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Job title: Education Coordinator
Job reference number: 101252
Closing Date: 30th June 2026
Interview date: TBC
We have an incredible new opportunity for an Education Coordinator to join Landau. This role offers more than a wage – it’s about the deep reward of guiding young people who’ve faced challenging starts in life toward brighter futures. As an Education Coordinator, you will support students' well-being, behaviour, and personal development within an educational setting. Their role focuses on providing emotional, social, and behavioural support to ensure students thrive both academically and personally.
At Landau, we’re passionate about changing lives and creating futures. As a leading supported employment and training charity, we’re changing over 800 lives each year across the West Midlands, including Telford and Wrekin, by providing pathways to employment, access to education, and support for personal growth and independence. Joining our team means joining a community that values making a real difference—empowering individuals to overcome challenges and realise their potential. We are a diverse, forward-thinking organisation, dedicated to delivering high-quality, sustainable services that truly change lives and open doors to new beginnings
We are committed to supporting our workforce as much as our mission. At Landau, you’ll receive the Real Living Wage, access to a private healthcare scheme, roadside assistance, and support through our Disability Confident Employer status. We’re proud to be a Gold Award holder for our support of veterans, creating an inclusive environment where all backgrounds and abilities are valued. If you’re driven to be part of a diverse, forward-thinking organisation that’s dedicated to delivering high-quality, sustainable services that truly change lives, we’d love to have you join us.
If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, please apply with your CV. If you are shortlisted, we will send you an application form to complete
Key responsibilities will include:
· Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge all pupils.
· Collaborate with the Education Lead to design, implement, and evaluate curriculum plans tailored to the needs of all learners.
· Develop creative and engaging teaching strategies to support differentiated learning pathways.
· Coordinate daily timetables for staff and learners to ensure smooth delivery of educational sessions.
· Provide guidance, support, and mentoring to tutor's and support staff
· Actively monitor tutor progress and their day to day line management, including absences and cover when needed
· Support the Education Lead to deliver and facilitate CPD training sessions to upskill staff in teaching and learning
· Step in to cover classes in the absence of teaching staff where reasonably required, ensuring continuity in lesson delivery and team ethos
· Promote positive behaviour and engagement
· Support the Education Lead in ensuring compliance with regulatory and inspection standards (e.g., Ofsted, SEND Code of Practice)
· Contribute to the development of reports and updates for stakeholders, including parents/carers and external agencies
· Work with management to plan and programme in the timetable for the academic year
· Support the Pastoral Lead in the monitoring of attendance, behaviour and performance to meet the programme targets and policies through regular case conference meetings with the teaching staff
· Work alongside the tutors, the Progress and Monitoring Officer and IQA to ensure that assessments, both formative and summative, are planned into the curriculum
· Support the SENCO with the completion of learner’s EHCP Annual Reviews
· Conduct frequent learning walks for every Tutor, Higher Level Teaching Assistants and Learning Support Assistants
· Conduct OTL’s for Tutors in line with the Observation and Teaching Policy
· Support the Education Lead and IQA with the year on a page and take responsibility for looking at enrichment activities for students with the support of the tutors
· To work as part of the wider Landau management team, providing reports and management information and contributing actively to the continued success of the organisation
· Support and promote extra-curricular activities.
· To monitor and review the MIS system in the department, liaising with the admin team where needed for updates and reviews
· Support and promote sharing best practice between all staff
· Act as designated Safeguarding officer (DSO)
· Support the Centre Manager with cover for other coordinator roles in their absence during periods of holiday, sickness and training
· Transport learners to events and activities in your own transport, public transport or a company vehicle
· Undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required in the position according to the needs of the business
Technical competency (qualifications and training certificates/licenses)
- Teaching Qualification (Cert Ed, PGCE, DTLLS, Level 5 AET) or other Education related degree. (Essential)
- Assessor & IQA qualifications (Desirable)
- Designated Safeguarding Officer training (Desirable)
Experience
- Minimum 2 years’ experience of working in a similar role (Essential)
- Experience of managing a team (Essential)
- Experience of working with SEMH students (Desirable)
- Excellent knowledge of the SEND code of practice (Desirable)
Skills and Attributes
- People-focused and engaging.
- Approachable, trustworthy, and non-judgmental.
- Highly organised with strong emotional intelligence.
- Professional, conscientious, and results-driven.
- Committed to continuous learning and self-improvement.
- Reliable and dependable.
- Creative problem solver.
- Excellent time management and ability to meet deadlines.
- Maintains efficient and organised administrative systems.
Personal qualities, communicating and relating to others:
- Ability to communicate at all levels.
- Non-judgemental and trustworthy.
- Emotional intelligence.
- Self-aware of personal strengths and weaknesses and actively invests in personal and professional development.
OTHER
To contribute to team and departmental meetings as required.
2. To promote the charity in a positive and professional manner
3. To provide support to the Education Lead and the Charity CEO as required.
Hours: 36.5 hours per week
Salary: £28,840 - £32,960 per annum
This is a permanent position
Location: Telford
Landau is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects its staff to share this commitment.
As this role involves regular work with children and young people, and meets the definition of regulated activity, it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 you must disclose all unprotected unspent and spent cautions and convictions. Further details on what convictions must be declared can be found in the Governments Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975.
If you are offered this position, Landau will ask you to complete an enhanced DBS check with a children's barred list check and provide at least 2 references.
It is an offence for an individual who has been barred from working with children to apply for regulated activity. Providing false information is also an offence and could result in the rejection of the applicant, summarily dismissal if selected, and possible referral to the police.
Pay: £28,840.00-£32,960.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
Work Location: In person
