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Head of Education

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Key Information:

Job Description: Head of Education
Special Terms: Full Time, permanent
Salary: £40,563 + 10% pension
Accountable to: Director of Inclusion
Accountable for: Pride in Practice Coordinators, Training Academy Coordinator,
Education Coordinator, Sessional Workers/Consultants

Recruitment timeline:

Closing Date: Weds 29th May
Interview Date: Wed, 5 Jun

(We appreciate there will be a short turnaround and therefore have been advertising the interview date in advance so pre-emptive availability can be organised.)

About the role:

LGBT Foundation is looking for a Head of Education who will be responsible for supporting the
Deputy Director of Education with the strategic leadership and effective operation of the
Education offering which includes products, both existing and in development. These include
Pride in Practice and Training Academy. We aim to significantly grow these programmes and are
looking for a motivated and experienced leader who will support their team to deliver ambitious
targets.

Pride in Practice is an LGBTQ+ inclusion programme for primary care designed to address health
inequalities through training, assessment, a graded award and support to approximately 900
practices across the country.

Training Academy provides a range of standard and bespoke training options for individuals and
organisations to improve their confidence and competence in LGBTQ+ inclusion.

We operate hybrid working, but there will be an expectation for the postholder to work from
Manchester at least once a week, with national travel where required.
We are taking positive action to encourage applications from people of colour (PoC) and other
racially minoritised communities, trans, non-binary and/or older people (aged 50+), to improve
the representation of colleagues from these communities in our staff team.

Trans is an umbrella & inclusive term used to describe people whose gender identity differs in some way from that which they were assigned at birth; including non-binary people, cross dressers and those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex assigned at birth.

Role Accountabilities

• Responsible for strategically leading and growing a number of programmes achieving
  their ambitious targets.
• Support and motivate a team of direct reports to thrive and achieve their outputs
• Responsible for the governance of programmes, including chairing the quarterly board
  meetings and champions forum.
• Contract management and oversight, including developing and nurturing relationships
  with funders.
• Be data driven and provide monthly updates for Deputy Director of Education as well as
  quarterly programme board reports; end of funding reports; and annual impact reports.
• Budget management across Education division, ensuring projects are delivered to
  budget; promoting responsible spending; and processing invoices and expenses.
• Implementation and oversight of the annual Patient Experience survey.

For more information about the role please download the role profile at the top of this page.