Maths Hub GLOW Project Co-ordinator

Balcarras School, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 8QF

57 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  12 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Mathematics
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time, term time only.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Actual salary (pro-rata): £26,256 -£27,592

What skills and experience we're looking for

This role would be ideal for candidates from within or outside education, who have experience providing operational support to project managers/project teams.

The successful candidate should have an excellent work ethic, good communication and organisational skills - with outstanding attention to detail, be adaptable and comfortable dealing with change and, above all, be a strong team player.

In this role, you would work closely with the Maths Hub Project Manager to provide operational support to the GLOW Maths Hub Lead and wider management team – enabling the coordination and delivery of local and national Maths Hubs programme activities.

Please do read the applicant pack for further information.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Previously held positions requiring coordination/support of multiple, complex projects/programmes of activity.
• Effective prioritisation skills – working with others to ensure the delivery of multiple tasks to deadline.
• Excellent interpersonal/communication skills - with a track record of building effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders/individuals/professionals.
• Database management experience – with a keen eye for detail and total focus on accuracy.
• Proficient user of a range of common IT systems and software – in particular Microsoft Office suite including Sharepoint, Forms, Power Automate and Outlook; and previous experience of uploading content to social media/websites.
• Strong written communication skills - supporting content creation for external communications channels and marketing materials.
• Event management – experience of supporting and coordinating online/face-to-face events of up to 100 delegates.
• Adaptable and comfortable working in a changing environment.
• Self-motivated; quick learner.

What the school offers its staff

It is a very exciting and rewarding time to be working at Balcarras. Our latest GCSE grades were extraordinary and put us in the Top 30 comprehensive schools in the country based on the percentage of pupils gaining 5+ in English and Maths. At A-level the picture was similar. It is a very exciting and rewarding time to be working at Balcarras. Ofsted assessed Balcarras in 2005, 2009, 2014 and 2025 as “Outstanding” in every category. It is this commitment to the highest academic standards, whilst at the same time being a caring and stimulating environment, that makes Balcarras feel different from anywhere else.

As part of the Balcarras Trust, our teaching staff have access to outstanding professional development networks including NPQs and ECTs if appropriate.

Balcarras is a great place to work, from staff football and wreath making sessions to Chinese cookery —Balcarras creates opportunities for staff cohesion. We recently ran a whole Trust staff inset on staff wellbeing that covered topics such as physical well being, mental well being, financial wellbeing and reducing workload . Both staff and pupils benefit from Buddy the school dog who is the one of best appointments ever made!

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Balcarras School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role will involve regulated activity with children. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. Please also read the Recruitment Selection and Disclosure Policy within “How to apply” which includes our policy on recruiting ex-offenders. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and receipt of two satisfactory references.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Applicant Pack Maths Hub Co-ordinator final.pdf - 646 KB (opens in new tab)

About Balcarras School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1429 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Balcarras School website
• Email address: ksa@balcarras.gloucs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01242 515881
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/balcarras-school

Balcarras School is an outstanding secondary school on the outskirts of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

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