Visiting Fellowship - Secondment Opportunities

Job Description

Visiting Fellowship - Secondment Opportunities To ensure STEM Learning is best placed to continue to deliver a world-leading science education, in partnership with the science education community and school and college system, we wish to appoint highlyexperienced senior educationalists to play a pivotal leadership role across the National STEM Learning Centre and Network. These newly created, highly prestigious national appointments -STEM Learning Visiting Fellows- will hold significant weight and authoritywithin the education sector, leading a series of sector wide collaborations and partnerships. Successful candidates will be joining a highly successful organisation with a vision to achieve "a world-leading STEM education for all young people across the UK".STEM Learning is the largest provider of STEM education and careers support in the UK, working to develop and support the expertise of teachers and school and college leaders; inspire groups and communities; and engage employers and industry. STEM Learningsportfolio of science-specific CPD and provision is developed and delivered by a pool of quality assured CPD Facilitators - our talent pool - which supports school and system-wide improvement in science outcomes. Our ambition is to more strongly position ourtalent pool at the heart of our approach to achieve the highly versatile, flexible model - rooted in deep education expertise - to achieve a significant scaling up of our science support to schools and colleges across all educational phases from Early Yearsto post-16. STEM Learning Visiting Fellowswill lead this next phase of our development ensuring that educational talent and expertise becomes more visible, active and engaged across the breadth of the National STEM Learning Centre and Network. We are seekingtwo Fellows in this round of recruitment: one covering science in early years and primary education phases, and one covering science in secondary and post-16 education phases. Time commitment The Visiting Fellowship will be a fixed-term arrangement - typicallyone year, but flexibility around time commitment and start date can be negotiated. Ideally, we would be looking at a start date of Monday 04 April 2022, but this can be flexible - an earlier or later start date any time from January 2022 will be considered.Location UK wide, with an expectation for frequent travel to our offices in York and London. The role This role provides an opportunity for outstanding candidates to undertake a flexible term-of office/secondment with STEM Learning to: Perform a highly visibleleadership and advocacy role across the sector, working nationally to "achieve a world-leading STEM education for all young people across the UK." Lead efforts to position subject-specific science CPD at the heart of all schools and colleges, building a cultureof excellence in science teaching and learning. Work with system influencers across the education sector to ensure STEM Learnings offer remains relevant to existing and future needs, and complementary to other support. Play a central and demonstrable rolein our successful mobilisation, nurturing, and further development of a vibrant science specific educational talent pool operating at scale across the UK. The impact of this success can be demonstrated by clear metrics which support a more flexible, diverseand sustainable approach to STEM Learnings CPD delivery. Work collaboratively with STEM Learnings partners, scientific societies, and others to build upon existing strong foundations, and position our talent pool as a core component of the sectors solutionto CPD capacity and capability, so becoming an unrivalled asset within the sector. Identify, evaluate and appropriately direct further support for schools and colleges within the challenging environment of educational recovery, and wider prioritisation ofunder-served and educationally disadvantaged people and communities. Provide informed and supportive challenge to STEM Learnings CPD strategy and operational delivery model, planning, and review whilst supporting efforts to diversify our offer, includinginto more specialised areas of provision. As part of the Visiting Fellowship, there will be opportunity for the successful candidate to pursue research, evaluation, or further study in science education in an area of their choice. The successful candidateswill have the unique opportunity to draw on the skills, connections and expertise within STEM Learning and, where appropriate, its partner universities and associated stakeholders. The person We are seeking two Fellows: one covering science at early yearsand primary education phases, and one covering science at secondary and post-16 education phases. The successful candidate will: Have recent experience of headship or senior leadership within a school or college setting, or across groups of schools and colleges;Possess good knowledge of the current educational landscape and ability to translate that into the CPD context; Have a highly established educational record.Desirable but not essential- experience leading CPD/science support with demonstrable impact; Havehigh-level influencing skills and the confidence to secure engagement with senior leaders in schools, colleges and across groups of schools;Be an effective public speaker with high levels of enthusiasm; Possess high levels of integrity, compassion and trust;Be experienced in developing effective links and partnerships between schools, colleges and wider partners. Benefits to your school One of the biggest challenges for any senior leader in an education setting is time - particularly to define and pursue an areaof particular interest. This time will be made available through the STEM Learning Visiting Fellowships, with salary costs fully reimbursed. The STEM Learning Visiting Fellowswill have dedicated time to focus on fulfilling the requirements of the role,alongside their research or study away from the exceptional demands of education leadership duties. In addition, having the flexibility to interact with other school leaders and sector-wide education specialists at the highest level will enable theSTEM LearningVisiting Fellowsto develop ideas which will ultimately benefit their school / group of schools, whilst gaining an insight into sector-wide best practice and how that can be used for wider school improvement. The STEM Learning Visiting Fellowshipsare highlyprestigious appointments which will bring considerable status to the school; leading a series of sector wide collaborations and partnerships, the role will hold significant weight and authority within the education sector. Location UK wide, with an expectationfor frequent travel to our offices in York and London. About Us STEM Learning is a highly professional and progressive organisation whose mission is to achieve a world-leading STEM education for all young people across the UK. The National STEM Learning Cen