Assessor

Selection Team

Assessor

Teach First is a charity that believes education is the
most powerful tool to help a child fulfil their potential.
We find and train teachers to work in the schools that
need them most, we equip school leaders with
evidence-led training, we support local teacher
training providers, and we plug education leaders
into supportive professional networks. We are a
community, working within the classroom and
beyond, to bring an end to educational inequality.
Because a child's future shouldn't depend on
their postcode.

The role

The Selection team design and deliver best practice
selection models for our Training Programme.

We are committed to high standards and select impactful
people who will make a positive difference to young
people’s lives.

You will support our team to deliver an excellent, high
quality selection process, assessing candidates at the
Development Centre stage.

In this role you will be an integral part of ensuring we meet
our goal to place inspiring and passionate teachers and
leaders in classrooms across England.

The detail:

Deliver the selection process by assessing candidates at
the Development Centre, this will involve:

•  Interviewing candidates using our semi-structured

interview script

•  Observing and assessing job simulation tasks

•  Scoring candidate behaviour objectively using our

detailed competency framework

•  Recording notes and processing assessment evidence

accurately using our digital assessment platform,
TopScore

•  Taking part in end of day discussions, representing

evidence fairly and objectively to ensure we select the
best candidates to join our programme

•  Support training and development of new starters (once

probation has passed)

•  A minimum of 3 days a week is required for this role,

with a commitment of up to 3 Saturdays a year

You’ll take ownership for:

•  Working towards the team goal of hiring the target

number of graduates to join Teach First (in-line with
diversity & shortage subject requirements)

•  Accurately using Teach First Selection materials and
making objective, evidence-based assessment deci-
sions

•  Providing accurate developmental feedback to candi-

dates, in line with best practice guidelines

•  Providing a fair, inclusive and unbiased approach

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More info on how the role fits in with the rest of the
team and charity:

You’ll report to: the Scheduling Manager

This position is a casual role, exact days and hours will
be agreed with the hiring manager.

How to apply

Please email you CV and covering letter to Georgia
Myford:

gmyford@teachfirst.org.uk

About you

The Essentials: make sure you demonstrate these in
your application. Even if you think you don't quite tick all
the boxes we want to hear from you.

•  Communicating and Influencing: You will have

strong communication and relationship-building skills.
You will be able to communicate effectively with
candidates as well as colleagues from a range of
backgrounds

•  Process Management: You will have excellent

attention to detail in following processes and applying
criteria consistently

•  Problem Solving and Decision Making: You will be
solution focused and able to demonstrate effective
decision making

•  Delivering Results: You will be comfortable delivery
tasks in a time-pressured environment, using own
initiative to work independently, as well as part of a
teams

•  Diversity and Inclusion: You are committed to

ensuring fairness and equity, ensuring decisions are
fair, non-biased and inclusive

The nice to haves:

•  Knowing the market

•  Knowledge of Teach First Programmes

•  Knowledge of selection processes:

All our employees are expected to model our
principles and help others to do so.

The main responsibilities of this role are described here.
As our needs as a charity change, we may need to make
reasonable changes from time to time.

More about our team working patterns:

Due to the nature of he development centre schedule,
which runs from 8:45am until at least 5:15pm, we are
unable to offer flexible working, as fixed hours apply
when assessing.

We succeed when we work together. Here’s who
you’ll be working with regularly:

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Candidates

Selection team

More about working for us

There’s lots of great stuff about working here. For full details pop over to our webpages.

Our culture: We live by our principles. They underpin our culture and identity. And inform everything we do.
Find our more about our cultural principles

Diversity and inclusion: We want to be a place where everyone can perform, learn and contribute with the confidence
to be themselves. We particularly welcome applications from candidates who are disabled; Black, Asian or Minority
Ethnic; Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary, and related communities; and candidates whose socio-economic
background reflects that of the pupils we work with. We’re committed to better representing the communities we serve.

Find out more about what we’re doing to improve our diversity and inclusion.

This role is suitable for agile and flexible working

Our agile way of working gives you flexibility. Need to start late, finish early or fancy a change of scenery? That’s fine, our
Agile Working policy  focuses on what you achieve, not presenteeism.

If you need a set and regular working pattern to support your life have a chat with us about flexible working options. Over
100 of us already have a flexible working agreement, with more than 70 different working patterns in place. We’re ready
to hear your request. Find out more via our flexible working policy  on our webpages.

Our benefits: Our mission is critical and the work’s important, but so’s your life. We’ve put together a benefits package
that means you can live and work well. Find out more on our Working at Teach First webpages.

Registered charity no  1098294

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