Who are Ambition Institute?

A great teacher changes the future every day. Especially for children who have had a tough start in life, a teacher can be the critical factor in their success.

At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time.

That’s how we’ll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life.

• We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive.

• We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice.

• We champion every teacher and school leader’s potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement.

What would we like…? 

We are looking for two dedicated individuals to join our Traded Programmes Delivery team as Programme Managers. The post holders will be responsible for  managing the end-to-end delivery of specific programmes, ensuring high levels of engagement from stakeholders and maintaining excellent customer experience. You'll work directly with both internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of a busy set of programmes.  

We would like you to:

• Ensure that all elements of the programmes are effectively planned, managed and organised to ensure efficient, high-quality delivery from start to finish. This will include ensuring that programme evaluation takes place and feeds into the cycle of continuous improvement.

• Implement stakeholder engagement and communications plans per programme, utilising best channels available (including handbooks, Learning Management systems, calendar invites, reminder dates etc.) to provide clear, accurate and engaging information in collaboration with Programme Leaders, Communications and Sales teams.

• Management of programme management information as delegated by Programme Lead. This may include management of the programme/ cohort budget, supporting the payment process, supporting the monthly and annual reporting cycles to internal or external stakeholders, etc.

• Manage, support, and develop a team and /or matrix team

Working in a hybrid way, you’ll be attached to either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office and will report to the Programme Leadership Associate Director. In line with our current ways of working, you’ll be expected to be in the office at least 1 day a month, in addition to team days and this may be reviewed by Ambition.

What’s in it for you….?

• Competitive annual salary.

• Professional development for all staff.

• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays and 'winter shut down’ between Christmas and New Year.

• Employer pension contribution of 11%.

• Agile, hybrid working culture, so you can manage when and where you work.

• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work.

• Blind recruitment process to ensure equality and fairness in our hiring.

• Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service.

• Shared parental leave package.

• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line.

• Comfortable and collaborative workspaces in the city centres of Manchester, Birmingham and London

• Work-from-home technology package to support hybrid working.

• Interest free season ticket / bike loans.

ABOUT YOU

We don’t expect the person we hire to have all of the following, but this should give you a sense of what would enable you to thrive in this role and in our team:

YOU SHOULD APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF:

• You care deeply about educational disadvantage and being part of an organisation that challenges inequality.

• You have a good work ethic and strive to make a difference in the job you do.

• You always give maximum effort to understand and meet the needs of our partners and participants.

• You always have a great attitude so we “can do” for all our colleagues, partners and participants.

• You are open to feedback and learning because we want to keep getting better.

• You work with your initiative to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective.

• You are well organised and can prioritise work that will have the greatest impact.

YOU’LL LOVE WORKING AT AMBITION IF…

• You want a career with a person-centred organisation with a cause at its heart.

• You have a collaborative work ethos, bring warmth and good humour to work and constructive outlook to every situation.

• You enjoy working in a fast-moving workplace, with a great support structure around you.

• You would like to grow with an ambitious organisation as it progresses over time

• Want flexibility in how you work – splitting your time between one of our offices and remote working and managing your own working patterns to get the job done.

Applications will be considered for all locations

How to apply

All applications must be received by the closing date, 9am on 29th November 2023. Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 4 December 2023.

Our mission needs the best people for the job, which is why we use sift questions to assess candidates’ genuine knowledge and skills. Sift questions are an opportunity for you to show us how you would do the job you are applying for, so please avoid using ChatGPT or other generative AI tools. We want to see your response, so those found to use content taken from AI tools will have scores adjusted down.