Subject Lead - Science

• locations
• Manchester
• Guildford
• Milton Keynes

• time type
• Full time

• posted on
• Posted Today

• job requisition id
• R7170

At AQA, we’re committed to advancing education and we’re committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over 10 million exam papers each year and it’s our people who make this happen.

Job title: Subject Lead – Science

Contract type: PermanentLocation: Manchester, Milton Keynes or GuildfordSalary: Manchester £46,500–£53,300; Milton Keynes or Guildford £48,000–£55,500Working arrangements: Hybrid – at least one day a week in the office, regular customer visits with national travel and occasional overnight stays

Ready to lead with impact? This is your opportunity to take Science beyond the classroom and shape how thousands of teachers and students experience the subject. With assessment reform on the horizon, you will influence the future of education and make a national impact with AQA.

You will be joining the market leader for Science at GCSE and A Level, supporting hundreds of thousands of learners each year. Combined Science is the most widely taken Science qualification , and the A Level portfolio spans Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Science

We’re looking for someone who brings fresh ideas and perspectives to enhance our culture and thrives in an environment where priorities shift and adaptability is key.

Purpose of the role

You will lead the Science subject area, combining subject expertise with strategic leadership to strengthen customer engagement, influence product growth and deliver clear, measurable outcomes that demonstrate impact on engagement and growth in a competitive market. You’ll be a visible ambassador for AQA Science, building trust and confidence with diverse stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Setting and delivering measurable plans for Science that align with AQA’s strategy and reform priorities, with defined targets for engagement, retention and growth.
• Leading and developing a small team of Science specialists to build capability, foster collaboration and drive continuous improvement.
• Work closely with product and sales teams to provide customer insight for the business and support retention and growth of our market position across the science suite of qualifications
• Designing and executing customer engagement strategies using insight and data, and representing AQA externally at conferences and stakeholder events.
• Building long-term relationships with schools and stakeholders.

You’ll thrive in this role if you have:

• Recent experience leading a Science department or equivalent, with a strong understanding of the GCSE and A Level syllabus and deep knowledge of Science specifications and assessment practice, with credibility among teachers.
• Proven leadership experience, including coaching and building team capability at scale.
• Commercial awareness and a customer-centric mindset, with examples of turning insight into action that delivers measurable outcomes.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, adapting your style under pressure and in ambiguous situations.
• Confidence in using data and metrics to define success, monitor progress and adjust plans at pace.
• Ability to engage and inspire stakeholders, building confidence with diverse audiences.

What’s in it for you

• A platform to influence education nationally and represent AQA at key events
• Career development and professional growth in a leading education charity
• Hybrid working and flexibility to support work-life balance
• Comprehensive benefits including Bupa Health Insurance, Health Care Cash Plan, Life Assurance and an Electric Vehicle Leasing scheme, generous pension contributions up to 11.5% and 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and extra closure days at Christmas
• A culture that values culture add, inviting new perspectives and innovative approaches to improve how we support teachers and students

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Head of Equity Partnering, Infectious Disease

• locations
• London

• posted on
• Posted Today

• job requisition id
• R-002646

Salary: £95,000

Closing date:  Monday, 9 February 2026

Contract type: Permanent

Interview dates: 1st stage (26 Feb ,27 Feb and 2 Mar) online/Remote; 2nd stage: face to face

The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships.

We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.

Wellcome’s Equity Department ensures we engage thoughtfully with the right people at the right time, enabling and investing in impactful research and influencing policy and practice so that new scientific advances, innovation and product development can be accessed with confidence by the people who need them most. We work to ensure partners and communities are engaged equitably, their voices shape the work we support, research draws on the broadest possible talent and expertise, and Wellcome itself is an inclusive place to work.

We are now recruiting a Head of Equity Partnering, Infectious Disease to lead programmes that embed equity across the Infectious Disease (ID) team’s strategy, funding and research activities and drive delivery against Wellcome’s Equity Framework. ID is a multidisciplinary team delivering Wellcome’s strategy to tackle infectious diseases in the highest burden settings.

In this senior role, you will be embedded within the Infectious Disease leadership team, shaping its strategic direction and ensuring equity principles guide decision‑making across the programme. A key senior member of the Equity team, you will coordinate, manage and draw on the full capabilities of the Equity Department, partnering closely with senior stakeholders to develop ID’s strategic vision and build an evidence base for equitable research and funding practices. This is an opportunity to drive system‑level change and ensure the benefits of infectious disease research and innovation reach the communities who stand to gain the most.

We are looking for a Head of Equity Partnering, Infectious Disease to join our team.

Where in Wellcome will I be working? 

You’ll be working in Wellcome’s Equitable Research Practice, part of the Equity Department, which leads our efforts to embed equitable approaches across research, funding and policy portfolio. The team comprises Equity Partnering, Equitable Funding, Inclusive Research, and Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion functions. As part of a matrix working model, you will be a core member of the Infectious Disease Programme Senior Management Team that directs Wellcome’s programme for one of the three health challenges Wellcome has committed to. It is a multidisciplinary team focused on accelerating the discovery, development and delivery of new drugs, vaccines and interventions to deliver impact where they are needed most. We fund researchers and organisations globally with a focus on Africa and South, South-East Asia with an ambition to increase our engagement and impact in these geographies. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across Equity and Infectious Disease, as well as external partners, to ensure our work is inclusive, evidence led and grounded in the needs of the communities most affected by infectious disease.

What will I be doing? 

You’ll play a pivotal role in embedding equity across the Infectious Disease programme, shaping strategic direction, leading impactful projects and building strong partnerships that influence how Wellcome funds and delivers research. Working across the Equity Department and Infectious Disease teams, you’ll drive collaborative, evidence‑led approaches that strengthen equity at every stage of the research and funding journey.

As a Head of Equity Partnering, Infectious Disease, you will:

• Lead programmes that embed equity across the Infectious Disease strategy, funding and research, ensuring delivery aligns with Wellcome’s Equity Framework.

• Contribute to shaping strategic direction as part of the Infectious Disease senior leadership team, co‑developing portfolios across policy, engagement, influ...

Person Jobdes Guide Communicator

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:

Guide Communicator

COMPANY:

Deafblind Scotland

BASE:

Deafblind Scotland Learning & Development Centre,
1  Neasham  Drive,  Kirkintilloch,  G66  3FA  with  travel
across Scotland.

CONTRACTED HOURS:

Fixed/Sessional

RESPONSIBLE TO:

Service Manager

ACCOUNTABLE TO:

Head of Operations

Background

Deafblind Scotland is the specialist charity working with  adults living with dual sensory
impairment. Our ambitions are high for members and we are therefore at the cutting edge
of finding ways to support people to lead their most meaningful life.

Deafblindness  can  be  a  devastating  condition  that  can  make  daily  life  extremely
challenging and as a result, many dual sensory impaired people become isolated. Our
services can make a vital difference to their lives; enabling people to regain confidence,
gain  vital  communication  skills  and  re-establish  social  connections.  Some  people  may
acquire the loss of both senses where others may be born deaf or blind and lose the other
sense through conditions such as Ushers Syndrome or through the ageing process.

Summary of Service:

Working with vulnerable adults as a Guide Communicator in our services you will
enable the people you are working with to live as full and independent a life as possible.
Assisting them in everyday tasks, opportunities and choices giving them as much
control as possible over their own life.

Person Jobdes Guide Communicator

Job Purpose:

As a Guide Communicator you will be required to work as part of a multi-disciplinary
team of staff to support the Service User in meeting their needs and expectations.

You will also be required to work on a 1:1 basis in lone worker situations to support
service users within their own homes and/or participate in their chosen activities and
interests. You will be committed to life long support and willing to undertake personal
care tasks required.

Key Responsibilities

Guide Communicator

1. Day to day service delivery

As a Guide Communicator you will take responsibility ensuring that the support provided
meets best practice standards and lead by example ensuring that:

•  At all times, act as the eyes and ears of the deafblind person, relaying what is seen

and heard. This includes spoken, non-verbal, written and environmental information.

•  Serve as a guide to the deafblind person, escorting them outside the home (on foot

or by public transport) to the destination of their choice.
Individual service user needs are identified and met in practice.

•
•  Respect and maintain the deafblind person’s right to privacy and confidentiality.
•  Make phone calls, write letters or complete forms on the deafblind person’s behalf.
•  Attend planning/evaluation meetings with deafblind people, Operations manager and

funding agencies.

•  They set and demonstrate good standards of work practice.
•  They work as part of a team in the delivery of a high quality service for service users
ensuring that all standards as laid down by statutory and internal documents are
met.

•  Proper record-keeping, including recording incidents and complaints are maintained

and passed to the Manager, as soon as possible.

•  Comply with the Scottish Social Services Council’s Code of Practice for Social Care

Workers.

2. Reflective Practice

The Guide Communicator will ensure that:

•  Their knowledge and skills is used to meet the needs of those using the service.
•  They maintain a daily record of work and activities undertaken as required by

Deafblind Scotland.

•  The service is continually reviewed on a day to day basis and the Manager notified

of any required changes or improvements.

Person Jobdes Guide Communicator

•  Service users and staff have the opportunity to contribute as appropriate to the

evaluation of the service, and that staff are involved in setting and achieving clear
goals aimed at improving the service.

3. Communication

The Guide Communicator will:

•  Provide deafblind people with access to information/services through the effective

use of their preferred communication method which may include BSL, SSE,
deafblind manual, lip reading, hands-on signing, clear speech, keyboarding skills,
note taking and other means of receptive and expressive communication as required
to meet their individual needs.

•  Ensure the deafblind person receives full information using their preferred
communication method to enable them to make informed decisions.

•  Ensure that they establish and maintain good and effective communication

partnerships and networks with all relevant parties which will include:
Service users and their families, Deafblind Scotland staff, members of the public.
Submit reports and timesheets weekly to the Guide Communicator Operations
manager.

4. Personal and professional development

The Guide Communicator will:

•  Complete the required mandatory and service specific training within the timescales

agreed.

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Closing Date: 04/02/2026

Interviews will take place on: Week Commencing 09/02/2026

To help us manage applications effectively, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient suitable applications are received.

Safeguarding Statement:

Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Music Director - Chapter House Singers, Edinburgh

Chapter House Singers

The Chapter House Singers, based in Edinburgh, are seeking a new Music Director to start in August 2026, succeeding Les Shankland, who retires after 18 years.
The CHS is a choir of 30-35 singers based at St Mary’s Episcopalian Cathedral, Palmerston Place. See chapterhousesingers.com for more details about us.
• We rehearse on Wednesdays, 1930-2130, during term time in the Walpole Hall at the Cathedral.
• We do not have a rehearsal accompanist.
• We have two terms: January-mid June and late August-December, with a week’s break for half-term each term and a week off at Easter.
• We sing the morning service and choral evensong on 5 or 6 Sundays every year.
• We sing two concerts in Edinburgh, one each term.
• In addition, we tour, usually every second year, to places like Durham and Ripon cathedrals; there are occasional performances to raise funds for the choir or other charities.
• The current MD reimbursement is £3,600 pa, plus expenses relating to any choir trip.
To apply, or to talk about the post in more detail, contact us via the contact form on our website.

Chapter House Singers website

William Golding Senior Research Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Key information

• Application deadline: Monday 23rd February 2026 at 9 am

Brasenose College invites applications for a William Golding Senior Research Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

This Fellowship is designed to be filled by an individual of outstanding academic distinction and with a highly distinguished research record. The Fellowship is open to individuals who are carrying out research in Oxford in any branch of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The Golding Fellowships are non-stipendiary, but include membership of the Senior Common Room with free meals, and research and entertainment allowances. Fellows are required to have a salaried post at Professorial level within the University or one of its institutes, with a tenure of at least twelve months from the date of taking up the Fellowship.

The Fellowship may not be held in conjunction with a Fellowship at another Oxford College. The William Golding Senior Fellowship will start on 1st October 2026 and, provided the Fellow continues to hold a salaried post, will last, in the first instance, for five years. The Fellowship may be renewed for a maximum of one further five-year term (provided that the Fellow continues to hold a salaried post during the second term). The Fellow will be encouraged to make an active contribution to College life, to become a College graduate adviser, and may be requested to assist in the selection of undergraduate and graduate students of the College. A Golding Fellow may also be invited, but not required, to undertake paid teaching of up to six hours a week for Brasenose, in which case a contract of employment will be offered.

Further particulars are available here: William Golding Senior FP 2025-2026

Applications should be submitted online here using the Applications for Academic Appointments box.  Applicants will be required to complete an online application form and to submit a full C.V., together with an outline, not exceeding 1000 words, explaining in non-technical language the significance of the applicant’s research.

Applicants should supply details of two referees, who will only be contacted if the applicant is successfully shortlisted for the Fellowship.

The deadline for applications is Monday 23rd February 2026 at 9.00am.  Interviews are not normally held for the William Golding Senior Research Fellowship.