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About the role: Progress CoachActivate Learning is seeking enthusiastic and inspirational individuals who are dedicated to making a positive impact to join our Progress Coach team. This role is essential in helping students develop the skills, knowledge, and attributes necessary to navigate the challenges and opportunities in learning, life, and work.As a Progress Coach, you will play a key role in our learners' journey, dividing your time between whole class and one-on-one tutorials across various faculties.Whole Class Personal Development SessionsYou will spend approximately 60% of your time leading whole class personal development sessions for a diverse range of students across different sectors. Your schedule will include up to 18 groups per week, varying in size and level of study.1-1 and Group CoachingThe remaining time will be dedicated to delivering one-on-one and group coaching sessions. These sessions focus on targeted interventions to help students improve their learning behaviors, academic success, relationships, and career pathways. Your aim will be to support students in advancing to the next level of learning or employment while keeping them engaged.We work with a diverse student body and need someone who can help learners build essential attributes such as self-awareness and resilience, and enhance their decision-making and confidence. You will also be responsible for supporting students who face behavioural challenges, utilising a positive behaviour management framework.This role involves meticulous record-keeping, collaboration with other student support services, and close communication with faculty staff. Adherence to safeguarding principles, professional integrity, and maintaining personal responsibility are crucial.This is a permanent, full-time position working 37 hours per week at our City of Oxford College campus.What do you need to be successful as a Progress Coach at Activate Learning?We are seeking highly motivated individuals to lead focused Personal Development tutorial sessions within our team. This could be an excellent development opportunity for an experienced Learning Support or Study Assistant looking for the next step in their career, or an experienced Progress Coach who'd prefer to step across to a large college.Key Responsibilities:Use your experience or transferable skills from education or youth work settings to effectively manage groups and build rapport with a diverse range of learners.Show empathy and resilience while working with students who may exhibit challenging behaviour, maintaining a supportive and confident approach.Utilise your outstanding communication and interpersonal skills to deliver engaging, relevant, and personalised group personal development sessions and coaching.Be confident in addressing challenging subjects such as consent, inclusion, personal responsibility, choice-making, and self-reflection.Explore and implement engaging and non-traditional facilitation methods, including project-based learning, to enhance the classroom experience.Have experience with the MS Office suite and demonstrate the ability to quickly adapt to new IT systems.If you are passionate about making a difference and possess these qualities, we invite you to apply for this role.Who we are:Activate Learning is a pioneering education group with a global reach, committed to transforming lives through our approach to learning.We see our employees as individuals, empowering them to make the right choices for their ambitions and careers. We value our people as vital to our continued success and aspire to a diverse, open and inclusive environment that provides the motivation for everyone to pursue their career goals and flourish.When you work for Activate Learning, you’re working for an organisation that provides you with the advantages of a large employer, a trusted partner in your career development, and a transformational way of working whilst also investing in building a community environment for everyone.Together, we will bring out the best version of yourself.Why work with the Activate Learning Group?Activate Learning Group Employee Benefits:Monthly Staff Appreciation Awards: Celebrating staff for their dedication and accomplishments aligned to our award-winning Learning Philosophy.Wellbeing Resources Groups: Comprehensive range of resources, guides and tools to support staff wellbeingCompany benefits: Including free eye tests and will writing, plus access to a Health Cash Plan covering optical, dental, health screening, and therapy treatments for you and your dependents.Learning and Development: continuous opportunities for teachers' professional growth and skill enhancement through our in-house L&D team.Teaching Support: Tailored Three-day induction program, and development programs for teaching staff.Pension Schemes: Teacher pension scheme for AL teaching staffGenerous Annual Leave: Up to 6 weeks paid leaveFlexible Working: Options include hybrid and remote, term time only, and flexible working patterns.Competitive salaries: Annual incremental progression and a twelve point pay scale for teachers.On-Site Facilities: Free parking at all campuses, refectories, hair and beauty salons & gym access.The title of this role has been changed for advertising purposes. The correct title will be: Progress CoachApplicants should apply at the earliest opportunity, closed vacancies will prevent application form submission.Applications are reviewed and shortlisted on a rolling basis, we reserve the right to interview, appoint and close adverts.Activate Learning is committed to safeguarding and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level.Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, we do not sponsor work permits. Work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.Applications are encouraged from all candidates who meet or exceed minimum criteria, regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion or ethnicity. Activate Learning are committed to employing people with disabilities and will ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. If you require any reasonable adjustments either at application or interview stage please contact the talent team directly.Recruitment agencies who submit unsolicited CVs to any partner or employee at Activate Learning, have no authority to enter into an arrangement. Recruitment agencies engaging with Activate Learning Talent Team will be on our PSL.

The Vacancy

Instructor and Technician



We are seeking a skilled Instructor and Technician to join our Construction and Building Services Department. This role involves supporting Lecturers and students in the practical delivery of wet trade skills, including plastering, tiling and bricklaying, The successful candidate will play a vital role in maintaining a safe, effective, and inspiring learning environment, ensuring that students receive the hands-on experience they need to excel.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Support: Assist in preparing materials, tools, and equipment for practical sessions in wet trade areas, including plastering, bricklaying, tiling, and painting.

Workshop Maintenance: Ensure all tools, equipment, and facilities are well-maintained, clean, and ready for use. Carry out minor repairs and coordinate maintenance as needed.

Health & Safety: Monitor and enforce health and safety standards in the workshop. Conduct regular safety checks and maintain accurate records.

Resource Management: Manage inventory of materials and tools, ordering supplies as necessary to support course requirements.

Student Support: Provide guidance and support to students during practical sessions, assisting with techniques, equipment use, and safety protocols.

About Carlisle College

Carlisle College is a further education college serving the post-16 education and training needs of Carlisle and the surrounding area. Located in the city centre, we’ve been here since 1954 and every year we help more than 2,700 students take their next steps towards their future.

We offer an extensive range of vocational and academic subjects with over 100 courses available from entry level through to degrees, professional qualifications and community programmes. We offer full time and part time courses, including short courses and distance learning.

We provide students with facilities that reflect those found in industry, combined with teaching staff who are experts in their fields and have real life industry experience – a perfect combination that allows our students to realise their career ambitions. We’ve invested over £30 million in our city-centre campus, including a £5.3 million digital and creative arts complex and a £1 million Advanced Manufacturing Centre. Our world class facilities include state-of the-art equipment and resources, which significantly expands our modern campus into a real learning community. Combined with excellent teaching, we can ensure that learning is more relevant, realistic and enjoyable, providing students with the perfect route into further study or employment.

At Carlisle College we have a long and proud history of working with local businesses and industry, to help meet skills and development needs via our Apprenticeship programmes. We currently work with over 350 employers and over 700 apprentices in the local area.

Every colleague at Carlisle College, whether teaching or supporting our students, has an important role to play. In return, we aim to provide a rewarding and supportive environment, in which we will help you to develop and reach your full potential.

Carlisle College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

At Carlisle College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.

Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.

1. Being both inclusive and diverse

2. Trusting and respecting our communities

3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively

4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.

As part of the NCG Group, Carlisle College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.

NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.

No agency applications will be accepted.

NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

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Contract type: Fixed term until October 2027

About us:
At the Department of Physiology Anatomy & Genetics (DPAG) we undertake discovery science where we reassemble physiological processes at the molecular, cellular, tissue and systems level of organisation. In so doing we provide a bridge to translational medicine, and interface between physical and life sciences. We are committed not only to innovative research and the highest standard of teaching, but also to creating an inclusive and supportive working environment.

Overview of the Role: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scientist to join Dr. Becky Carlyle's lab as part of a collaborative project led by Professor Paul Harrison (Oxford Psychiatry). The project involves partnerships with Professor Carol Robinson (Oxford Chemistry), Dr. Thomas Hyde (Lieber Institute for Brain Development), and Professor Gary Stephens (Reading Pharmacology). The ideal candidate will have experience with membrane protein enrichment and preparation for mass-spectrometry analysis. A key focus will be developing assays to detect and quantify calcium channel conformations and interactomes, contributing to research on psychiatric disease mechanisms within a vibrant, international team. This is a 3-year position, available immediately.

Key Responsibilities:
Optimize cellular and molecular approaches for membrane protein enrichment
Develop and implement mass-spectrometry assays for protein analysis
Manage academic research and related administrative tasks
Refine scientific techniques and protocols, testing and analysing hypotheses
Collaborate on scientific reports, journal articles, and presentations
Operate specialist lab equipment and advise colleagues on protocols
Represent the research group at meetings and seminars
Selection Criteria:
PhD/DPhil in bioscience (or near completion)
Mass-spectrometry expertise, including sample preparation and data analysis
Strong research, project management, and communication skills
Experience with human brain tissue proteomics is a plus.
What we offer:
Your wellbeing at work matters, so we offer a range of family friendly and financial benefits including:
• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle and electric car loan schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

While this is a full-time role, we welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for flexible working arrangements.

How to apply:
Please provide a supporting statement outlining how you meet the selection criteria along with your CV, and the details of two referees as part of your online application.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Thursday 21st November.
Interviews are likely to take place during the week commencing 2nd December, and can be held face-to-face or on Microsoft Teams.
Applications are particularly welcome from women, black and minority ethnic candidates who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.

Follow us:
Stay connected with us on LinkedIn, X and Instagram to learn more about our work and culture. Informal enquiries about the role may be directed to the DPAG HR Team: hr@dpag.ox.ac.uk

DPAG’s Statement of Inclusion:
We, as a Department and Community, will be considerate and welcoming of all people, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and socio-economic background. We acknowledge societal inequalities and how these impact us, and those around us, personally and professionally. Our policies, practices and Respectful Behaviours Framework underpin this commitment.

As an Apprentice Nandoca (aka Team Member) at Nando's, you will be working towards a level 2 Hospitality Team Member apprenticeship over the duration of 15 months, learning and growing in your role. We'll give you on the job training and development, off the job support, coaching and help you build your own unique learning plan.

We believe growth is about more than just helping you to perform in your job, it's about becoming a better person inside and outside of work.

You will make our customers feel valued as part of our family by creating a fun environment or them to enjoy. It's up to us to make sure our customers leave feeling happy, having had a really positive experience.

Your roles and responsibilities will include;

Front of house:

- Giving a warm welcome to our customers and make them feel at home

- Serve customers efficiently at the till - understanding their needs

- Serve amazing food to Nando's high standards that make customers feel 'Fired up', 'Wowed by the Experience' and 'Hooked for the Next Taste'

- Bring amazing food and drink to the table and make sure our customers have everything they need

- Manage takeaway customer experience

- Set up, maintain, hand over and close down a clean, safe, and fully operational workstation

- Handle deep cleaning to Nando's high standards

- Follow all fire safety, health and safety, food hygiene and restaurant security measures

Back of house:

- Make our customers feel valued as part of our family by cooking , grilling and preparing their meals to Nando's high standards.

- Set up, maintain, hand over and close down and clean, safe, and fully operational workstation

- Handle deep cleaning to Nando's high standards

- Follow all fire safety, health and safety, food hygiene and restaurant security measures

As well as fantastic training and development, we really care about looking after our Nandoca's by offering a great range of benefits, which include:

- Free meal on every shift you work

- Flexible shifts

- Access to a great discount platform

- Discount on Nando's for you and your friends and family (40% everyday)

- Internal development programmes to support your career development

- Regular regional parties and events

- Refer a friend incentive scheme

What skills and experience we're looking for

Year 3/4 class needs an excellent teacher from January.

We are looking for someone who wants to:

• Plan exciting opportunities for the children using our local area
• Build relationships with our supportive, friendly parents
• Model excellent teaching with ambitions to improve
• Join in our collaborative approach to decision making and school improvement
• Adapt lessons to suit different needs in the classroom
• Share workload with their TA support
• Learn from highly experienced and friendly colleagues.
• Recharge in their 1-hour lunchbreak without being disturbed

What the school offers its staff

Our children are delightful to work with, well-behaved and eager to learn.

We have space to spread out and can walk to a wealth of amenities in Oxford, which enrich our learning.

Schemes of work are available to support planning and non-contact time is generous. Our team is very experienced, supportive and friendly.

We offer a great opportunity for further professional development. We have recently moved to using different schemes of work such as the Learning Challenge curriculum and White Rose. This is an exciting time to start at New Hinksey, as we are providing additional training and support while we improve our provision.

Visit our website "vacancies" section to find out what it is like to work at our school.

Further details about the role

Visits to the school are welcome - please call or email to arrange.

Commitment to safeguarding

New Hinksey CofE Primary School is committed to safeguarding children and young people. This post involves the type of work with children and young people that requires applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All users are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed.

Contract & job type: Full-time, Fixed-term for 1 year

About us:
At the Department of Physiology Anatomy & Genetics (DPAG) we undertake discovery science where we reassemble physiological processes at the molecular, cellular, tissue and systems level of organisation. In so doing we provide a bridge to translational medicine, and interface between physical and life sciences. We are committed not only to innovative research and the highest standard of teaching, but also to creating an inclusive and supportive working environment.

Overview of the role:
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scientist to join Prof Molly Stevens’s lab at the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with strong expertise in organic chemistry who is also a confident self-starter, a collaborative team player, and demonstrate a proven track record of first-author publications in peer-reviewed journals.

In this role, you will develop a diagnostic platform applying the in-house developed technique SPARTA™ to the analysis of extracellular vesicles as potential disease biomarkers. The post will involve a range of nanobiomaterial characterisation techniques and the application of multivariate data analysis methods for sample classification.

This post is available from January 2025 for a fixed-term of 12 months, with the possibility of part-time appointments being considered.

Key responsibilities:
• Develop Single Particle Automated Raman Trapping Analysis (SPARTA™) as a non-invasive disease diagnostic technique based on EVs as biomarkers.
• Develop a deep understanding of EV biochemistry, Raman fingerprints and surface protein expression.
• Evaluate the performance of the technique with model systems and patient samples.
• Undertake the associated data analysis and interpretation, ensuring validity and reliability of data at all times, including either developing or liaising with others to use chemometrics, ML/AI algorithms and/or multivariate analysis.
• Manage your own research activities, including administrative tasks associated with the project.
• Actively participate in the multidisciplinary environment of the Stevens Group and collaborate with external research groups.

Selection criteria:
• Hold, or be near to completion of, a PhD/DPhil in materials science, chemistry, physics, nanotechnology, or related field.
• Experience in single nanoparticle analysis techniques (e.g. SPARTA, nanoflow cytometry, imaging flow cytometry, super resolution microscopy, NTA)
• Experience in extracellular vesicle harvesting techniques (e.g. cell culture, antibody conjugation)
• Experience in chemometric data analysis including multivariate analysis.
• Proven track record of first-author publications in peer-reviewed journals.
• Ability to work independently and manage your own research and administrative tasks.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a multidisciplinary team.

What we offer:
Your wellbeing at work matters, so we offer a range of family friendly and financial benefits including:
• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle and electric car loan schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

While this is a full-time role, we welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

How to apply:
Please provide a supporting statement outlining how you meet the selection criteria along with your CV, and the details of two referees as part of your online application.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday 28th October.
Interviews are likely to take place during the week commencing 4th November, and will be held on Microsoft Teams.
Applications are particularly welcome from women, black and minority ethnic candidates who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.

Follow us:
Stay connected with us on LinkedIn, X and Instagram to learn more about our work and culture. Informal enquiries about the role may be directed to the DPAG HR Team: hr@dpag.ox.ac.uk

DPAG’s Statement of Inclusion:
We, as a Department and Community, will be considerate and welcoming of all people, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and socio-economic background. We acknowledge societal inequalities and how these impact us, and those around us, personally and professionally. Our policies, practices and Respectful Behaviours Framework underpin this commitment.

What skills and experience we're looking for

If you can demonstrate excellent progress in your teaching and are now ready to join a Middle Leadership Team, we are seeking a team member who will have the strategic lead for a Year group within our wonderful, vibrant and respectful school community. If you are child-centred, believe in unlocking potential for all and are determined that every student has the right to feel valued and heard, then we are keen to hear from you. We are seeking candidates who can also offer Girls’ PE as their main subject.

For further details and an application form please go to the school website

www.cirencesterkingshill.gloucs.sch.uk

What the school offers its staff

• Attractive salary and pension schemes – Teachers Pension Scheme (Teaching Staff) or the Local Government Pension Scheme (Professional Support Staff)
• Family friendly polices
• A range of statutory benefits including sick pay, maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave
• Access to an employee assistance programme for all staff that offers services, including wellbeing, self-referral counselling, information on stress, weight management, smoking cessation
• Access to Occupational Health services
• New staff induction and support programmes
• Continuous service in other state funded schools will be honoured in relation to sick pay, holiday entitlement, pension rights
• Cycle to work scheme
• Long service awards
• Access to or provision of IT equipment (role specific)
• Access to CLPD and INSET, personalised for individuals through the schools’ Appraisal procedures, including access to role specific academic study and professional qualifications
• Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
• Staff social, sporting and wellbeing activities throughout the year
• The dining room is open for staff to use at break and lunch times
• Staff room with facilities, including tea and coffee
• There is an optional staff social fund

Commitment to safeguarding

Cirencester Kingshill School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.