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Reference: 71944

Date Added: 17 July 2019
Closing Date: 24 July 2019

Job Title: Head of South West

Working For: CoachBright

Location: Exeter

Salary: £23,000-£28,000

Length of Contract:

Job Details

Are you our next Head of South West?

As an award-winning, fast-growing social enterprise focussed on social mobility our mission is to support young people from disadvantaged communities to identify and fulfil their potential.

Working in partnership with schools, we deliver academic coaching programmes that improve a pupil’s grades, confidence and independence so they can win places at top universities and high level apprenticeships. 

Head of South West Role

Growing the South West as a sustainable CoachBright region:

  • Generating new school leads and securing programmes
  • Generating income outside of school programmes
  • Growing a strong and supportive network of schools, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), universities, corporate partners and others
  • Ensuring retention of volunteer coaches (meeting minimum targets set termly)

Create a thriving community of social mobility advocates among university students and young professionals:

  • Delivering recruitment plan for South West programmes to meet termly targets
  • Training volunteers in coaching and our pedagogy.

Oversee multiple in-school programmes (university student led and peer to peer)
across the South West:

  • Setting timelines for programme start and finish dates
  • Communicating with school staff weekly to provide feedback after sessions
  • Visiting schools to oversee quality.

Programme Design and Delivery:

  • Contributing to the design of current workshops and creating new workshops when needed
  • Running in-school workshops for groups of pupils (KS3-5) and facilitating university trips at the start and end of our programmes

Managing partnerships with South West universities:

  • Maintaining regular contact with relevant staff members in outreach and or/volunteering teams at each South West university
  • Managing room bookings for events at university campuses

Line managing a team of Head Coaches:

  • Delivering training for Head Coaches in the South West
  • Holding 1-1 appraisals to monitor performance and set actions

More information - https://bit.ly/coachSW

Closing Date: 24 July 2019

Interview/Start Dates

First round interviews will take place in Exeter Monday 29th July, followed by a
second round of interviews on Thursday 8th August.

Application Details

Email Robin at robin@coachbright.org with a CV and cover letter.

Website: http://www.coachbright.org

Additional Notes