Education Manager- HMP

Job Title: Education Manager

Location: HMP Wormwood Scrubs (Shepherd's Bush, London, W12)

Salary: 45,000 + 5,000 London Weighting per annum

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time

The Opportunity

PeoplePlus has a exceptional senior leadership opportunity for an Education Manager to lead and develop the education provision on-site at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. In this pivotal role, you will shape educational strategy, drive quality assurance, and lead a high-performing team focused on equipping adult learners with the skills, confidence, and accredited qualifications needed for successful reintegration and employment upon release.

What You Will Be Doing

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute the prison's education strategy aligned with Ministry of Justice and organizational priorities, driving a culture of educational excellence, innovation, and rehabilitation.
• Operational & Resource Management: Oversee the day-to-day delivery of all educational and vocational programmes, managing timetables, staffing levels, physical resources, and departmental budgets to maximize impact.
• Quality Assurance & Ofsted Readiness: Implement robust quality frameworks, conduct classroom observations, analyze learner achievement/attendance data, and lead self-assessment reporting (SAR) in line with Ofsted's Education Inspection Framework (EIF).
• Team Development & Wellbeing: Lead, mentor, and inspire tutors, lecturers, and support staff; conduct performance reviews; and foster a supportive, inclusive working environment.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Partner closely with HMPPS leadership, prison governors, awarding bodies, local employers, and external agencies to ensure curriculum alignment with real-world labor market demands.

What We Are Looking For

• Qualifications: Degree and/or relevant professional qualification alongside a Level 5+ Teaching Qualification (PGCE, Cert Ed, DTLLS, QTLS, or equivalent). An Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) qualification is required (or willingness to achieve upon appointment).
• Leadership Experience: Proven track record in senior educational management, team leadership, curriculum design, and staff performance management within FE, adult learning, or prison education settings.
• Quality Mastery: Thorough knowledge of the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF), quality assurance audits, and performance tracking systems.
• Core Skills: Outstanding communication, strategic planning, budget management, and a firm commitment to safeguarding, equality, and student-centered rehabilitation.

Our Benefits Include:

• 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Paid volunteering day each year
• Generous pension scheme & Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme & Holiday purchase scheme
• Enhanced Wedding Leave & Enhanced Maternity Scheme
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme & online wellbeing portal
• Access to hundreds of retail discounts via the Additions portal

Important Notice

Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities.

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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Because education matters.

Dovetail and Slate Limited.

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