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Deputy Director of PGCE, Wales

The Open University – Education

Weekly Working Hours: 37

Fixed Term Contract: End Date: 3 years from start date

Welsh Language: Desirable

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About the Role

The Deputy Director of PGCE (Wales) provides senior academic and operational leadership for the PGCE programme, working in close partnership with the Director of PGCE. The role holds delegated responsibility for strategic leadership, curriculum design, academic quality, partnership arrangements, and regulatory compliance across a complex, bilingual, multi-partner Initial Teacher Education programme.

This is a senior academic leadership post aligned to Senior Lecturer (Teaching & Scholarship) at AC4 level, combining programme leadership with teaching, research and scholarship, curriculum innovation, and external academic engagement. The postholder ensures coherence, quality, and continuous improvement across programme delivery, in alignment with the Curriculum for Wales, QTS requirements, Open University academic governance, and external regulators including the Education Workforce Council (EWC) and Estyn.

The Deputy Director contributes to the strategic development of Initial Teacher Education within The Open University in Wales and plays an active role in national and sector discussions on teacher education, policy, and workforce development.

The PGCE at The Open University in Wales is a nationally significant, flexible route into teaching, combining online learning, live teaching, and school-based placements leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Delivered across all Welsh local authorities through an extensive partnership of schools, mentors, and university staff, and available in both English and Welsh, the programme plays a central role in widening access to the profession, strengthening workforce diversity, and supporting national priorities including Welsh-medium education and shortage subject recruitment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provides academic leadership, curriculum oversight, partnership engagement, regulatory compliance support, and tuition.
  • Provide senior academic leadership across the PGCE programme, supporting the Director in strategic development, delivery oversight, and continuous enhancement.
  • Take a leading role in the design, development, review and enhancement of modules and programme-level curriculum, including new provision where required.
  • Lead operational delivery across the curriculum team, ensuring high-quality, consistent implementation across all programme routes.
  • Develop and apply innovative, evidence-informed approaches to teaching, learning and assessment within a blended and distance learning ITE model.
  • Ensure curriculum design and delivery align with the Curriculum for Wales, QTS requirements, and Open University academic governance standards.
  • Oversee assessment design, moderation, standardisation, and quality assurance to ensure fairness, consistency, and academic integrity.
  • Lead and support Curriculum Tutors, including workload allocation, performance management, and professional development.
  • Provide senior oversight of school partnerships across Wales, ensuring consistency, quality, and equity of placement learning experiences.
  • Lead the development, training, and quality assurance of mentors and practice tutors across the partnership system.
  • Ensure robust compliance with regulatory frameworks including EWC requirements, Estyn expectations, and Welsh Government ITE policy.
  • Contribute to business planning, resource allocation, and the financial sustainability of the programme.
  • Lead continuous improvement and quality enhancement processes, including systematic monitoring, evaluation, and action planning.
  • Oversee student academic experience, ensuring fairness, consistency, and integrity in assessment and progression decisions.
  • Contribute to widening participation, inclusion, and improved outcomes across diverse student cohorts.
  • Provide effective operational planning across competing priorities in a complex, dispersed programme environment.

About You

Essential:

  • Honours degree and postgraduate qualification in education or a related field (minimum Master’s level; PhD desirable). Applicants at Master’s level must demonstrate commitment to undertaking a Doctorate in Education (EdD) at The Open University.
  • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
  • In-depth knowledge and recognised expertise in Initial Teacher Education and the Welsh education system, including Curriculum for Wales and current policy context.
  • Significant experience of leadership in Initial Teacher Education, teacher development, or a closely related field.
  • Proven ability to design, deliver, and review curriculum or modules in higher education or professional education contexts.
  • Experience of using digital technologies to enhance teaching, learning, assessment, and programme delivery.
  • Evidence of engagement in educational research, practitioner enquiry, or scholarly activity relevant to teacher education.
  • Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to disseminate complex academic, pedagogical, and regulatory ideas to diverse audiences.
  • Ability to carry out the role in a way that is consistent with equality legislation and University policies.
  • Ability and willingness to travel across Wales and to work regularly from the Cardiff office, spending more than 50% of contracted time in Wales.

Desirable:

  • Fluent Welsh (oral and written) or experience working in a bilingual environment.
  • Experience of working with inspection, accreditation or regulatory frameworks (e.g. Estyn, EWC or similar bodies).
  • Experience of working within initial teacher education, professional programmes or partnership‑based provision.
  • Experience of contributing to or leading educational research, publications, or conference presentations.
  • Experience of leading or contributing to process improvement or organisational change activity.
  • Higher Education teaching qualification or recognition (e.g. Advance HE Fellowship or equivalent).

Support with your application

If you have any questions, or need support or adjustments relating to your application, the recruitment process, or the role, please contact us on 01908 541111 or email careers@open.ac.uk quoting the advert reference number.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

What's in it for you?

At The Open University, we offer a range of benefits to recognise and reward great work, alongside policies and flexible working that contribute towards a great work life balance. Get all the details of what benefits we offer by visiting our Staff Benefits page (clicking this link will open a new window).

Flexible working

We are open to discussions about flexible working. Whether it’s a job share, part time, compressed hours or another working arrangement. Please reach out to us to discuss what works best for you.

Working Location: It is anticipated that a hybrid working pattern can be adopted for this role, where the successful candidate can work from home and the office. However, as this role is contractually aligned to our Cardiff Office, it is expected that some attendance in the office will be required when necessary and in response to business needs. We’d expect this to be approximately 2 days per month. Full-time working based from our Cardiff site is also supported if this is preferred by the candidate.  Expenses associated with travel to our Cardiff site are not reimbursable. The postholder will also be expected to travel across Wales to attend partnership, governance, and stakeholder meetings.

Next steps in the Recruitment process

Interview dates have not yet been confirmed. 

Early closing date notification

While most roles will remain open until the advertised closing date, applications may be reviewed on an ongoing basis. In some cases, vacancies may close earlier if a sufficient number of suitable applications has been received and equality impacts have been appropriately considered. All roles will remain advertised for a minimum of one week before any early closure is implemented.

If you have started an application or were in the process of applying when the advert closed, we encourage you to get in touch. We are committed to understanding individual circumstances and can offer further support where needed, including reasonable adjustments for applicants with protected characteristics.

How to apply

To apply for this role, please submit the following documents:

  • CV
  • Supporting statement of up to 1000 words. You should set out in your statement why you are interested in the role and provide examples of where your skills and experience meet the essential criteria for this role as detailed above.

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The Open University is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion which is reflected in our mission to be open to people, places, methods and ideas. We aim to foster a diverse and inclusive environment so that all in our OU community can reach their potential.  We recognise that different people bring different perspectives, ideas, knowledge, and culture, and that this difference brings great strength.  We strive to recruit, retain and develop the careers of a diverse pool of students and staff, and particularly encourage applications from all underrepresented groups. We also aspire to make The Open University a supportive workplace for all through our policies, services and staff networks.

 

 

Oriau Gweithio Wythnosol:  37

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Newid eich gyrfa, newid bywydau

Y Brifysgol Agored yw prifysgol fwyaf y DU, ac mae'n arweinydd llwyddiannus mewn addysg ran-amser hyblyg, gan gyfuno cenhadaeth i ehangu mynediad at addysg uwch â rhagoriaeth ym maes ymchwil, gan drawsnewid bywydau drwy addysg. Dysgwch fwy amdanom ni a'n cenhadaeth drwy wylio'r fideo byr hwn (bydd clicio ar y ddolen hon yn mynd â chi i wefan YouTube).

Y Rôl

Mae Dirprwy Gyfarwyddwr TAR (Cymru) yn darparu arweinyddiaeth academaidd a gweithredol uwch ar gyfer y rhaglen TAR, gan weithio mewn partneriaeth agos â Chyfarwyddwr y rhaglen TAR. Mae'r rôl yn arddel cyfrifoldeb dirprwyedig am arweinyddiaeth strategol, cynllunio'r cwricwlwm, ansawdd academaidd, trefniadau partneriaeth, a chydymffurfiaeth reoliadol ar draws rhaglen Addysg Gychwynnol i Athrawon gymhleth, ddwyieithog ac aml-bartner.

Mae hon yn swydd arweinyddiaeth academaidd uwch sy'n cyfateb i lefel Uwch-ddarlithydd (Addysgu ac Ysgolheictod) ar lefel AC4, gan gyfuno arweinyddiaeth y rhaglen ag addysgu, ymchwil ac ysgolheictod, arloesedd cwricwlaidd, ac ymgysylltu academaidd allanol. Mae deiliad y swydd yn sicrhau cydlyniant, ansawdd a gwelliant parhaus wrth ddarparu'r rhaglen, yn unol â'r Cwricwlwm i Gymru, gofynion SAC, trefniadau llywodraethu academaidd Y Brifysgol Agored, ynghyd â rheoleiddwyr allanol, gan gynnwys Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg ac Estyn. 

Mae'r Dirprwy Gyfarwyddwr yn cyfrannu at ddatblygiad strategol Addysg Gychwynnol i Athrawon yn Y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru ac yn chwarae rhan weithredol mewn trafodaethau cenedlaethol ac ar draws y sector ynghylch addysg athrawon, polisi a datblygu'r gweithlu.  

Mae'r TAR yn Y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru yn cynnig llwybr hyblyg i'r proffesiwn addysgu, sydd o bwys cenedlaethol. Mae'n cyfuno dysgu ar-lein, addysgu byw a lleoliadau mewn ysgolion, gan arwain at Statws Athro Cymwysedig (SAC). Caiff y rhaglen ei darparu ar draws pob awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru drwy bartneriaeth helaeth o ysgolion, mentoriaid a staff prifysgolion, mae ar gael yn Gymraeg ac yn Saesneg, ac mae'n chwarae rhan ganolog wrth ehangu mynediad i'r proffesiwn, cryfhau amrywiaeth y gweithlu, a chefnogi blaenoriaethau cenedlaethol, gan gynnwys addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg a recriwtio ar gyfer pynciau lle mae prinder.

Cyfrifoldebau Allweddol

  • Darparu arweinyddiaeth academaidd, goruchwylio'r cwricwlwm, ymgysylltu â phartneriaethau, cymorth o ran cydymffurfiaeth reoliadol, ac addysgu.
  • Darparu arweinyddiaeth academaidd uwch ar draws y rhaglen TAR, gan gefnogi'r Cyfarwyddwr o ran datblygiad strategol, goruchwylio'r ddarpariaeth, a gwelliant parhaus.  
  • Cymryd rhan flaenllaw yn y gwaith o gynllunio, datblygu, adolygu a gwella modiwlau a'r cwricwlwm ar lefel y rhaglen, gan gynnwys darpariaeth newydd lle bo angen. 
  • Arwain y ddarpariaeth weithredol ym mhob rhan o dîm y cwricwlwm, gan sicrhau gweithredu cyson o ansawdd uchel ar draws holl lwybrau'r rhaglen.
  • Datblygu a chymhwyso dulliau arloesol, sy'n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth, ar gyfer addysgu, dysgu ac asesu o fewn model AGA dysgu cyfunol a dysgu o bell. 
  • Sicrhau bod y gwaith o gynllunio a chyflawni'r cwricwlwm yn cyd-fynd â'r Cwricwlwm i Gymru, gofynion SAC, a safonau llywodraethu academaidd Y Brifysgol Agored. 
  • Goruchwylio'r gwaith o gynllunio asesiadau, prosesau cymedroli, safoni a sicrhau ansawdd er mwyn sicrhau tegwch, cysondeb ac uniondeb academaidd. 
  • Arwain a chefnogi'r Tiwtoriaid Cwricwlwm, gan gynnwys dyrannu llwyth gwaith, rheoli perfformiad a datblygiad proffesiynol.
  • Darparu trefniadau goruchwylio uwch ar gyfer partneriaethau ysgolion ledled Cymru, gan sicrhau cysondeb, ansawdd a thegwch o ran profiadau dysgu ar leoliad.
  • Arwain y gwaith o ddatblygu, hyfforddi a sicrhau ansawdd mentoriaid a thiwtoriaid ymarfer ym mhob rhan o system y bartneriaeth. 
  • Sicrhau cydymffurfiaeth gadarn â fframweithiau rheoliadol, gan gynnwys gofynion Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg, disgwyliadau Estyn, a pholisi AGA Llywodraeth Cymru.
  • Cyfrannu at y gwaith o gynllunio busnes, dyrannu adnoddau, a sicrhau cynaliadwyedd ariannol y rhaglen. 
  • Arwain prosesau gwella parhaus a gwella ansawdd, gan gynnwys monitro systematig, gwerthuso a chynllunio camau gweithredu.
  • Goruchwylio profiad academaidd myfyrwyr, gan sicrhau tegwch, cysondeb ac uniondeb wrth wneud penderfyniadau ynghylch asesu a chynnydd.
  • Cyfrannu at ehangu cyfranogiad, cynhwysiant, a chanlyniadau gwell ar draws carfannau amrywiol o fyfyrwyr.
  • Ymgymryd â gwaith cynllunio gweithredol effeithiol ar draws blaenoriaethau croes mewn amgylchedd rhaglen gymhleth a gwasgaredig. 

Amdanoch Chi

Meini prawf hanfodol:

  • Gradd anrhydedd a chymhwyster ôl-raddedig mewn addysg neu faes cysylltiedig (lefel Meistr o leiaf;  PhD yn ddymunol). Bydd rhaid i ymgeiswyr ar lefel gradd Meistr ddangos ymrwymiad i ymgymryd â Doethuriaeth mewn Addysg (EdD) yn Y Brifysgol Agored.
  • Statws Athro Cymwysedig (SAC).
  • Gwybodaeth fanwl ac arbenigedd cydnabyddedig mewn Addysg Gychwynnol i Athrawon a system addysg Cymru, gan gynnwys y Cwricwlwm i Gymru a'r cyd-destun polisi cyfredol. 
  • Profiad sylweddol o arweinyddiaeth ym maes Addysg Gychwynnol i Athrawon, datblygu athrawon, neu faes cysylltiedig agos. 
  • Gallu amlwg i gynllunio, cyflwyno ac adolygu'r cwricwlwm neu fodiwlau mewn cyd-destunau addysg uwch neu addysg broffesiynol.
  • Profiad o ddefnyddio technolegau digidol i wella prosesau addysgu, dysgu, asesu a chyflwyno rhaglenni.
  • Tystiolaeth o ymgysylltu ag ymchwil addysgol, ymholiadau ymarferwyr, neu weithgarwch ysgolheigaidd sy'n berthnasol i addysg athrawon. 
  • Sgiliau cyfathrebu a dylanwadu cryf, ynghyd â'r gallu i rannu syniadau academaidd, addysgegol a rheoliadol cymhleth â chynulleidfaoedd amrywiol.
  • Y gallu i gyflawni'r rôl mewn modd sy'n gyson â deddfwriaeth cydraddoldeb a pholisïau'r Brifysgol.
  • Y gallu a'r parodrwydd i deithio ledled Cymru ac i weithio'n rheolaidd o swyddfa Caerdydd, gan dreulio mwy na 50% o'r amser dan y contract yng Nghymru. 

Meini prawf dymunol:

  • Yn rhugl yn y Gymraeg (ar lafar ac yn ysgrifenedig) neu brofiad o weithio mewn amgylchedd dwyieithog. 
  • Profiad o weithio gyda fframweithiau arolygu, achredu neu reoleiddio (e.e. Estyn, CGA neu gyrff tebyg).
  • Profiad o weithio ym maes addysg gychwynnol i athrawon, rhaglenni proffesiynol neu ddarpariaeth sy'n seiliedig ar bartneriaethau.
  • Profiad o gyfrannu at neu arwain ymchwil addysgol, cyhoeddiadau neu gyflwyniadau mewn cynadleddau. 
  • Profiad o arwain neu gyfrannu at weithgarwch gwella prosesau neu newid sefydliadol.
  • Cymhwyster neu gydnabyddiaeth addysgu Addysg Uwch (e.e. Cymrodoriaeth Advance HE neu gyfwerth).

Cymorth gyda'ch cais

Os bydd gennych unrhyw gwestiynau, neu os bydd angen cymorth neu addasiadau arnoch mewn perthynas â'ch cais, y broses recriwtio, neu'r rôl, cysylltwch â ni drwy ffonio 01908 541111 neu e-bostio careers@open.ac.uk gan ddyfynnu rhif cyfeirnod yr hysbyseb.

Noder y gallwch wneud cais yn y Gymraeg ac na fyddai cais Cymraeg yn cael ei drin yn llai ffafriol. Bydd ymgeiswyr sy'n cael eu gwahodd i gyfweliad hefyd yn gallu defnyddio'r Gymraeg yn y cyfweliad.

Beth yw'r buddion i chi?

Yn Y Brifysgol Agored, rydym yn cynnig amrywiaeth o fuddiannau i gydnabod a gwobrwyo gwaith da, ochr yn ochr â pholisïau a threfniadau gweithio hyblyg sy'n cyfrannu at gydbwysedd da rhwng bywyd a gwaith. Gallwch gael manylion am y buddion rydym yn eu cynnig drwy ymweld â'n tudalen Buddiannau Staff (bydd clicio ar y ddolen hon yn agor ffenestr newydd).

Trefniadau Gweithio Hyblyg

Rydym yn agored i drafod trefniadau gweithio hyblyg. Boed hynny'n drefniant rhannu swydd, rhan-amser, oriau cywasgedig neu'n drefniant gweithio arall. Cysylltwch â ni er mwyn trafod yr hyn sy'n gweithio orau i chi.

Lleoliad Gweithio: Disgwylir y gellir sefydlu patrwm gweithio hybrid ar gyfer y rôl hon, lle gall yr ymgeisydd llwyddiannus weithio gartref ac o'r swyddfa. Fodd bynnag, gan fod y rôl hon wedi'i lleoli yn ôl y contract yn ein Swyddfa yng Nghaerdydd, disgwylir y bydd presenoldeb yn y swyddfa yn ofynnol pan fo angen ac mewn ymateb i anghenion busnes. Byddem yn disgwyl y bydd hyn tua deuddydd y mis.  Cefnogir gweithio llawnamser yn ein safle yng Nghaerdydd hefyd os byddai hynny'n well gan yr ymgeisydd. Ni chaiff treuliau sy'n gysylltiedig â theithio i'n safle yng Nghaerdydd eu had-dalu.

Disgwylir i ddeiliad y swydd hefyd deithio ledled Cymru i fynd i gyfarfodydd partneriaeth, cyfarfodydd llywodraethu a chyfarfodydd â rhanddeiliaid.

Camau nesaf yn y broses Recriwtio

Mae dyddiadau cyfweliadau i'w cadarnhau.

Hysbysiad dyddiad cau cynnar

Er y bydd y rhan fwyaf o'r rolau yn parhau ar agor tan y dyddiad cau a hysbysebir, gall ceisiadau gael eu hadolygu yn barhaus. Mewn rhai achosion, gall swyddi gwag gau yn gynharach pe bai nifer digonol o geisiadau addas wedi dod i law ac mae'r effeithiau ar gydraddoldeb wedi cael eu hystyried yn briodol. Bydd yr holl rolau yn parhau i gael eu hysbysebu am o leiaf un wythnos cyn iddynt gael eu cau yn gynnar.

Os ydych wedi dechrau cais neu yn y broses o wneud cais pan gaeodd yr hysbyseb, rydym yn eich annog i gysylltu â ni. Rydym yn ymrwymedig i ddeall amgylchiadau unigol ac yn gallu cynnig cymorth ychwanegol lle y bo angen, gan gynnwys addasiadau rhesymol ar gyfer ymgeiswyr sydd â nodweddion gwarchodedig.

Sut i wneud cais

I wneud cais am y rôl hon, dylech gyflwyno'r ddogfen/dogfennau canlynol:

  • CV
  • Datganiad Ategol hyd at 1,000 o eiriau. Yn eich datganiad, dylech egluro pam mae gennych ddiddordeb yn y rôl, gan nodi enghreifftiau lle mae eich sgiliau a'ch profiadau yn cyfateb i feini prawf hanfodol y rôl hon fel y nodir uchod. 

Gallwch weld hynt eich cais a gohebiaeth yn ymwneud ag ef pan fyddwch wedi mewngofnodi i'n system recriwtio.  Edrychwch yn eich ffolderi sbam/sothach os na fyddwch wedi cael diweddariadau cysylltiedig drwy e-bost.

Mae'r Brifysgol Agored wedi ymrwymo i gydraddoldeb, amrywiaeth a chynhwysiant a adlewyrchir yn ein cenhadaeth i fod yn agored i bobl, lleoedd, dulliau a syniadau. Ein nod yw meithrin amgylchedd amrywiol a chynhwysol fel y gall pawb yng nghymuned y Brifysgol Agored gyrraedd eu potensial. Rydym yn cydnabod bod gwahanol bobl yn cynnig gwahanol safbwyntiau, syniadau, gwybodaeth, a diwylliant, a bod y gwahaniaeth hwn yn cynnig cryfder mawr. Rydym yn ymdrechu i recriwtio, cadw a datblygu gyrfaoedd cronfa amrywiol o fyfyrwyr a staff, ac yn arbennig yn annog ceisiadau gan bob grŵp heb gynrychiolaeth ddigonol. Rydym hefyd yn anelu at wneud y Brifysgol Agored yn weithle cefnogol i bawb trwy ein polisïau, gwasanaethau a rhwydweithiau staff.

Location: Cardiff, Hybrid/On-site
Salary: £59,966 to £67,468
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 5th May 2026
Closes: 1st June 2026
Job Ref: 1533
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