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Novus is a leading prison education provider. We have been transforming lives through high quality teaching and training for over 30 years and are recruiting a Contract Lot Manager to lead the prison education delivery across multiple sites within the West Midlands region. We have an exciting opportunity available to join Novus, working as a Contract Lot Manager for the West Midlands region. This role is offered on a permanent, full-time basis (37 hours per week). This is a strategic management role with full responsibility and accountability for leading education provision and managing contracts across diverse teams. You will drive excellence in delivery, quality, and performance across multiple prison education contracts.
Job Responsibility
Lead education provision and manage contracts across diverse teams
Drive excellence in delivery, quality, and performance across multiple prison education contracts
Ensure delivery meets agreed contractual standards while monitoring performance across all sites within the Lot
Manage senior leaders, including Local Education Managers
Build strong, effective partnerships with the MoJ Contract Management Team, Prison Governors and internal stakeholders
Work closely with quality teams to direct continuous improvement across all sites in the Lot
Take strategic responsibility for staffing, resourcing and budget decisions
Requirements
Hold a Degree (or have equivalent industry experience)
Demonstrate effective leadership of large teams across multiple sites
Understand effective budget and resource planning and management
Have significant experience of identifying and driving quality improvements in learning and skills
Be able to demonstrate an ability for successful collaborative working with partners and stakeholders
Track record showing successful action planning to meet agreed targets
Nice to have
Hold a Leadership and Management qualification at Level 4 and above
What we offer
40 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
2 hours for wellbeing / personal development per week