Professional Development Officer

Reference No 201/2014

Reports To Director

Contract Type: Fixed Term (4 months)
FTE: 1.00

Scotland's National Centre for Languages (SCILT) (http://www.scilt.org.uk/)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/)

SCILT urgently requires a Professional Development Officer to support primary schools as they continue to develop their strategy for the implementation of the 1+2 languages policy. This is an exciting opportunity to work at national level and drive forward the strategic languages agenda in Scotland.

The Professional Development Officer will be responsible for developing and delivering a broad range of support measures for primary language learning. This would include, for example, leading professional learning workshops and managing projects, national awards/competitions and other promotional events.

It is expected that the post holder will support practitioners to turn policy into practice to create a positive impact on learners. This will be based on identification of practitioners' needs, with particular reference to the implementation of the "1+2" Languages Policy and Curriculum for Excellence in primary schools. The post holder would, therefore, need extensive experience of leading recent modern language initiatives in a primary school context. Ideally s/he will also have experience of external partnership working. The successful candidate will have the ability to work not only on her/his own initiative but also as part of a team and excellent organisational, ICT and communication skills are essential.

The post is until the end March 2015, on a seconded or fixed term basis, but is very likely to be extended beyond this date.

Application Procedure
Applicants are required to complete an application form including the name of three referees who will be contacted before interview without permission, unless you indicate that you would prefer otherwise. Applicants should also submit a Curriculum Vitae and a covering letter as a single document detailing the knowledge, skills and experience you think make you the right candidate for the job. Applicants should also complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.

Other Information
Further information on the application process and working at Strathclyde can be found on our website (http://www.strath.ac.uk/hr/workforus).

Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Fhiona Fisher, Director (fhiona.fisher@strath.ac.uk).

Closing Date Sunday, 2 November 2014.
Formal interviews for this post will be held on Tuesday, 11 November 2014.

Equality and Diversity
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