Twin is an award-winning provider of education, travel, work experience, accommodation, and employment services. We offer a diverse number of life enhancing services to our clients and every member of our team is essential in achieving this. As an organisation we are recruiting for a Director of Studies to oversee the organisation and implementation of the academic programme; management of the teaching staff; assisting the Centre Manager in the day-to-day running of the Centre; maintaining proper levels of student safety, discipline and welfare. For more details about our programme please visit our website.

Key Responsibilities 

• Ensuring customer satisfaction with the academic programme 
• Setting up and daily maintenance of academic notice boards 
• Ensuring the weekly checklist is used to measure student progress  
• Student testing and induction 
• Placing students in appropriate classes, creating class lists and registers, including conversation club registers 
• Scheduling of classes and teachers  
• Ensuring the syllabus is followed and suitable supplementary materials are used 
• Providing assistance with lesson planning, particularly for recently qualified teachers 
• Managing academic resources 
• Running teacher and staff meetings, and keeping meeting minutes 
• Delivering weekly teacher and Group Leader development sessions 
• Ensuring lessons are high quality through formal and informal observations 
• Managing teachers’ performance, including delivering appraisals 
• Assisting in delivery of on-site staff induction 
• Ensuring students are present in class and that accurate records  of class attendance are kept  
• Overseeing the delivery of ASL/GESE tuition programme  
• Organising GESE exam 
• Ensuring the integration of language learning with the social programme 
• Overseeing the delivery of student induction 
• Ensuring the copyright rules are followed 
• Assisting the Centre Manager as required and deputising in case of absence  
• Assisting/Supporting other managers in other aspects of the programme 
• Working with the Class database  
• Teaching where required  
• Liaising with Group Leaders regarding curriculum, observations etc. 
• Ensuring academic reports and certificates are completed 
• Organising a weekly leavers’ ceremony 
• Ensuring all students and Group Leaders complete and return feedback forms 
• Recording and managing day-to-day issues as they arise and applying sensible solutions 
• Liaising with college administrative staff at hired premises  
• Ensuring high levels of student safety and welfare, including risk assessing classrooms and outside learning environments 
• Ensuring that measures are put into place for students with special educational needs or disabilities 
• Ensuring the supervision ratios are met at all times including mealtimes and free time 
• Reporting accidents/ incidents to the Centre Manager and completing necessary documentation 
• During lesson time or in the absence of the centre manager, taking charge in case of an emergency 
• Maintaining adequate levels of student and staff discipline  
• Ensuring that teachers fully participate in activities and excursions 
• On-call overnight to respond to emergencies 
• Taking on the role of fire warden 
• Taking on the role of first aider 
• Take on the role of deputy Designated Safeguarding Officer, comprising of: 
  • Implementation of all aspects of the safeguarding policy. 
  • Reporting any concerns immediately to the onsite Designated Safeguarding Staff member 
  • In the absence of the onsite Designated Safeguarding Staff member, dealing with any safeguarding concerns following the procedures documented in the safeguarding policy. 
  • Maintaining detailed, accurate and secure written records of any safeguarding referral, complaint or concern – even where that concern does not lead to a referral. 
  • Acting as a source of support, advice and expertise for colleagues on matters of safety and safeguarding, and ensuring Policies & Procedures are known. 
  • Ensuring open and listening culture. 
• Any other reasonable/appropriate duties 

Skills and Experience 

Essential 

• Diploma level qualification (DELTA/Trinity TESOL Diploma and/or MA with a substantial element of observed teaching practice) 
• At least three years full time teaching experience with a large proportion of it being with young learners 
• Experience working in a fast paced and high pressure environment 
• Experience working as part of a team 
• IT literate 

Desirable 

• Summer school experience 
• Previous managerial experience 
• Administrative experience 
• Safeguarding training 
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment 
• Customer service experience 
• Ability to speak a second language 

Additional Information 

Working at a junior summer centre is extremely strenuous and demanding- and hours can be long. please consider If there any reason you might have difficulty fulfilling such a role.

Salary: £560 -£620  per week 

Available Locations (all residential):  Leamington Spa, Manchester, UEL- Docklands 

Hours: Maximum 66 hrs  

08.00 – 20.00 Also on-call overnight to deal with emergencies

Closing Date: Ongoing 

Benefits:  Career development opportunities

Please complete the application form on the right to be considered for this role.

In light of Covid-19 Interviews may be undertaken via Microsoft Teams. Following recent developments from COVID 19 you may see a delay in receiving feedback or interviews being scheduled. 
 
We regret that unsuccessful candidates will not be contacted. 
 
Please Note:  

The successful candidate must be able to work in the UK. 
Twin is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 
Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS, where appropriate. 
We are dedicated to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age. 

Disability Confident Employer 

Disabled applicants should indicate in the Equality of Opportunity section of the application form if they wish their application to be given consideration under the Disability Confident scheme.  

If you are invited to interview, please advise the recruitment administrator what adjustment you would require at the interview in as much detail as possible to enable arrangements to be put into place.  

We ask all applicants if they want to be considered under this scheme.  By opting-in to this scheme, you are disclosing that you have a disability solely for the purpose of the interview guarantee and we will not assume nor infer that you wish to disclose or record your disability in any other way – including any reasonable adjustments you may need if you are employed. 

Access to Work Scheme  

You can apply for Access to Work if you need support to get back to work. 

You can apply using the online service or apply by phoning Jobcentre Plus on: 

Telephone: 0800 121 7479 

Textphone: 0800 121 7579