Leadership & Management Facilitator at Pearson

Job description

Description

Pearson Marang Education Trust is looking for a local Leadership and Management Facilitator/Research Assistant to support circuit managers to enable 20 under-resourced and under-performing schools to implement and manage the curriculum effectively in all phases.

Who should apply?

• You are capable and have a track record of making a difference in education leadership and management.
• You are action-research orientated, self-driven, determined and focused on quality education.
• You are collaborative, take full accountability for your work and your actions.
• You are detail orientated, organized, systematic and a competent communicator.
• You are curious, open to learning new systems and keep yourself up to date with new ways of working in education leadership and management.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain cooperative working relations with all relevant district officials and stakeholders in order to implement the Trust’s Programme.
• Explain and negotiate with schools and relevant stakeholders, the standard terms, conditions, roles and responsibilities outlined in the relevant Programme Performance Agreement Contracts.
• Secure signed Performance Agreement Contracts from all school stakeholders before proceeding with any development and support work and able to review them annually.
• Implement the Trust’s School Development and Support Programme in 20 schools.
• Provide formal monthly feedback to the District Director and provide all stakeholders with quarterly written update reports.

Core competencies

Improve the implementation & management of the following policies: PAM, WSE, IQMS & NNSSF
Improve the management of the following in all subjects across grades 1 – 12:

CAPS implementation
Use of LTSMs and ICT
Use LOL *T*

• Implement PMET’s leadership and management capacity building programme in an education district by mediating effective adult learning processes to:
• Support SMT’s to manage the CAPS curriculum guidelines effectively across the curriculum in all phases
• Demonstrate/model, coach & mentor circuit managers in 'how to' support SMT’s to manage teachers to plan, prepare, mediate, assess, diagnose and intervene to improve teaching and learning effectively in all phases
• Provide effective project management to support these interventions.
• Monitor, evaluate and adapt the interventions to suit the context to ensure effectiveness.
• Prepare monthly progress reports on your activities for head office.
• Participate in planning, staff development and performance management activities as requested by your line manager.
• Work within specified project budgets and keep detailed records of all expenses incurred.
• Provide evidence of all expenses for monthly internet usage, cell phone, petrol and master card diaries for the Programme Managers.
• Ensure that company policies and procedures are followed in using Trust facilities and resources responsibly (cell phone, laptop, printer, tablet, data projector, petrol card, credit card).
• Ensure that company policies and procedures are followed in all work activities.
• Suggest updates/improvements to company policies or procedures where necessary.
• Ensure that high standards are maintained in all aspects of the Trust’s dealings with all stakeholders.
• Bring to the attention of your line manager, any concerns or issues relating to these.

Leadership competencies

Subscribe to Pearson’s Values: Decent, Accountable, Brave and Imaginative

• Leading self
• Always open to learning, courageous, ethical, self-managed and determined
• Leading Others
• Developmental, inspirational, relationship-builder and makes things happen

Experience

• The South African education system and district contexts
• The National Qualifications Framework
• Learner-centred and Outcomes-based teaching and learning strategies
• The generic implementation and management of CAPS requirements across the curriculum in all phases

Successful Practical Experience Of Effectively

• Implementing and managing the existing CAPS curriculum guidelines in under-resourced contexts
• Supporting schools to manage the CAPS curriculum
• Developing the capacity to engage with circuit managers to enable schools SMT’s to manage the CAPS curriculum in under-resourced contexts
• Computer skills to include,Microsoft Office Suite
• Driver’s license Code 08 and have a reliable vehicle
• Experience of supporting under-resourced schools or district offices from within the education system and from either an NPO or Corporate Social Responsibility perspective will be an advantage.

Qualifications

Matric a 4-year degree. An Honours or Masters in Education will be a distinct advantage.

Pearson is committed to the principles of employment equity and in accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan; preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act and subsequent amendments thereto.