Academy education lead Work, Jobs in Birmingham, Eng (with Salaries)

Senior Football & Education Officer (Wolves Foundation)
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC —Wolverhampton
- Weekend availability
- Project management
- Travel
- Mentoring
Ethos Leader (Pastoral, Character, & Values Education Provision for Schools)
Grace Foundation —Walsall
- £32,000 a year
- Full-time
- Experience working with children
- Bachelor's degree
- In-person
- Free parking
- Sick pay
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Curriculum Lead
Sandwell College —Birmingham
- £48,163 - £51,106 a year
- Full-time
- Education
- Organisational skills
- Leadership
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Quick apply
Health and Social Care Trainer- Multiple locations
Choice Care Group —Oldbury
- £30,000 - £35,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- Driving
- Communication skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance
Communications & Engagement Manager
Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy —Oldbury
- £28,757 - £32,079 a year
- Customer service
- Microsoft Office
- Supervising experience
- Employee discount
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Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Coordinator (SENCO) | Stellantis Performance Academy
Calex UK —Coventry
- £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Teaching
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Senior Site Manager
My Brainology —Birmingham
- £120 a day
- Part-time
- Management
- In-person
- Leadership
- Free parking
Quick apply
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Regional Quality Assurance Specialist
Chartwells —Birmingham
- £52,530 a year
- Analysis skills
- Communication skills
- School
- Employee discount
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ISMS Manager
Gateley —Birmingham
- Microsoft Office
- No degree
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Support Manager - West Midlands
N Family Club —Birmingham
- £41,101 - £50,232 a year
- Full-time
- Project management
- Organisational skills
- IT
- Employee discount
- Referral programme
Quick apply
Assistant Campus Principal
OneSchool Global United Kingdom —Coventry
- Full-time
- Organisational skills
- Leadership
- School
- Referral programme
Class Teacher for ELP
St John Paul II Multi Academy —Birmingham
- £32,916 - £45,352 a year
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- Experience working with children
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Family Liaison Officer
Ark Schools —Birmingham
- £24,703.54 - £29,614.14 a year
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Deputy Campus Principal
OneSchool Global United Kingdom —Coventry
- Full-time
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Administrator
E-ACT Shenley Academy —Birmingham
- £23,226.59 - £25,195.30 a year
- Part-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Interventions Coach
Blackwater Academy —Tipton
- £22,000 - £23,000 a year
- Full-time
- Experience working with children
- IT
- In-person
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Sports Coach
KITS ACADEMY —Birmingham
- £15 - £20 an hour
- Part-time
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- School
- Referral programme
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Exams Invigilator
Ark Schools —Birmingham
- £12.64 an hour
- School
- Employee assistance programme
Data Officer
Ark Schools —Birmingham
- £27,147.26 - £35,412.00 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- School
- Employee assistance programme
Deputy Catering Manager - secondary school
Arden Multi Academy Trust —Solihull
- £26,824 - £29,540 a year
- Part-time
- Customer service
- Organisational skills
- Leadership
- Free parking
- Sick pay
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Senior Football & Education Officer (Wolves Foundation)

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC -
Wolverhampton

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Job details

Full-time

Qualifications

Driving Licence
Project management
Data management
Mentoring
IT
BTEC

Full job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Senior Football & Education Officer

DEPARTMENT: Wolves Foundation

REPORTS TO: Post 16 Education & Skills Manager

DIRECT REPORTS: Football & Education Coaches

LOCATION: Molineux Stadium and working across the City of Wolverhampton

HOURS PER WEEK: 37.5 hours per week

WORKING ARRANGEMENT: Your working pattern will predominately be core office hours which
are Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:30pm, however, flexibility to work
evenings and weekends will be necessary and directed by your line
manager.

DATE: July 2026

Wolves Foundation plays a pivotal role in the city of Wolverhampton, serving as a trusted and

influential force for positive change. Through a dedicated team of skilled staff and volunteers, the

Foundation leverages the strong local connection to Wolves to motivate, educate, and inspire

individuals and communities to improve their lives.

As it embarks on its 2030 strategy, the charity works collaboratively with key local partners—including

the local authority, police, health services, and education providers—to identify and address societal

challenges and health inequalities. Using data and insight, it delivers evidence-based interventions

through a wide range of projects aligned with its four strategic priorities;

Economic Prosperity and Employment
Community Safety
Health and Wellbeing
Stronger Together

Community engagement is central to the Foundation’s mission, with a commitment to removing

barriers to participation regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. Its

work spans 225 delivery sites across the city, engaging tens of thousands of participants from as young

as one month to over 100 years old.

All employees are expected to embody the Foundation’s core values and ethos, ensuring excellence

in delivery. Professionalism and adherence to contractual, operational, and policy standards are

essential to maintaining the integrity and impact of the Foundation’s work.

Wolves Values – what we stand for:

Purpose: To make our pack proud by uniting our city, inspiring our communities, and delivering

unforgettable moments.

One Pack: Collaborate, build trust and care for each other.
Be Brave: Be bold, honest, and embrace challenges with courage.
Raise our Game: Seek improvement and strive for excellence in everything we do.
Own It: Act with integrity and take full responsibility for actions and results on and off the

pitch.
Stay Humble: Show respect, listen to others, and leave egos at the door.

Job purpose

To support the Post 16 Education & Skills Manager with the management of the Post 16 department
and projects ensuring we are offering young people and adults at risk a range of positive activities and
opportunities.

Key responsibilities

To lead, facilitate and coordinate the Football & Education programmes at OLSC and City of
Wolverhampton College.

To lead, plan and deliver enrichment activity across both programmes.
To lead, plan and support the delivery of all training, matches and competitions.
To lead, supervise and support delivery staff, volunteers and students ensuring a high

standard in all areas of the Foundation’s projects.
To lead, deliver and develop recruitment activations for both programmes.
To take responsibility and support the development and output of the Foundation Post 16

Education programmes, ensuring that all aspects of Post 16 programmes are being delivered
to the highest quality.

Deliver high quality sessions that are relevant to the participant and project requirements.
To navigate group meetings whilst being actively involved in the projects to provide essential

reporting updates to all stakeholders.
To keep accurate records and registers to enable completion of all monitoring and

evaluation requirements.
To coordinate and create the Foundation staff timetables for each programme.
To be knowledgeable in potential opportunities to develop activities and strategic

enhancement of the Post 16 Education & Skills department.
To ensure that the safety and wellbeing of participants, volunteers, and workforce (including

self) is always prioritised.
To support the development of agreed annual Post 16 Education & Skills financial,

operational, and strategic objectives for the Foundation.
To effectively line manage the Delivery staff at OLSC and CWC.
To ensure all Post 16 Education & Skills projects are delivered with high quality whereby

output targets are achieved and all monitoring and evaluation requirements are fulfilled.
Contribute to regular reports, inclusive of case studies and project updates to key

stakeholders.
To support the quality assurance of both programmes.
To work in cohesion with the Communications Team to develop promotional and marketing

materials for the OLSC & CWC partnerships.
To positively represent the Foundation within a range of internal and external meetings.
To promote Post 16 Education & Skills associated projects and structure to key stakeholders

and participants.

To manage relationships with stakeholders including OLSC, CWC and EFL in the Community.
Commitment to social action projects that benefit the Foundation.
Represent the Post 16 Education & Skills department and input within Officers Operational

Meetings.
Perform other duties as required and directed by your line manager which are considered

relevant to the post and to the objectives of the Foundation.
To support the scheduling, usage, maintenance, and upkeep of the Foundation Arena and

that the facilities are used to its maximum potential.
Ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not

committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation or harassment of any
description and to promote positive working relations amongst employees and customers.

The ensure positive commitment to sustainability and social action projects and targets in line
with the Foundation’s One Pack One Planet action plan.

Safeguarding responsibilities

To work alongside the DSL and Post 16 Education & Skills Manager to ensure safeguarding
standards are met and maintained.

Keep own CPD, knowledge and skills up to date in relation to our area of delivery and
management.

Responsible for structuring adequate quality assurance for their department.

This role involves working with children and/or adults at risk in a Regulated Activity (or in close
proximity to children and/or adults at risk). This means that the post-holder is required to apply all
relevant policies and uphold the Club’s commitment to safeguarding children and adults at risk.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

The post holder will demonstrate a strong commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion,
supporting the organisation’s strategic aims to remove barriers and address inequality. You will play
an active role in promoting an inclusive, discrimination-free environment that ensures fair access to
opportunities and resources. This includes fostering a culture of dignity, respect, and belonging where
everyone is empowered to contribute, perform, and reach their full potential.

General responsibilities

Compliance with Club policies
Compliance with the Club’s health and safety procedures
Compliance with the Club’s safeguarding policies
To promote the Club’s values of progressive, humble, determined, bright and unified
To work consistently to embed equality & diversity into the Club
To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably expected
To maintain professional conduct at all times

Contractual Information

Due to the nature of your role, there will be an occasional requirement to work evenings

and/or weekends which will be directed by your line manager.

Key relationships

Wolves Foundation Senior Management Team.
Foundation Management Team.
Foundation Post 16 Education & Skills Team.
Local stakeholders/partners.
Premier League Charitable Fund.
EFL In the Community
Our Lady St Chad Catholic Academy (OLSC)
City of Wolverhampton College (CWC)

Person Specification

Job Title: Senior Football & Education Officer

Knowledge: the level and breadth of knowledge to do the job Essential Desirable

Experience of working with post 16 students in both sixth form and ✓
college environments.

Excellent knowledge and experience of delivering high quality ✓
enrichment activity.

Experience of working independently and as part of a wider team ✓

Understanding of the BTEC Curriculum and OFSTED inspection ✓
framework and processes

High quality delivery of Post 16 projects and programmes. ✓

Strong understanding of student recruitment standards. ✓

Excellent understanding of effective planning and evaluation ✓
processes.

Excellent understanding of mentoring and wellbeing support. ✓

Experience of marketing & recruitment strategies ✓

Excellent partnership working with various stakeholders including ✓
college staff.

Strong understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion and ability ✓
to provide opportunities for all participants

Technical/work-based skills: skills specific to the job Essential Desirable

Safeguarding reporting procedures ✓

Ability to support the delivery of appropriate session to meet the ✓
needs of the young people

Strong IT and presentation skills ✓

Moderate competency around monitoring and evaluation ✓

Ability to manage your own workload and effective time keeping ✓

Ability to successfully develop case study and impact reports. ✓

Ability to effectively delegate tasks and responsibilities to team ✓
members

Experience of meeting project KPI’s ✓

Experience of tracking student academic performance ✓

Experience of project and data management programmes. ✓

Experience of completing project monitoring reports ✓

General skills and attributes Essential Desirable

Understanding of how to work safely with children and/or adults at ✓
risk and uphold generally accepted practice when working with
those participants.

Availability for flexible working hours ✓

Ability to travel around the Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation ✓
geographical area or to get to Molineux Stadium

Committed to making a positive impact to beneficiaries ✓

Resilient and compassionate ✓

An energetic team worker ✓

A strong set of values that meets the organisations own values ✓

Experience: proven record of experience in a particular Essential Desirable
field, profession, or specialism.

Working with children and adults at risk ✓

Working in post 16 settings including sixth form and college ✓
environments.

Working in a sport and education setting ✓
Experience of line managing/ leading people ✓
Experience of project management ✓
Experience of reporting safeguarding incidents ✓
Experience of developing project resources to aid and support ✓

delivery.

Qualifications: the level of educational, professional and/or occupational Essential Desirable
training required

Post-holder must hold or obtain at the earliest opportunity the ✓
relevant safeguarding training (i.e. FA Safeguarding Children
Workshop)

Post-holder will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level ✓
and cleared by the Wolves Safeguarding Manager

Post-holder must have a UEFA B license equivalent or higher ✓

Post-holder must hold a valid driver’s license. ✓
Post-holder to be educated at degree level or higher in a relevant ✓

area.

Drivers Licence free of penalties and ownership of own vehicle. ✓
Management of Leadership qualification ✓

NB: This job description and personal specification is intended to be a general guide to the scope

of the duties and not an inflexible specification.

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