Education Coordinator

Our client is looking for an Education Coordinator to coordinate and promote their activities and to develop strong and effective networks of contacts across the education system, at a regional level, throughout the East of England and the Midlands.

They are the largest non-government supporter of chemistry education in the UK, and their activities encompass formal and informal education from primary science in schools, through to preparing for next career moves. They believe that everyone should have access to a high quality chemistry education, which is engaging, inspiring and relevant and invest in a number of projects and services to support chemistry teaching.


Position: Education Coordinator
Location: Thomas Graham House, Cambridge or Home Based
Job type: Full Time, Fixed Term Contract until February 2020
Hours: Full or Part Time; (35 hours per week) or part time (minimum 21 hours per week)
Salary: £33,662 to £37,402 per annum, pro rata, plus benefits
Benefits: Generous paid holidays, generous contributory Group Personal Pension scheme, 35-hour (for full-time staff) working week, learning and career development, subsidised staff restaurant (Cambridge office), staff sports and social club, free private healthcare plan, income protection scheme, critical illness insurance, life assurance, free on-site parking (Cambridge office), season ticket, car/motor cycle and cycle to work schemes, membership subscription, employee assistance programme, eye-care at work scheme, wellness initiatives, flexible work environment, employee recognition, long service awards, membership subscription to professional body, two discounted staff flats on-site (Cambridge office) and more.

Closing Date: 26 March 2019

About the role:

As one of their Education Coordinators, you will work with schools to increase teacher access to and engagement with the products and services, including investigating how the organisation can support schools to deliver the Gatsby Career Benchmarks and how they can increase engagement with STEM / Chemical science employers as part of that work.

You will support the Education Coordinators from the East of England and the Midlands to deliver some of their work to key audiences (Primary, Secondary and Trainee teachers), while they work on another, externally funded, project. You will also work with other key internal teams within their Education and Professional Practice Directorate to help them gain further knowledge of schools and how the organisation can best support them.

You can be based at our client's Cambridge office or home-based if suitable. You will need to be able to travel extensively throughout the East of England and the Midlands, to visit schools, work with trainee teachers, meet stakeholders and attend events, which may involve weekends and non-core working hours.

Responsibilities:

- Build successful relationships with schools and teachers of chemistry within those schools
- Understand the needs of individual teachers and schools in their area
- Engage with teachers and seek feedback on our products and services to support their teaching and their student’s engagement with the chemical sciences
- Work with teachers and careers advisers in schools to highlight the Gatsby Career Benchmarks and find examples of best practice of schools working with STEM / Chemical science employers

About you:

Essential:

- A degree in science, preferably in the chemical sciences, or an equivalent qualification
- Evidence of working with schools, ideally with a teaching qualification
- An understanding of school level, further and higher education, and a breadth of knowledge of the education systems in the UK
- An understanding of customer requirements, including those of: schoolteachers; school students; FE teachers, HE academics and support staff; HE students; careers advisors; employers; governments and its agencies, and non-government bodies
- An awareness and understanding of the various types of school operating within the UK
- Good communication skills, team working skills, organisational skills, presentation skills and the ability to work independently and be able to adapt to new circumstances
- Experience of events management and stakeholder relationship management

Desirable:

- An understanding and some experience of the requirements of employers of chemical scientists
- Good project management skills and experience
- Data input and analysis skills
- Computer and IT systems literate

You may have experience of the following: Education Coordinator, Programme Manager, Project Manager, Education, Chemistry, Higher Education, Further Education, Programme Management, Project Management, Programme Director, STEM, Curriculum Manager, Relationship Manager, partnership Manager, Events Manager, Stakeholder Relationship Manager, etc.