School Partnerships Advisor

At Leeds Trinity University, we aspire to make a difference to the people, the professions and the places that we serve, and we are looking for talented and enthusiastic people to join our University community.  We are ranked top in Yorkshire for learning community and pride ourselves on being the University where our students are a name, not just a number. The University has a distinctive, employability-focused educational offer and works closely with employers to address the skills needs of today’s workforce. Applications are invited for the following post: School Partnerships Advisor Hours of work: Full-time- 35 hours (1.0fte) Salary: The starting salary will be from £25,138 up to £29,605 per annum in Grade 5, depending on qualifications and experience. Leeds Trinity University has been a provider of teacher training at undergraduate and postgraduate level throughout its 50-year history. We now wish to build upon our established reputation in this field to meet our wider strategic objectives of becoming one of the best providers of teacher training in the UK. This will involve enhancing our working partnerships with schools and others to ensure that Leeds Trinity engages positively with the current changes in Initial Teacher Training and Continuing Professional Development. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and maintaining partnerships between Leeds Trinity and external education partners including schools and other relevant organisations. The postholder will join a dynamic team responsible for developing mutually beneficial partnerships with primary and secondary academies schools and trusts; sourcing and managing school-based placements for students on our undergraduate and post graduate programmes. The successful candidate will have working experience and/or knowledge of partnership and placement activities in the education sector. They will be solution focussed and have excellent interpersonal communication skills, a proactive approach to relationship building and experience of systems management and data handling. Resourcefulness and well-developed administration and organisation skills are essential. Interviews for this post are expected to take place on 9th February 2024 Further details and the online application are available at: www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/jobs If you have any queries about the application process, please email jobs@leedstrinity.ac.uk or call 0113 283 7130. Leeds Trinity University values diversity and inclusion and particularly encourages applications from the following groups as they are currently under-represented at this level within the University: Women, LGBT+, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as well as candidates with disabilities, whether hidden or otherwise. The University will consider all forms of flexible working arrangements.