Gender Inclusion Lead - York, United Kingdom - STEM Learning

STEM Learning

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York, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Gender Inclusion Lead

Location:
York

Salary:
Circa £38,000

Basis:
Permanent, Full-time (37 hours per week)

This is an exciting opportunity to join a nationally recognised and successful organisation delivering strategic and operational impact across the UK's STEM (including computing) education and industry landscape.

STEM Learning's ability to reach and engage schools and teachers, along with our ability to prove the impact of our support, has increased considerably - its status is unrivalled in the sector.

By leveraging this unrivalled expertise, STEM Learning has diversified its funding portfolio across a multitude of programmes to support achievement of this vision, aiming for continued growth in the next 5-10 years.

Notable areas of ambitious growth within the scope of this role include the expansion of our support for the teaching of computing and digital skills, complementing the support provided by the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE).

Reporting to the Computing Programme Manager - the Gender Inclusion Lead role is critical to ensuring more girls choose to study computer science at GCSE, A level, degree level and beyond.

The Role

The Gender Inclusion Lead will provide the highest standard of project and programme management to develop, implement and expertly lead the Gender Insights Programme (GI) through provision of CPD, resources, on-line and physical networking and communities and partnerships with a wide range of organisations and individuals.

The Gender Insights Lead will work to:

Develop evidence informed Gender Insights Programme (GI) supported by external expertise and STEM Learning's education team.
Oversee the training of 350 Computing Inclusion Champions (CIC) who will undertake specialised CPD.
Develop and grow a community of practice, supported by the specialist Computing Hub through the STEM Community digital platform.
Maintain girls' positive attitudes towards computing as they transition to secondary school. (There is reliable evidence that this is a key age for interest to decline.)
Support highquality GIinformed teaching in KS3 computing for specialist and nonspecialist teachers. Evidence suggests this is a key factor influencing girls' choices, helping them feel confident that teaching will help them be successful in computer science at key stage 4 and beyond.
Build aspiration by highlighting the importance of computer science when students are considering GCSE and A-Level options, utilising diverse narratives and voices.
Raise awareness of careers related to computing through enrichment activities and interactions with Computing Ambassadors.

Ensure appropriate data collection, management and analysis relating to activities, to evidence impact, provide timely and accurate reporting, and support decision-making.

Work closely with STEM Learning's Impact & Evaluation team to support internal and external dissemination of impact, evaluation data and best practice to inform future activity.

Education:
Honours degree or equivalent plus relevant professional experience and qualifications;

Experience:
demonstrable experience in a leadership and/or project management role including management of staff and customer relationship management. Experience of data management and analysis, including its use to support business planning and reporting. A background in education and a strong understanding of the education system is desirable.

Competencies:
Good written and oral communication skills with excellent attention to detail.

High levels of interpersonal and communication skills with a positive and enthusiastic manner and ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organisation.

Advanced IT skills.

Personal Qualities:
Solution focussed. Ability to think analytically and practically. Ability to prioritise conflicting demands and work to strict deadlines. Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.

Other:
The role holder will be required to undertake some UK travel and occasional overnight stays. Flexibility of working hours will be required to meet the demands of the role at key times.

About Us

Supported by - and in partnership with - Government, learned bodies, charitable trusts and employers, STEM Learning is the largest provider of STEM education and careers support in the UK.

It is world class at translating research, scientific expertise and pedagogical knowledge into practice at scale to:

- develop and support the expertise of teachers and school and college leaders
- inspire groups and communities
- engage employers and industry.

Our Benefits

30 days holidays plus bank holidays
Access to an excellent pension scheme
A comprehensive employee assistance programme
Access to a voluntary staff benefits scheme including cycle to work loan scheme; health cash back plans; free eye tests; discounted vouchers and much more

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