Digital Skills Hub Development and Partnership Manager

Walsall Studio School, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 1RL

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 September 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  27 August 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 Hours a Week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 9, SCP Range 30 – 35 (£38,223 - £43,421)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Join our team

We are looking for an innovative and dynamic individual who is up-to-speed with industry developments and possesses excellent networking capabilities to unlock the potential of collaborative partnerships in support of high-quality digital training and skills.

Walsall Studio School’s Digital Skills Hub, part of Walsall’s Towns Deal, is on a mission to support local people on their journey to gaining the skills that they need to reskill, upskill and embark on new and exciting opportunities in a diverse range of tech careers.

The Digital Skills Hub will bring together training opportunities across Walsall with digital resources, events, and employer opportunities, supporting unemployed, low paid and young people to become the diverse tech talent of the future.

Led by Walsall Studio School, a founding member of The Mercian Trust, and Walsall Council, a wide range of community partners and local employers will work collaboratively to support access to training and attract a diverse skills and talent pipeline for our locality.

If you wish to learn more about the school and this post, please get in touch via: Anthony.dennant@merciantrust.org.uk

What the school offers its staff

Studio School & Sixth is a specialist 14-19 non-selective school and founding member of The Mercian Trust.

Located in the heart of Walsall town centre, our unique small school and sixth form offers an immersive professional experience; supporting academic, vocational and personal excellence for students starting Year 10 or Year 12 who seek a creative and digitally rich curriculum.

Vocational learning is really important here, but it would be wrong to think that this means our students focus purely on practical work. There’s plenty of theory to learn and we strike a good balance between the academic and the vocational. Above all, we challenge our students to be the very best they can be in their chosen fields.

Back in the Renaissance, more than 400 years ago, ‘apprentices’ studied under the guidance of ‘masters’ and it’s this model that has influenced the way Studio Schools operate today. Of course, much has changed and now, thankfully, those ‘masters’ and ‘apprentices’ are just as likely to be women and girls as men and boys.

Studio School & Sixth has almost 300 such ‘apprentices’. It’s one of only a handful of Studio Schools in the country and opened its doors in 2013. Its students go on to universities, conservatoires and high-quality apprenticeships. The school focuses on the creative, health and digital industries, which means students have careers as paramedics, therapists, software engineers, actors, dancers, teachers and much else besides.

Commitment to safeguarding

Studio School & Sixth is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A copy of the ‘Safeguarding Policy’ is available to view or download by logging onto the School website: https://walsallstudio.school/

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk.

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About Walsall Studio School

• School type: Free School, ages 14 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 179 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 14 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Walsall Studio School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: bonnie.burns@merciantrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/walsall-studio-school (opens in new tab)

Studio School & Sixth is a specialist 14-19 non-selective school and founding member of The Mercian Trust.

Located in the heart of Walsall town centre, our unique small school and sixth form offers an immersive professional experience; supporting academic, vocational and personal excellence for students starting Year 10 or Year 12 who seek a creative and digitally rich curriculum.
Vocational learning is really important here, but it would be wrong to think that this means our students focus purely on practical work. There’s plenty of theory to learn and we strike a good balance between the academic and the vocational. Above all, we challenge our students to be the very best they can be in their chosen fields.

Back in the Renaissance, more than 400 years ago, ‘apprentices’ studied under the guidance of ‘masters’ and it’s this model that has influenced the way Studio Schools operate today. Of course, much has changed and now, thankfully, those ‘masters’ and ‘apprentices’ are just as likely to be women and girls as men and boys.

Studio School & Sixth has almost 300 such ‘apprentices’. It’s one of only a handful of Studio Schools in the country and opened its doors in 2013. Its students go on to universities, conservatoires and high-quality apprenticeships. The school focuses on the creative, health and digital industries, which means students have careers as paramedics, therapists, software engineers, actors, dancers, teachers and much else besides.

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