Senior Lead Mentor (Initial Teacher Training) (0.6 FTE)

 Contract Term: Fixed term: 12 months

Start date: August 2025 (or other by negotiation)

Salary: £40,702 - £45,838 Annually FTE. Actual salary £24,421 - £27,502 (0.6 hours)

Interviews: Tuesday 24th June 2025

The employer

Titan Partnership is an innovative education charity and education member network in Birmingham. We collaborate with more than 40 primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, all united in our mission to advance the aspirations and achievements of teachers, school staff, children and young people.

Job purpose

Promote and uphold Titan Partnership’s commitment to safeguarding all children and young people and its commitment to equality of opportunity and social justice.

In partnership with the ITT Course Lead Lead and Titan Partnership’s accredited ITT partner, Teach First, manage the day-to-day running of Titan’s ITT programme.

The lead mentor role is critical to trainee success on the SCITT, providing high-quality support for mentors

and ensuring that the Teach First SCITT meets the ITT Criteria and Quality Standards.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver the SCITT curriculum including Intensive Training and Practice, conference content and live seminars (including leading a subject/phase if required)
• Oversee trainee progress through the year including monitoring curriculum engagement and

timetable requirements

• Conduct observations of trainees, including joint observations with the mentor
• Identify interventions and escalations to support trainee progress as required
• Ensure that observation, reflection, deconstruction and feedback take place throughout the year inline with the curriculum
• Assess trainee progress including leading on Development Reviews and QTS sign off
• Quality assure Broader School Experiences
• Deliver training for mentors
• Conduct developmental interactions with mentors
• Oversee, supervise and quality assure the work of mentors, including attending some mentor-trainee interactions, and monitoring curriculum engagement
• Work collaboratively as part of the wider team of Titan school-based Lead Mentors and subject/phase experts
• Work collaboratively with the Teach First Quality and Training Lead (QTL)
• Undertake Lead Mentor training as required
• Provide pastoral support and signposting to trainees
• Attend Titan Partnership and other relevant meetings
• Maintain up-to-date safeguarding and safer recruitment training
• Carry out other duties as requested, within the ITT remit and within the wider Titan Partnership as commensurate with the post.
• Attend regular virtual information events and attend other marketing events as appropriate

Person Specification

Required:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• Excellent classroom pedagogy and good knowledge of the Teachers’ Standards and Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework (ITTECF)
• Experience developing, mentoring, coaching trainee teachers on an ITT route for at least two years
• Experience developing the practice of other qualified teachers
• Phase or subject expertise including at least two years developing teachers within a phase or specialism and teaching knowledge of your own subject up to GCSE or in two primary key stages. Exemplary knowledge of the pedagogy underpinning you own subject or phase.
• Critical engagement with recent subject/phase-specific research.
• Keen to develop own skills and knowledge

Preferred:

• Teaching knowledge of your own subject up to A level (secondary specialists)
• Experience of using technology to coach and mentor others
• Knowledge of evidence-based teaching practices and experience of evaluating interventions in schools

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