy & sell an additional 5 days each year.
• Length of service annual leave increments starting at 2 years.
• Healthcare scheme.
• Tech scheme.
• Ikea scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Paid volunteer day each year.
• Early finish Fridays on the last Friday of every month.
• Student / Teacher discount.
• Uniform.

Head Office Perks

• Electric car charging points.
• Free fruit, coffee and tea.
• Onsite shower.
• Prayer room on request.

EQUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY

We are an equal opportunity employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We support the removal of barriers for disabled people and welcome reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment. Additionally, we support the Armed Forces Covenant and various other social commitments.

Recruitment Checks

Applicants will be required to provide satisfactory references and prove eligibility to work in the UK. Adverse media checks, a DBS check, and information related to previous convictions will be carried out for shortlisted candidates. A previous conviction does not automatically exclude an applicant unless it disqualifies working with children or adults.