Total 579 Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS, B2 5AF

Community Connections Advisor - Grade D

Description
The Community Connections Advisor - Grade D will play a pivotal role in fostering relationships and enhancing community engagement through strategic initiatives and outreach programs. This position is designed for a passionate individual who is committed to building strong partnerships and promoting collaboration between various stakeholders, including local organizations, government agencies, and community members. The ideal candidate will leverage their expertise in community development to identify needs, design effective programs, and implement solutions that empower individuals and groups within the community. This role also involves advocating for community interests, facilitating workshops, and coordinating events that promote inclusive participation. The Community Connections Advisor will utilize strong communication skills to engage diverse populations, ensuring that all voices are heard and valued. By analyzing community demographics and feedback, the Advisor will contribute to the development of policies and initiatives that reflect the needs and aspirations of the community. The position requires a solution-oriented mindset and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a dynamic environment. If you are eager to make a positive impact in your community, this is the perfect opportunity to join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to enhancing community wellbeing.

Responsibilities
Develop and maintain partnerships with community organizations and stakeholders.
Facilitate workshops and training sessions to promote community engagement.
Conduct regular assessments to identify community needs and preferences.
Coordinate events and activities that foster community participation.
Advocate for community-based solutions and represent community interests to various entities.
Collect and analyze data to inform community development initiatives.
Prepare reports and presentations on community engagement activities and outcomes.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Community Development, or a related field.
At least 3 years of experience in community outreach or a similar role.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage diverse populations.
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders.
Proficiency in data analysis and report writing.
Experience in organizing community events and activities.
Understanding of community development principles and best practices.

Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Pay Per Hour: £11.81
Location: Plymouth, South West England

Should you wish to apply for this job opportunity, please, send an up to date CV.

What skills and experience we're looking for

For further information about the skills and experience required for the role, please follow the link to our recruitment website.

What the school offers its staff

For further information about the skills and benefits available for the role, please follow the link to our recruitment website.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

4DWW will be rolled out within our school, when we have a full complement of staff, and within the next year – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join us #teamOFG!

Job Title: Science Teacher

Location: Manor House School, Slinfold, Horsham

Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum depending on experience

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship

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As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Science Teacher to join our close-knit team at Manor House School located in Horsham.

About the role

We are looking for a creative Science Teacher who has the skills to push standards to improve and give students the tools to achieve their best in Science, by preparing and delivering well-structured, inclusive lessons.

The ability to make an outstanding contribution to the development of this core subject is essential and we believe that energy, passion and a commitment to high standards are key characteristics in the right applicant. We are looking for a special individual who is able to help re-engage the young people that we serve. Experience in working with pupils who have social, emotional and mental health related difficulties is an advantage. This is an opportunity for the successful candidate to develop their skills and experience in a challenging, motivating and highly rewarding environment.

Key Result Areas

Plan, implement, review and develop the Science curriculum to ensure provision is responsive to individual learning needs, reflects national standards and legal requirements.
Ensure a balanced curricular approach that will encourage and reward participation in learning through achievement and progression.
Develop and organise teaching and other support staff to ensure the effective delivery of the Science curriculum.
Promote and ensure pupil support and the achievement of high professional and teaching standards.
Ensure the continuous improvement of learning in Science and support provision based on an annual planning cycle with clear objectives and targets and a quality improvement plan based on self-evaluation and external benchmarks.
Qualifications Required

QTS
About us

Manor House School is a DfE registered independent school which caters for boys and girls with social, emotional and mental health needs between the ages of 7-18 years old.

Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and care for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Why join Acorn Education?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

Life Assurance
Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
“Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
Cycle to Work Schemes
Electric Car Purchase Scheme
Critical illness cover
Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.

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What skills and experience we're looking for

The Ruth Gorse Academy are seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Teacher of Science. This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy – the successful applicant will be responsible for teaching and inspiring students across Key Stage 3 and 4 to achieve their potential within Science. This opportunity is open to both ECTs and Experienced Teachers.

The ideal applicant will have:

Either:

• A successful placement (s), teaching at KS3 & KS4 (applicants currently in training)

Or:

• A successful record teaching with very good exam results at one or more of KS3 & KS4 (applicants who have already gained QTS)
• A detailed knowledge of current developments in education including the use of Pupil Premium
• The ability to put vision into practice

What the school offers its staff

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership to a local government pension scheme.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

Further details about the role

Working as part of The GORSE Academies Trust, The Ruth Gorse Academy ensures that students receive an outstanding education that focuses on aspiration, high expectations and personalisation. Together these non-negotiable values instil in young people a self-belief that enables students to access the highest standard of higher education provision and employment. We believe that poverty and deprivation should, in no way, limit either the quality of a young person’s educational experience or the levels of achievement to which those students are able to rise. In October 2023, the exceptional nature of our work at The Ruth Gorse Academy was again recognised by Ofsted and demonstrated within our GCSE results. We continue to be heavily oversubscribed year on year, as we deliver high quality education for each and every student.

If you would like to know more about our The Ruth Gorse Academy, please visit our website at https://www.ruthgorse.leeds.sch.uk/

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Ruth Gorse Academy are seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Teacher of Mathematics. This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy – the successful applicant will be responsible for teaching and inspiring students across Key Stage 3 and 4 to achieve their potential within Mathematics. This opportunity is open to both ECTs and Experienced Teachers.

The ideal applicant will have:

Either:

• A successful placement (s), teaching at KS3 & KS4 (applicants currently in training)

Or:

• A successful record teaching with very good exam results at one or more of KS3 & KS4 (applicants who have already gained QTS)
• A detailed knowledge of current developments in education including the use of Pupil Premium
• The ability to put vision into practice

What the school offers its staff

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership to a local government pension scheme.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

Further details about the role

Working as part of The GORSE Academies Trust, The Ruth Gorse Academy ensures that students receive an outstanding education that focuses on aspiration, high expectations and personalisation. Together these non-negotiable values instil in young people a self-belief that enables students to access the highest standard of higher education provision and employment. We believe that poverty and deprivation should, in no way, limit either the quality of a young person’s educational experience or the levels of achievement to which those students are able to rise. In October 2023, the exceptional nature of our work at The Ruth Gorse Academy was again recognised by Ofsted and demonstrated within our GCSE results. We continue to be heavily oversubscribed year on year, as we deliver high quality education for each and every student.

If you would like to know more about our The Ruth Gorse Academy, please visit our website at https://www.ruthgorse.leeds.sch.uk/

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you ambitious? Do you want to work in a dynamic 11-16 school?

We are seeking to appoint an excellent teacher of science, who is confident in their subject knowledge and is able to motivate and enthuse students. Our £2.5m suite of high spec science labs were opened in May 2017, providing the very best learning environment for students.

Are you someone who:

• Is a consistently good/outstanding teacher?
• Is able to motivate and inspire students to raise attainment across all ability ranges?
• Is able to deliver outstanding teaching and learning and achieve excellent results?
• Has an excellent knowledge of science?
• Has excellent communication skills?
• Wants to make a real difference to the lives of our students?

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• The chance to work in an oversubscribed, innovative and forward-thinking school
• Teaching at KS3 and KS4
• Judged to be a GOOD School by OFSTED
• A DfE Behaviour Hub Lead School with CPD opportunities working across the South East
• Excellent Professional Development, including engagement with SSAT Embedding Formative Assessment Programme
• A friendly and supportive environment
• The opportunity to work with well-motivated students and supportive parents and carers
• A location on the coast very close to main line railway services and road networks
• Free well-being and medical support cover
• The opportunity to be part of the South Downs Education Trust MAT
• Free use of our fitness suite

Commitment to safeguarding

South Downs Education Trust (SDET) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Day to day
In this role you will be responsible for:

You will be able to demonstrate your ability to maintain the highest safety and quality standards.
You will be able to complete routine and assigned tasks efficiently and on time while maintaining effective work behaviour.





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What skills and experience we're looking for

The ideal applicant will have:

• GCSE grade C/4 and above in science or equivalent qualification.
• Familiarity with simple Lab apparatus/chemicals.
• The ability to work well under pressure and use your own initiative.

What the school offers its staff

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership to a local government pension scheme.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for an outstanding teacher with a proven track record of success and raising pupil outcomes. As a Star teacher, you’ll join the Star Academies family, a high-performing and supportive network of primary and secondary schools with some of the best teachers in education.

The successful candidate will have the ability to deliver quality teaching that drives achievement and inspires a love of learning. You will be able to demonstrate experience of achieving positive outcomes for pupils, as well as being passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people. As a committed team player, you will have excellent organisational skills and the natural ability to motivate both pupils and peers.

You will have:

• A degree-level qualification and Qualified Teacher Status.
• The ability to teach to GCSE standard.
• Experience of sustained delivery of outstanding attainment and achievement.
• Experience of innovation and creativity to engage, enthuse and progress learners.

What the school offers its staff

Tong Leadership Academy is a state-of-the-art secondary school for 11 to 18 year olds in Bradford. We joined Star Academies in 2016 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.

We are a rapidly improving school with high ambitions and expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader. We were graded as ‘Good’ in all areas by Ofsted during our most recent inspection in October 2023.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a well-qualified and enthusiastic science graduate to grow and enhance our large and successful science team as a result of recent increases in the uptake of science courses post-16, Psychology at KS4 and pupil intake in KS3.

The science department is a highly successful one, making a significant contribution to EBacc progress scores that are consistently significantly above the national average. In 2023, (latest validated data), KS4 science value added was significantly above national and in the top 28% of all schools. Attainment across all courses in KS5 is also strong, with Biology A level in the top 20% of all schools.

We would expect the successful candidate to teach all Science disciplines at Key Stage 3 and in Key Stage 4 Combined Science and demonstrate their potential to teach their specialist subject in Triple Science. We offer the full range of science courses in the sixth form and therefore applicants with the desire to teach A level or BTEC level 3 Applied Science can be well supported by the school. We also offer GCSE and A level Psychology within the Science department.

What the school offers its staff

Swanshurst is a large, outstanding school for girls aged 11-19 years. We offer excellent support and CPD for staff at all stages of their career. Ofsted (May 2024) described our school to be “an exceptional place for pupils to learn”. They described the curriculum as “exemplary” and one which "explodes into life in the classroom". In relation to staff wellbeing, they noted that “The school is conscious of staff workload and well-being and is committed to achieving excellence in a sustainable way.”. We are exceptionally proud to have been judged ‘Outstanding’ in two consecutive inspections. Ofsted (2024) judged Swanshurst to be Outstanding for a second time. Our Ofsted report can be found here.

The school is currently working with two local high-performing secondary schools to form a new Multi-Academy Trust. West Midlands Academy Trust (WMAT) is expected to ‘open’ in January 2025. As one of the three founding members, the school has been integral to forming the Trust’s mission:

• Relentless focus upon delivering an excellent Quality of Education, resulting in strong progress and attainment for all groups of pupils.
• Emphasis upon personal development and well-being for staff and pupils.

Hall Green School, Swanshurst School and Kings Norton Girls’ School are excited to be the founding schools of WMAT and looking forward to achieving more together.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Swanshurst School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful applicant will require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service

Further details about the role

For further details and an application form please visit the vacancies section of our website (www.swanshurst.org/vacancies/1139.html) or contact recruitment@swanshurst.org. Applicants requesting an online application form must also submit a signed copy of their application either at the point of being called for interview or as soon as possible after the closing date. Please submit all completed applications to recruitment@swanshurst.org. Please note only application forms downloaded from the Swanshurst School website or obtained directly from Swanshurst School will be accepted.

Closing date: 12pm on Monday 18th November 2024

Selection: W/C 25th November 2024

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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