Duties and responsibilities (list not exhaustive)

- Participate in the safe recruitment process of staff and give inductions, liaising with Executive Director and HR Officer.
- To train, supervise and give staff appraisals every 12 months.
- To coordinate teachers/courses. Timetabling of teachers and teachers time sheets.
- To authorise staff holidays and find teachers for cover.
-To teach EFL classes when needed.
- Ensure the highest standards of teaching are delivered- to monitor teaching standards and ensure that any issues are identified and remedied by in house provision (through observing teachers).
- To ensure that any new member of staff is fully conversant with CEFR levels.
- Creating handbook; ensuring that policies and procedures are developed, reviewed and adhered to and evidence that they are reflected in the practice within the school.
- Ensure compliance with safeguarding legislation and policies.
- Ensure excellent student experience of education and care.
- To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people.
- Support teachers when needed (regarding difficult students, planning, material etc.)Disciplining students when needed.
- Conduct regular teachers meetings.
- Place new students in the right level (speaking test).
- Monitoring students tutorials, Learning Profiles and ILPs every 5 weeks.
- Monitoring students progression, monitoring level tests.
- Ensure that all students attendance and awareness is in accordance with Home Office / Border Agency requirements and regulations.
- Ensure that all students and staff are aware of the emergency, evacuation and health and safety procedures.
- Ensure that the standardized curriculum is adhered to, identify areas of improvement and designing creative new programmes.
- Ensure that resources are efficiently and effectively used to achieve schools aims and objectives.
- To devise, co-ordinate and deliver the schools CPD programme according to needs and in collaboration with the teachers.
- To liaise with the Social Programme Officer to ensure that the social and academic programmes are connected.
- Ensure that student and teacher feedback is evaluated on a regular basis.
- Ensure adherence to schools accrediting bodies (British Council, ISI, etc.) and to ensure readiness for all inspections- the successful applicant will have knowledge of British Council and ISI Inspection criteria.
- Monitor the Junior Summer School and keep curriculum up to date.
- Flexibility to travel.

Benefits

Friendly, supportive, professional and collaborative atmosphere.
Dress down Fridays.
Extra days holiday for full-time staff with every year of service.
Company Events and parties.
Free food and drinks are available.
City center locations, in both Manchester and Liverpool.
Advancement opportunities for increments and promotions.
State of the art facilities, with interactive whiteboards.
Regular all-staff meetings, with all departments in both branches.