Continuous professional development (CPD) managers x 3 roles
1 x Maths
1 x English
1 x SEND
HELPING STUDENTS GET FURTHER
One in three students leave school each year without a standard pass (grade 4 or above) in GCSE English and maths, representing over 200,000 16-year-olds every year. This rises to over one in two for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The scale of the challenge at 16 extends into adulthood. An estimated 8.5 million working age adults in England have low literacy and numeracy skills. Lacking gateway qualifications locks people out of many opportunities for education and employment and is associated with adverse outcomes for learning potential, health and well-being.
Get Further exists to change this. Our charity delivers a series of interventions that help disadvantaged learners in Further Education to secure gateway English and maths qualifications that unlock opportunities. These interventions include our award-winning GCSE Resit Tuition Programme, for those resitting GCSEs, our Functional Skills Tuition Programme, supporting those on or aspiring to apprenticeship programmes, and training and resources to support teachers and leaders of English and maths in Further Education. You can read about the impact of our interventions here.
To help more students get further, we are seeking three motivated and passionate educators to deliver a national CPD programme designed to enhance the development of teachers of English and maths in the Further Education sector. We are looking for individuals who specialise in the teaching of English or maths and/or special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). You will form effective partnerships with FE providers to design, deliver and evaluate evidence-informed training that supports teachers and subject leaders and drives improvements in English and maths teaching across the sector.
This is a fantastic opportunity to help shape national practice and make a meaningful difference to teachers and learners alike. We are looking for individuals who are not only committed to raising standards in Further Education, but who also bring creativity, collaboration and a strong understanding of effective pedagogy to their work.
OUR TEAM, VALUES AND BENEFITS
Our central team currently comprises some 28 members, all motivated to reduce educational disadvantage and ensure young people get the gateway qualifications they need to succeed. We currently employ over 80 active tutors. Our main office is in Kings Cross, London, although we also have team members based in Wales, Yorkshire, Birmingham and elsewhere. We share our office with another educational charity, Axiom Maths.
We promote a supportive, collaborative, and inclusive working environment and are guided by our core values. These values are at the heart of our organisation’s personality
At Get Further, we are:
BOLD We are bold and unafraid to go against the grain.
OPTIMISTIC We are optimistic through setbacks, retaining a sense of possibility in the face of challenges.
AMBITIOUS We are ambitious for students who are yet to achieve gateway English and maths qualifications.
TENACIOUS We are tenacious in our drive to achieve impact for the students we support.
Our benefits include:
• 36 days of holidays per year (including bank holidays)
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Flexible hybrid and remote working
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Termly ‘in-person’ team development days at our offices in London
• The opportunity to work in a progressive and socially conscious, growing organisation where we can have an outsized impact on its success and development.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
The CPD Managers will report into our newly appointed Head of CPD and will be responsible for leading the delivery of our external CPD programme.
These roles are important to our future growth and sustainability, offering an exciting opportunity to contribute to the work of our programmes delivery team as we continue to expand our reach and impact.
Partnership development and Quality Assurance
• Proactively recruit new partners through introductory webinars, information sessions, and external communications.
• Act as the main point of contact for allocated providers, ensuring strong relationships and responsive support throughout programme delivery.
• Liaise with senior leaders and teaching staff in colleges and training providers to identify needs, monitor progress, and ensure high levels of engagement.
• Monitor the quality and impact of delivery, contributing to internal and external reporting processes and supporting the continuous improvement of the programme.
• Ensure all delivery is aligned with Get Further’s safeguarding policies, data protection standards, and commitment to equity and inclusion.
Programme Delivery and Development
• Deliver a structured sequence of workshops to support the teaching of English and/or maths (GCSE and Functional Skills) in Further Education settings across the country and online.
• Ensure workshops reflect evidence-informed teaching principles, including direct instruction, modelling, rehearsal, feedback, and retrieval practice.
• Support providers to select appropriate sessions from a programme menu, tailoring delivery to meet the specific needs of their setting.
• Work closely with teachers and leaders to co-develop action plans that embed new knowledge, techniques and approaches into classroom practice.
• Deliver high-quality follow-up support through coaching sessions, lesson observations (including through Iris Connect), and structured feedback.
• Coordinate programme delivery across three cohorts of providers (target areas include: London, West Midlands, Greater Manchester), ensuring timely and consistent delivery.
Training Design and Resource Development
• Contribute to the development of CPD content and training materials, ensuring they are high-quality, evidence-based and aligned with programme goals.
• Support the creation of materials focused on subject-specific pedagogy for English and/or maths, drawing on current research, examiners’ reports, and practitioner insight.
• Apply Get Further principles to the design resources and guidance to support effective routines, classroom management strategies, and adaptive teaching approaches including for learners with SEND.
• Work closely with the Head of CPD and wider team to refine and improve training sessions and resources in response to feedback, observations and data.
HOW TO APPLY
Your application must include:
• A CV of no more than 2 sides of A4; and
• A supporting statement which includes your answers to the following three questions:
1. Why do you want to work for Get Further? (250 words);
2. For each of the following three subheadings from the “Role Description” section of the job specification, which of your projects/work to date demonstrates that you would be successful in this role?
Please describe your specific role in the projects/work and the impact that you had.
o Partnership development and Quality Assurance (250 words)
o Programme Delivery and Development (250 words)
o Training Design and Resource Development (250 words)
3. If your application is successful, what two aspects of the role would be the biggest challenge for you, and how would you resolve these challenges? (300 words)
Please submit your application via our website: Jobs – Get Further by 9am 30th May.
This is a UK-based post and applicants must be living in and have the right to work the UK; if applicable please detail your visa status in your covering email. Get Further is an equal opportunities employer and will not discriminate against any candidate on the basis of any characteristic protected by the Equality Act 2010. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made throughout the recruitment process.
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