Centre Manager

Learning Curve Group; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in vocational training is seeking a Centre Manager to drive excellence and manage a dedicated team. This role involves overseeing teaching and learning standards, ensuring learner attainment, and leading operational excellence. Candidates should possess leadership skills, military experience, and a passion for educational success. The position offers opportunities for personal and professional development in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience in uniformed services.
• Experience teaching young people is desirable.
• Knowledge of vocational qualifications is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the centre to achieve excellence in teaching.
• Ensure learner engagement and progression through effective support.
• Track performance, qualifications, and attendance of learners.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Analysis

Problem Solving

Leadership

Education

Military or civilian Physical Training qualification

Teaching qualification

GCSE's Maths & English qualification

Job description

Learning Curve Group are a growing company which is 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 both vocational qualifications, employability skills, and most importantly helping learners prepare for employment with includes rewarding careers in the British Armed Forces.

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 centres 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.

You will need these 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

• To take the lead on all centre administration as per your Operational Excellence Framework (OEF) and to manage the below returns:
• Weekly Checks / Returns – ICT, Registers, Bursary, Programme, Asset Return’s, TAM, Staff Recruitment, Welfare, Facebook, MD Memo, Quality, FCA System.

Teaching & Learning

• To ensure you and your staff keep up to date with subject knowledge to ensure lessons are challenging.
• To ensure your industrial knowledge is kept up to date by attending a number of the following, annually:
• Reserve Training Camps/Events, Look at Life, Familiarisation with Acquaint Days, Assessment Centre’s.
• To promote MPCT/Learning Curve Group values during all lessons.
• To ensure assessment is used to inform Learners on how to improve their knowledge.
• To ensure learning is systematically checked for effective learning during lessons and to offer clear directed and timely support that provides notable improvement with learning.
• To ensure you and your staff prepare demanding lessons which will enable Learners to realise their potential.
• To ensure the curriculum delivers lessons on both physical and emotional wellbeing.
• To ensure resources reflect and value the diversity of Learners’ experience and provide a comprehensive understanding of people and communities beyond heir immediate experience.
• To identify Learners who are falling behind, support and enable all to catch up.
• To set challenging individual targets for all learners.
• To support of the development of Math’s & English with all Learners.
• To ensure all work experience ins tracked via the FCA in England. This will confirm Learners are embracing the opportunities the programme provides with MPCT / Learning Curve Group partner employers.
• To deliver Learner induction and interview all potential new recruits.
• To ensure the MPCT MIS inspire is kept up to date with all Learners’ details and the tracking of performance, qualifications, attendance and progressions.
• To ensure all progress reviews are completed to support Learner’s educational development.
• To ensure the delivery of physical training (using the MPCT bib system during all sessions) extends and challenges the learners at the appropriate intensity.
• To ensure Military Training (MTD) are delivered following the military skills portfolios scheme of work in a cyclical manager.
• To listen to the views of Learners and parents to improve teaching and learning.
• The attend regular training on teaching and learning provided by MPCT / Learning Curve Group.

Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare

• To ensure an environment that gives Learners the confidence to discuss and debate in a considered way to show respect for others.
• To ensure all Learners achievements are celebrated, giving a positive impact on Learners’ attitude to learning.
• Provide learners, customers and colleagues with support, advice guidance as part of your everyday role
• Conduct your role in line with the company values and expected behaviours
• Comply with the 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.

What does success like?

As a centre Manager you are expected to commit unwaveringly to set high expectations for conduct and achievement from all staff and learners within your centre. This will be measured by 6 Key Performance Indicators.

Key Performance Indicator

Target

Engagement

90%

Attendance

90%

Retention

90%

Qualifications

90%

Progressions

90%

Military Progressions

40%

If you would like to discuss this role in more detail or need support in applying for this role, please contact our recruitment team on 01388 777129 or [e-mail]

Working Flexibly

If the working hours, days or times don't quite meet your needs please contact us to see if we can accommodate working flexibly.

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

Desirable

• GCSE'S Maths & English qualification would be desirable but essential
• Knowledge of vocational qualifications or the education sector
• Teaching qualification or the experience of teaching or instructing.
• Experience of working young people