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Skills for Life Officer (National Centre)

Salary: £24,708 – £29,010, pa plus £2,570 London Weighting p.a. (35 hours/week)

Ref: FAM13-2

Reporting to the Skills for Life and Family Learning Manager, you will promote and support the charity's whole organisation approach to Skills for Life. You will support our literacy, language and numeracy provision within vocational courses and family learning programmes and monitor the Skills for Life elements of the Alliance's training and learning provision. You will work closely with divisional staff to develop and deliver training, produce material and resources to support Skills for Life. There will be a requirement to provide regular reports and attend meetings, also to travel occasionally throughout England and work flexible hours with the occasional overnight stay.

The successful applicant will need a level 4 qualification or equivalent in literacy or numeracy or be near completion of the award, and a recognised teaching qualification in adult learning. Additionally, you will need to work on your own initiative to achieve targets, possess excellent written and oral communication skills and have a good working knowledge of standard IT software applications.

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Closing date for completed applications: 12:00, 17th October 2008

Interview date: 29th October 2008

For further details and an application form please contact:

National Centre
Pre‐school Learning Alliance
The Fitzpatrick Building
188 York Way
London
N7 9AD
Tel:  020 7697 2500
Fax:  020 7700 0319

Please enclose an A4 SAE if contacting us by post, and ensure you quote the job reference number.

The charity is committed to equal opportunities in employment