Student Support Role - Lead Learning Manager

Outwood Grange Academies Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent educational institution in Tees Valley seeks a Lead Learning Manager to oversee the Learning Manager team and ensure student support for maximized attainment. This role emphasizes integrity and creativity, facilitating student welfare and achievement. Candidates with passion for education and team leadership are encouraged to apply. Employee benefits include flexible policies and a comprehensive induction program.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction and training process

Local government pension scheme

Flexible family-friendly policies

Minimum of 25 days holiday

Employee Assistance Programme

Free flu vaccinations

Employee discounts

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Manage the Learning Manager team effectively.
• Communicate a clear purpose and vision for student support.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership for welfare and safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Support students to maximize attainment and life changes.
• Create a culture of success and a positive climate for learning.
• Involve in the broader educational experience beyond the classroom.

Skills

Integrity

Imagination

Energy

Job description

About the Academy

Outwood Academy Riverside was founded in September 2020 through the Free Schools Programme and implements the Riverside values programme for all students at the start of every academic year. The academy is dedicated to the wide variety of students who enrol, ensuring strong routines and top‑notch pastoral care for all pupils. Located at Russell Street, Middlesbrough, a new school has been built on Pioneering Way close to Middlesbrough College. A satellite site in Eston opened in September 2024 for the new Year 7 cohort as the school continues to grow.

About the Role

Outwood Academy Riverside is looking to appoint a Lead Learning Manager. The role includes managing the Learning Manager team, communicating a clear purpose and vision so that students receive the support they need to maximise attainment and life changes, and taking a strategic and operational lead for the welfare and safeguarding of children and young people. We seek outstanding applicants with integrity, imagination and energy for this rewarding role.

We place students at the centre of everything we do, focusing on creating a culture of success, a positive climate for learning and increasing student attainment, achievement and social and emotional development. We believe that all support staff within our Family of Schools are key posts in securing student success and achievement across a broad range of subjects and experiences. Dedicated and ambitious individuals who will add value to our Academy in both academic terms and through involvement in the fabric of learning and success beyond the classroom are encouraged to apply.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role, please contact Shazia Aslam at [e-mail].

Employee Benefits

• A comprehensive induction and training process
• Automatic enrolment into the local government pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Flexible family‑friendly policies from day one
• Enhanced occupational benefits, including maternity, adoption and parental leave with no qualifying period
• A minimum of 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Range of working patterns available depending on the role
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme, offering specialist information on work‑life issues, emotional support and counselling, legal guidance, financial guidance and debt counselling, child and dependent care support and advice, and support for managers
• Free flu vaccinations and onsite parking
• Employee discounts, such as competitively priced car leasing
• Wellbeing employer with a dedicated wellbeing strategy, menopause policy and champions

All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and suitability checks to work with children.

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