Teaching & Learning Lead (Contractor)

Gonurture; Ireland; On-site; EUR 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Nurture is seeking a contract Teaching & Learning Lead to deliver in-person formative assessment training across schools in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

The role is part-time and fixed-term, commencing at the start of August, with travel required and responsibilities spanning onboarding, trainer development, and alignment with national policy contexts.

Qualifications

• Qualified secondary school teacher with experience in EdTech.
• Solid grounding in formative assessment and Dylan Wiliam’s five strategies.
• Experience delivering CPD to teachers.
• Willingness to travel across ROI and NI with a full driving licence.
• In-person facilitator capable of training across schools.

Responsibilities

• Deliver in-person T&L training sessions across ROI and NI.
• Support onboarding and train-the-trainer delivery to scale impact across school systems.
• Apply formative assessment pedagogy, grounded in Dylan Wiliam’s five strategies.
• Ensure sessions align with school, organisation, and national policy contexts.
• Support resource delivery (handbooks, guides, session materials) and feed classroom insight back to the team.
• Collaborate with the Delivery, Sales and Product teams as needed.

Skills

EdTech expertise

Formative assessment

In-person facilitation

CPD delivery

Microsoft Teams

Travel willingness

Teacher training

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Qualified secondary school teacher

Job description

Join Nurture as a contract Teaching & Learning Lead, delivering in-person formative assessment training across schools in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Role type Part-time, fixed-term contractor (commencing the beginning of August)

Location Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland (in-person delivery across Nurture schools, with travel)

Reports to Head of Delivery and CEO, David Neville

Works alongside Emer Cunningham, Teaching, Learning & Research Lead

Remuneration Competitive (DOE)

About Nurture

Nurture is a formative assessment and feedback solution, built natively for Microsoft Teams and working alongside our strategic advisor Professor Dylan Wiliam — the world’s leading authority on formative assessment. We help teachers deliver effective formative assessment and feedback.

Purpose of the role

To support our Teaching and Learning team in delivering high-quality, in-person T&L training across Nurture schools in Ireland and Northern Ireland — ensuring teachers and leaders confidently embed formative assessment practice.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver in-person T&L training sessions across Nurture partner schools in ROI and NI (the primary focus of the role)
• Support onboarding and “train the trainer” delivery to scale impact across school systems
• Apply formative assessment pedagogy, grounded in Dylan Wiliam’s five key strategies
• Ensure sessions align with school, organisation, and national policy contexts
• Support resource delivery (handbooks, guides, session materials) and feed classroom insight back to the team
• Collaborate with the Delivery, Sales and Product teams as needed
• Qualified secondary school teacher
• Demonstrable specialisation / strong experience in EdTech
• Proven teaching & learning expertise
• Solid grounding in formative assessment (Dylan Wiliam’s five strategies) — a hard requirement
• Confident, credible in-person facilitator with teachers and school leaders
• Full driving licence and a willingness to travel across ROI and NI
• Experience delivering CPD / professional learning to teachers
• Familiarity with Microsoft Teams in a school setting
• Experience working across both ROI and NI education systems