Centre Manager

Description

Learning Curve Group are a growing company proven through our recent acquisition of MPCT, bringing military academies to a total of 34 across England and Wales. This allows us to offer unique training in vocational qualifications, employability skills, and most importantly helping learners prepare for rewarding careers in the British Armed Forces.

Role Information

Transforming lives is what we do best, and there is no better example of this than in our Academies. 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.

Key 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 your Operational Excellence Framework (OEF) and manage the listed returns.
• Weekly Checks / Returns - ICT, Registers, Bursary, Programme, Asset Returns, TAM, Staff Recruitment, Welfare, Facebook, MD Memo, Quality, FCA System.

Teaching & Learning

• Keep yourself and staff up to date with subject knowledge to ensure lessons are challenging.
• Maintain industrial knowledge by attending annual events such as Reserve Training Camps/Events, Look at Life, Familiarisation with Acquaint Days, Assessment Centres.
• Promote MPCT/Learning Curve Group values during all lessons.
• Use assessment to inform learners on how to improve their knowledge.
• Ensure learning is systematically checked for effective learning during lessons and offer clear, directed and timely support that provides notable improvement.
• Prepare demanding lessons that enable learners to realise their potential.
• Deliver curriculum on both physical and emotional well-being.
• Ensure resources reflect diversity of learners' experiences and provide a comprehensive understanding of people and communities beyond their immediate experience.
• Identify learners who are falling behind, support and enable all to catch up.
• Set challenging individual targets for all learners.
• Support the development of Maths & English for all learners.
• Track work experience via the FCA in England to confirm learners embrace programme opportunities with MPCT/LCG partners.
• Deliver learner induction and interview all potential new recruits.
• Maintain MPCT MIS Inspire with up-to-date learner details, performance, qualifications, attendance and progressions.
• Complete all progress reviews to support learner educational development.
• Deliver physical training using the MPCT bib system during all sessions, extending and challenging learners appropriately.
• Deliver Military Training (MTD) following the military skills portfolios scheme in a cyclical manner.
• Listen to learner and parent views to improve teaching and learning.
• Attend regular training on teaching and learning provided by MPCT/LCG.

Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare

• Create an environment where learners confidently discuss and debate, showing respect for others.
• Celebrate all learner achievements, positively impacting attitudes to learning.
• Provide learners, customers and colleagues with support, advice and guidance as part of your everyday role.
• Conduct your role in line with company values and expected behaviours.
• Comply with Safeguarding, 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 Metrics

The role is measured by six Key Performance Indicators: Engagement 90%, Attendance 90%, Retention 90%, Qualifications 90%, Progressions 90%, Military Progressions 40%.

Working Flexibly

If the working hours, days or times don't quite meet your needs, please contact us to discuss flexibility options.

Experience and Qualifications

We love to develop our people, so even if you don't meet 100% of the essential criteria, we strongly encourage you to apply.

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

Desirable

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

Recruitment Checks

We will conduct satisfactory references, verify eligibility to work in the UK, carry out adverse media checks, a DBS check and gather information related to previous convictions if shortlisted for interview. A previous conviction only disqualifies you if you are barred from working with children or adults; otherwise, we conduct a risk assessment to determine suitability.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

As an equal opportunity employer, we positively encourage applications from suitable and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We are committed to a number of covenants and pledges that demonstrate our seriousness about equal opportunities for all.