Bede's Summer School are looking for a suitably-qualified Senior Academic Manager who is not only an excellent classroom practitioner with experience in a variety of teaching contexts, but also a competent manager with experience managing staff in a language/residential summer school environment. The Senior Academic Manager will be responsible for overseeing the Academic Management Teams in all centres, providing outstanding academic support and guidance.

The job holder needs the skills, technical expertise and teaching experience to ensure the effective delivery of a balanced, stimulating and inspiring programme of English lessons.

They need to be able to think quickly and to show common sense and attention to detail in a wide range of situations when dealing with staff and students. Adaptability and flexibility are critical skills, as is a cheerful, positive and can-do attitude, which is a pre-requisite of the job.

The Senior Academic Manager must have the wide-ranging skills and experience to be able to effectively line manage a team of up to 6 Academic Managers, up to 15 Senior Teachers and work with over 60 EFL Teachers, who will have all joined Bede's Summer School for different reasons and many of whom have become used to a much more relaxed and flexible approach to their teaching in their jobs abroad. They will be responsible for overseeing the academic programmes in six centres, both EFL and specialist CLIL courses, and exam preparation courses for IELTS and Cambridge exams. Working with Head Office, they will be developing the curriculum and enriching the academic programmes with new materials.

Applicants must have excellent organisational skills and be efficient, flexible and able to work in a busy, fast-paced and often challenging summer school environment. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as is the ability to work calmly, effectively and accurately even whilst under pressure and when working to tight deadlines.

The ability to build a friendly but professional rapport with staff members and lead them in a dynamic and efficient manner, set standards and norms of good practice and deal with any problems swiftly, fairly and appropriately, are all basic requirements of this post.

We aim to give students an educational, culturally-enriching and memorable summer experience in a safe and supervised setting and we are looking to employ professional staff who will accept this responsibility, and have the necessary wide-ranging skills, experience and commitment to help us achieve this goal.

Senior Academic Manager will be visiting centres on a regular basis and doing compliance and quality assurance checks.