Assistant Manager- Functional Skills

Assistant Manager- Functional Skills

Date Posted: 2026-08-11

Location: South East England

Country: GB

Postal Code: KT19 8GY

Type: Any

Application Deadline: 2026-09-10T18:36:02.217

Role Overview

Based on-site at HMP Brixton, you will support the Education Manager with effective management of the curriculum, ensuring needs of learners and employers are met, including delivery of Functional Skills, Personal & Social Development and work-based programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead on quality assurance and improvement, developing and encouraging an innovative and problem-solving approach to the work of the tutors in order to raise standards and meet challenging targets in line with performance indicators.

Requirements

• You should be motivated to inspire along with a passion for what you do.


• You will need to hold a relevant first degree &/ professional qualification along with a teaching qualification and significant teaching experience.


• You need to demonstrate successful experience and confidence in managing curriculum development and change, quality systems and processes, and the performance of teaching staff in ways which will improve learner outcomes.


• Due to the nature and scope of this role, a driving licence and access to your own transport is essential.

Application Process

For full details of the role and the person specification, please review the job description. If you would like to speak to the recruitment team before applying, please email any questions to the careers team at PeoplePlus, and one of the team will get back to you.

If you wish to apply, please ensure this is done via the apply now button. Applications cannot be accepted via email. Please include your current salary and desired salary as part of your application when prompted, as salaries above band may be considered depending on prior skills and experience.

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Based on-site at HMP Brixton, you will support the Education Manager with effective management of the curriculum, ensuring needs of learners and employers are met, including delivery of Functional Skills, Personal & Social Development and work-based programmes.You will lead on quality assurance and improvement, developing and encouraging an innovative and problem-solving approach to the work of the tutors in order to raise standards and meet challenging targets in line with performance indicators.Have you got what it takes?You should be motivated to inspire along with a passion for what you do. You will need to hold a relevant first degree &/ professional qualification along with a teaching qualification and significant teaching experience.You will need to demonstrate successful experience and confidence in managing curriculum development and change, quality systems and processes and the performance of teaching staff in ways which will improve learner outcomes.Due to the nature and
scope of this role a driving licence and access to your own transport is essential.For full details of the role and the person specification please review the job description or if you would like to speak to the recruitment team before you apply, please email any questions to the careers team at PeoplePlus and one of the team will come back to you. If you wish to apply, please ensure this is done via the apply now button. Applications cannot be accepted via email.Please include your current salary and desired salary as part of your application when prompted as salaries above band may be considered. dependent on prior skills and experience.TPBN1_UKTJ